‘서천꽃밭’을 통해 본 제주인의 죽음관 - 산 자와 죽은 자의 공간 ‘서천꽃밭’

Abstract

Humans live with questions about an uncertain future. The most obvious future for humans is ‘death’. Because life and death are inextricably linked. In that way, death coexists in life and shares daily life with the living. For Jeju people, death is not the end, but the beginning of a new world. The place where death appeared as a space of reality is the tomb, and the funeral is the prayer of the living (祝願) for the dead. Jeju people didn’t separate life and death by setting up a virtual space called ‘ ‘Seocheonggocttbat’ ‘Seocheonggocttbat’ and Olle, which appeared through Jeju mythology, become a channel of movement for the living and a channel of soul for the dead. Jeju’s Olle is not just a road from the village road to the house, but a safe living space that serves as a refuge from the outside. Seocheonggocttbat’ and Olle are channels that lead to the spirit, which is the memory of the living and the dead. Ole, a mediating and buffering space that connects the mind and soul, shares life in the real world when the milestones of the real world and the spiritual space of “Seocheonggocttbat” lead to one. ‘Seocheonggocttbat’ is not a place to prepare for death, but a place to prepare for regeneration (revival). It was to comfort and overcome the difficulties of reality, such as death. The death of the Jeju people through the Seocheonggocttbat is not the reincarnation of others or the transition to another world. Resurrection through the ‘Seocheonggocttbat’ is to return to its place. When you return to your original position, every member of the family will qualify as a member of the family that protects one family. The death of Jeju Island, which returned to its original state after a single walk, considered a return to a cyclical life, or regeneration, as “death.”