조선시대 불화와 의례 공간

Abstract

In regard to religious activities of the Joseon Dynasty, there was a significant rise of Buddhist rituals, and the influence of ritual culture was widely observed across Buddhist art including architecture, statues, and crafts. This study explores the changes brought about by the prevalence of Buddhist rituals in the Buddhist paintings. The correlation between Buddhist paintings and ritual spaces is surveyed from two aspects-indoor rituals held in the main halls of temples and outdoor rituals. The main hall, which was perceived as a place for worship, was utilized as a space for holding diverse Buddhist services and rituals, and Buddhist paintings were enshrined inside the halls in order to fulfill ritual demands. The ritual of inviting Buddha and bodhisattvas to the temple and making offerings, and the ritual of inviting all sattva in the six paramitas and sharing food were not limited to a particular ritual but had an influence on overall Buddhist culture. The growing prevalence of Suryukjae (the Water and Land ritual), a ceremony conducted for the salvation of all the souls of the dead on land and sea, occurred through the formality involving the threelevel altar ritual scheme. As a result, a three-level altar comprised of the upper, middle, and lower altar was formed within the main hall, with a Buddhist painting symbolic of each level comprising a single, basic composition. Meanwhile, the phenomenon of the production of large hanging Buddhist paintings for outdoor rites across the nation demonstrates the expansion in the use and function of Buddhist paintings in rites that have extended outside the halls. Buddhist paintings were moved according to demand of the installation of ritual altars or the relocation of the ritual altar from the inside to the outside of the hall. The purpose of hanging Buddhist paintings is in requesting and inviting the advent of Buddha and the bodhisattvas to the place where the ritual is held. The advent of Buddha and bodhisattva was symbolized through the process of calling out the names of deities to be invited to the temple. Moreover, the subject of the name dictation was visualized as it was depicted in paintings for ritual use. The process of taking out and moving paintings for rituals and returning them to their original positions after the rituals represents the “advent of Buddha and bodhisattva to the temple”in a dramatic way. The process of lauding the advent of Buddha and bodhisattva and making offerings to them greatly contributed to enhancing the mythical power of the rituals. The Buddhist paintings of the Joseon Dynasty were enshrined and hung in a hall behind the statue of Buddha, not only symbolizing the Buddhist world but actively utilized in the time when rituals prevailed as well. If large hanging scrolls of Buddhist painting are to represent the expansion of rites outside the hall and special Buddhist paintings used for the outdoor rituals, then gamnodo (nectar ritual paintings) demonstrate the phenomenon of paintings for ritual use being fixed as paintings within the hall. With the prevalence of rituals, there was an emergence of paintings used exclusively for rituals, and simultaneously paintings that were used for particular rituals were enshrined as permanent paintings inside a hall. Buddhist paintings of the Joseon Dynasty, throughout the process of meeting the demands of rituals, were diversified in theme and composition. The multilateral function of the Buddhist paintings of the Joseon period is understood by examining the space in which the paintings were enshrined and the rituals carried out in the space.