어청도 문화콘텐츠 개발을 위한 스토리텔링

Abstract

Recognizing that storytelling must be established to develop the various sources of Eocheong Island that occupied the island as cultural archetypes for many years into cultural contents, this study examined the approaches towards Chidongmyo, the Beacon Mound, and the religious service for the god of a mountain to create successful storytelling to develop cultural contents. Meaning a green island, Eocheong Island has a shrine that commemorates Jeonhoing that had an ancient episode with Yubang. The shrine is No. 14 of Gunsan City's Local Cultural Asset. On the summit of Mt. Sebang stands a beacon mound that's installed to spread urgent news about the country by the central government. Near the beacon mound around the summit lies a site where they used to hold a religious service for the god of the mountain, which is one of Korea's established social morals and customs practiced in the form of a village ceremony across the nation to pray for the well-being of the village. Thus Eocheong Island contains three major cultural assets that have been passed down from the old days, and they are the shrine, beacon mound, and religious service for the god of the mountain. The investigator carefully reviewed those cultural archetypes to figure out what kind of storytelling would be required to develop them into cultural contents. First, the Chidongmyo that enshrines Jeonhoing, a historical figure of China, can be a potential venue of festivals in tandem with China. Now is the ideal time to initiate the project since Gunsan and Qingdao set up a trade office to promote cultural exchanges and collaborations between each other. The beacon mound is perfect for teens to take a field trip to increase their historical knowledge. The site where they used to hold a religious service for the god of the mountain is a great source to show the traditional Korean culture to domestic and foreign tourists. There is a lighthouse on the island that's appointed as a registered cultural asset(No. 378) by the central government. I suggested an idea of forming a village for artists as a means of appealing to as many people as possible and encouraging them to have a long stay there. I also suggested storytelling to develop the island's cultural contents through an experience center for the defense of the nation and a whale museum. Taking active advantage of its westernmost location in the nation, the island can build an experience center for the defense of the nation in cooperation with the Navy. The fact that there were whaling vessels on the island up until 1985 gives a hint to an eco museum. Eocheong Island is one of the small westernmost islands of Korea and belongs to the administrative district of Eocheong Island-ri, Okdo-myeon, Gunsan City, Jeollabuk Province. Despite its small size, its significance is massive; it serves as the boundary between Korea and China and has such a beautiful nature to earn fame as a popular tourist destination. They need to make utmost use of the island's cultural archetypes and historical and cultural resources to attract the tourists from China and Korea. It's essential to create storytelling for the island's unique traditional culture and produce high value-added cultural products. Those efforts will surely bring economic benefits to the residents of the island, which is the ultimate goal of this paper.