홍성군 광천읍 옹암리의 당제 분석

Abstract

Ongam-ri in Gwangcheon-eup Hongseong-gun was a port and a fishing village in the past. It was a quite big port village, where about 100 boats anchored. This village, therefore, had performed Dangje for a good haul of fish, safety on the sea and prosperity. Ongam-ri as well as Gwangsheon was the trading center of local products. The inland products as well as fishery products from neighboring islands are gathered and traded here. The fishery products are aggregated here from islands and fishing villages and distributed to Seoul. The agricultural products from inland areas were sold to the islands and fishing villages from this village. As the port in Ongam-ri developed, Dangje ofthe village also became bigger and flourishing. In the post-war days, a cow was offered as a sacrifice and they conducted a ceremony for a week. The ship-owners at the village or at anchor all participated in the Dange and made some donation. In the past, the Dangje at Ongam-ri was performed for the gods of grandparents and mountain spirit at Ongam Youngsan-dang first, and it was continued to the street ritual at Dangsan-shinmok. This ritual ceremony were continued from the afternoon until dawn. Then in 1980’s, the way Dangje was processed was different. After reading a sutra and having a ritual ceremony at Dangsan-shinmok first, people came back to Ongam Youngsan-dang to worship for the god of grandparents, mountain sprits and the general of gods (ObangDeajangGun). The gods of grandparents at main temple of Ongam-ri Dangje are the main gods of Ongam-ri village. These gods are sea gods which are identical and equivalent to the gods of neighboring fishing villages or island villages because Ongam-ri was a port and fishing village at that time where Dangje had performed. The gods of grandparents at Ongam-ri were sea gods and dragon gods in that the village people pursed a good haul of fish.