한말~일제강점기 태백산에서의 祭儀 전승과 변동

Abstract

Ritual rites for the mountain spirit of Taebaek have been considered important since the time of the ancient dynasties, and they have been handed down in various forms such as personal or village rituals, mountain peak rituals and ones where King Danjong was regarded as the mountain spirit of Taebaek. Also, the tradition that people served the God of heaven on Mt. Taebaek during the Choseon Dynasty era continues to this day in forms of the rituals for “Dangun” and “Sanmegi” for ancestor spirits. There are some reasons why the rituals on Mt. Taebaek were mostly viewed and defined as ‘rituals for heavenly gods’; people thought the gods on Mt. Taebaek were the highest, those in charge of heaven and who had given many benefits to people during the Japanese colonial era. They were believed to help our whole people regardless of specific regions. This is when the tradition of rituals was established with people serving the heavenly gods and praying for independence. They were handed down with the help of Gangwon and Gyeonsang Province after taking independence back. In 1987, the committee for Mt. Taebaek rituals was founded and the rituals have been held on National foundation day of Korea every year since then. After the general abolition of rituals for Taebaek mountain spirits in the Chosun Dynasty era, the ritual tradition of Mt. Taebaek had been broken off. However, it was performed again in 1938, developing as the rituals representing Mt. Taebaek up to the present. In addition, mountain shrines and rituals based in communities or performed by individual new religions are being handed down, aside from the rituals in Mt. Taebaek.