The Culturall Meaning and Cheracteristics of a County Festival(Koeul Festival) on Viewing Tug-of-war(Juldangkigi) in 1858
Han, Yang-myeong
Sakjeunga and Sakjeunhae, which a county magistrate Cho Myun-ho wrote, provide us with reliable intelle ...
The Culturall Meaning and Cheracteristics of a County Festival(Koeul Festival) on Viewing Tug-of-war(Juldangkigi) in 1858
Han, Yang-myeong
Sakjeunga and Sakjeunhae, which a county magistrate Cho Myun-ho wrote, provide us with reliable intellectual information in grasping the aspects and feature of county festival and tug-of-war in the 19th century. I looked into the aspects, feature and cultural meaning of a festival and tug-of-war of central performance performed in a county.
In 1859, the festival which had performed in downtown of Uiseong county was composed of the sequence of Nare of the New Year’s Eve, the ritual of the day which signals the arrival of spring, and tug-of-war of the 16th of January. Nare of the New Year’s Eve manege under the supervision of lower official Gongri, and the ritual of the day which signals the arrival of spring was conducted by the town head of Hojang with a large number of petty town officials. On the other hand, tug-of-war was performed with people divided into the southern part of female rope and the northern part of male rope. When people carried the rope made in the outside of downtown, they performed a dance and song, and played the instruments for folk music. It was be nothing but 'street festival' as a parade Gilnori. An earnest tug-of-war was performed around Nyungpajung after the sunset. After the rope arrived there, they held the kosa rites and did various playing of Apnori. People began to do tug-of-war after Apnori, and was absorbed in it as seriously as they disregarded their own safety and others' eyes.
After win and loss was decided, winners celebrated by themselves with song and dance and county magistrate awarded silk fabrics and money as a prize to them. In 1858, officially downtown festival magico-religiously prayed for the safety and tranquility of a county, but participant in a festival held different standpoints each other. cultural meaning of festival was realized on the base of those different standpoints. The local magistrate tried to stabilized a civil government by consoling the people of county. On the other side lower officials tried to establish friendly relations with county people, and made them consent to be representatives of county people. By satisfying their festival desire and refusing a ruling value through the attribute and meaning of time and place, festival solidarity, the weakness and demolition of social distinction, and the festivalization of language, county people opened the possibility to deny a social ruling relationship in reality.
key words : 1858, Uiseong county, downtown festival, tug-of-war, petty town official, county magistrate, politics of festival, cultural meaning