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41833
Type
conference item
Titre
Jongmyo (Royal Shrine): Iconography of Korea
Langues
English
Auteurs
Rii, Hae Un
Date
2003
Pagination de section
1-5
Titre de conférence
14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’
Lieu de conférence
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Date de conférence
27 – 31 oct 2003
Mots-clés
rituals / intangible heritage / World Heritage List / historic buildings / places of religion and ritual / shrines
Pays mentionnés
Korea, Republic of
Monuments et sites
Jongmyo Shrine, Korea R
N° Patrimoine mondial
738
Résumé en anglais
Jongmyo, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1995, is the royal ancestral shrine housing the spirit tablets of the successive kings and queens of the Joseon(Chosun)Dynasty, officiating a memorial rite. Jongmyo-Daejae
(Royal Shrine Ritual) refers to the worship performed inhonour of the royal family’s ancestors of the Joseon Dynasty.During the era of the Joseon Dynasty, Jongmyo-Daejae was the largest and most important ritual. This ceremonywas originally performed by the nation five times a year.
But the memorial rite was prohibited during the periods of Japanese occupation. Since 1969, it has been performed by the Royal family Association once a year in May. This Memorial Rite and the Music for the Memorial Rite of Jongmyo were declared World Intangible Heritage in 2001.
The ceremony was the national memorial rite in the era of the Joseon Dynasty. Being prohibited by the Japanese it lost the meaning as an iconography of the Joseon Dynasty. However, descendants of royal family have preserved and developed the ceremony as their own memorial rite to their ancestors. And now, Jongmyo-Daejae is a valuable intangible cultural heritage of Korea,and Jongmyo, where Jongmyo-Daejae is performed, is
regarded as the iconography of the nation.
(Royal Shrine Ritual) refers to the worship performed inhonour of the royal family’s ancestors of the Joseon Dynasty.During the era of the Joseon Dynasty, Jongmyo-Daejae was the largest and most important ritual. This ceremonywas originally performed by the nation five times a year.
But the memorial rite was prohibited during the periods of Japanese occupation. Since 1969, it has been performed by the Royal family Association once a year in May. This Memorial Rite and the Music for the Memorial Rite of Jongmyo were declared World Intangible Heritage in 2001.
The ceremony was the national memorial rite in the era of the Joseon Dynasty. Being prohibited by the Japanese it lost the meaning as an iconography of the Joseon Dynasty. However, descendants of royal family have preserved and developed the ceremony as their own memorial rite to their ancestors. And now, Jongmyo-Daejae is a valuable intangible cultural heritage of Korea,and Jongmyo, where Jongmyo-Daejae is performed, is
regarded as the iconography of the nation.
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