‘廟島’와 ‘嗚呼島’에 對한 文學地理的 考察

Abstract

‘Myodo Gundo(廟島群島)’ is a thirty-two island group, distributed from north to south between Balhae(渤海) and the West Sea(西海). In the records of traveling to the Ming Dynasty through sea routes, there were over 250 traveling records to the Ming Dynasty that might have passed through Myodo Gundo(廟島群島) section. In particular, it is noticeable that names of 'Ohodo(嗚呼島)' and 'Samundo(沙門島)' from the traveling records before/to the Ming Dynasty were changed to 'Hwangsungdo(隍城島)' and 'Myodo(廟島)' in the traveling records after/to the Ming Dynasty. First, it is believed that Samundo(沙門島) in the diplomatic travel records was Jangdo(長島) of today. The reason why Samundo(沙門島) and Myodo(廟島) were considered as the same island was because Myodo(廟島) was an annexed island of Samundo(沙門島) during the period of traveling before/to the Ming Dynasty through sea routes. However, as Myodo(廟島) became important, it was separated from Samundo(沙門島) and Samundo(沙門島) changed its name to Jangdo(長島) during the period of traveling after/to the Ming Dynasty. In the traveling records to the Ming Dynasty through sea routes, all works that expressed impressions about Samundo(沙門島) and Myodo(廟島) were created in Myodo(廟島) of today, where there was 'Mazu Shrine(媽祖廟)'. In addition, they perceived Myodo(廟島) with a sense of place related to Mazu(媽祖) and made it a work of art. Although Ohodo(嗚呼島) and Hwangsungdo(隍城島) are the same place, as the name of island changed, the sense of place changed as well. When the island was named Ohodo(嗚呼島) during the period of traveling before/to the Ming Dynasty through sea routes, Ohodo(嗚呼島) was a historical place where spirits of Tien Heng(田橫) and his visitors could be felt. However, Tien Heng(田橫) and his visitors were forgotten by envoys after Ohodo(嗚呼島) changed its name to Hwangsungdo(隍城島). It is because the relevance between Hwangsungdo(隍城島) and Tien Heng(田橫) were lost because of time disconnection and the name change in the situation where Ohodo(嗚呼島) had no historical and geographical relevance with Tien Heng(田橫) Do. It indicates that a name of place has a significance when it comes to the establishment of sense of place or the change of sense of place.