포은선생 배향서원의 문화콘텐츠 활용 방안

Abstract

This paper suggests how to keep, care, and make use of, Seowons that worshiping Poeun as cultural treasures, such as Imgo Seowon(臨皐書院), Chungnyeol Seowon(忠烈書院), and Oksan Seowon(玉山書院). The Seowons of worshiping Poeun have been chosen for this study because they have been utilized much less than other Seowons even though he has been recognized as the founder of Sung confucianism(性理學). On the basis of the existing studies on Seowon cultural treasures, this paper examines the present condition of keeping, caring, and utilizing Imgo Seowon, Chungnyeol Seowon, and Oksan Seowon, how to improve them with regard to location and structural characteristics, and how to make use of them as cultural contents. This will enable us not only to utilize the historic sites of Poeun, but also to shed some contemporary lights on his thoughts. Seowons have been houses for education and courtesy in the Joseon Dynasty while being constructions that show the value system, the worldview, and a view of nature of Sung confucianism. Thus, to make Seowons sacred precincts and to restore them needs to take into consideration their location and structural characteristics. Seowon cultural treasures can be utilized as cultural contents for cultural brand, a hub for intellectual history, courtesies, icon of local identity, experience of traditional education and culture. This paper suggests how to make use of the Seowons of worshiping Poeun as cultural contents as follows: 1) how to succeed and develop courtesies for contemporary use, 2) how to utilize traditional education and culture as contemporary education program, and 3) how to use them as cultural contents for encouraging the identity and pride of local culture.