1. ‘Envoys' roads' used at the time of envoys' visit from Korea to Japan for communicative purpose can be referred to as 'roads for cultural exchange' to improve long time conflicts between two countries. Centering on these 'roads', Joseon and Japan h ...
1. ‘Envoys' roads' used at the time of envoys' visit from Korea to Japan for communicative purpose can be referred to as 'roads for cultural exchange' to improve long time conflicts between two countries. Centering on these 'roads', Joseon and Japan had cultural exchanges and there were exchanges between local culture and central culture. Exchanges with 'local literary men' centered on these roads appeared in two phases.
'Envoys' roads' were different roads from 'Youngnam Daero (big road)' that was recognized as governmental road. Centering on this road, 'Jeonbyeolyeon' was held and in the center of this banquet, there were performances done by official dancing girls, court musicians, Jeonak, and boy dancers. At the envoys' visit to Japan resumed in 1607, official Jeonbyeolyeon was held at 4 regions such as 'Chungju', 'Andong', 'Kyungju' and 'Busan'. However, there aren't any detailed records of 'Jeonbyeolyeon' by 1682. This is because of the impossibility of having 'Euiryeyeonhyang' due to frequent wars. Because of such reasons, it is difficult to find detailed records of banquets in the 'records of envoys' visit to Japan' before the 18th century.
Regions selected as places for 'Jeonbyeolyeon' were 5. Therefore, roads for envoys' visit to Japan for communicative purpose were not direct paths but remote roundabout ways. Unlikely as other regions, at the third place, 'Youngcheon', the governor of Kyungsang province held prosperous 'Jeonbyeolyeon' personally. Although it was not an official place for 'Jeonbyeolyeon', it was the assembling place of the members of envoys, so he prepared for a consoling place. At this place, 'Masangjae Gongyeon (performance)' was played, in which aspect, 'cultural performance' of this region can be more emphasized than other regions. The places where we can actually confirm 'ceremony' and 'banquet' of Jeonbyeolyeon are only 'Youngcheon' and 'Busan'. For at regions such as 'Chungju', 'Andong' and 'Kyungju', Jeonbyeolyeon was abolished after 1655. 'Busan' that was selected as a departure for Japan because of diplomatic and geographical reasons couldn't stop Jeonbyeolyeon even under difficulty from bad harvest. Because of such reasons, 'Busan' was the place where we could confirm changes of local literary arts.
2. The roads between the Tongshinsa departure from Hanyang to Kangho in Japan that was Japanese politicalㆍeconomicalㆍcultural center of those days are called 'envoys' roads'. According to the roads, there were cultural exchanges between Joseon and Japan and also between cultures of Hanyang and countryside. Cultural exchanges in Joseon were centered on the 'Gaek-sa' around the 'government offices'.
Cultural exchanges between the 'Tongshinsa' and 'local literary men' can be divided into two phases in the aspect of the 'subject' and 'object' of the performance culture. First is 'performance' to console envoys at 'Euiryeyeonhyang (ceremonial banquet)' by 'official dancing girls' belonging to Kyobang and 'court musicians'. Second is local 'performance' for the countryside people held by 'Musangjaein' to be dispatched as members of envoys.
These two phases' exchanges were made mainly by means of banquets to console the Tongshinsa. But in these performances, local literary men, intellectuals and the people of those days participated, and thereby they became sites for exchanging central culture centering on 'the Tongshinsa' from the central region and local culture.