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Réf.
41506
Type
conference item
Titre
Sungnyemun: spiritual meaning for Koreans
Langues
English
Auteurs
Rii, Hae Un / Choi, Jae-Heon
Date
2008
Pagination de section
1-8
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Quebec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
fire damage / reconstruction / intangible heritage / spirit of place / historic monuments / historic buildings / spirituality
Pays mentionnés
Korea, Republic of
Monuments et sites
Sungnyemun, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Résumé en anglais
Sungnyemun, National Treasure No. 1, wascollapsed by an incendiary fire on 10th of February, 2008.
Most Korean could not sleep and watch News over the night.Sungnyemun is the great south gate of the wall city of old
Seoul in Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). It is the oldestarchitecture in Seoul. The purpose of this paper is to examine
the spirit and meaning of Sungnyemun for Koreans andconservation and reconstruction plans after the fire.
After the fire, it became more popular visiting place bydifferent purpose such as giving condolence to the gate and
watching the reconstruction process for Korean. Thegovernment policy and people’s behavior for the conservation
of cultural heritage have been changed after we lost theNational Treasure No. 1. People realized Sungnyemun is not
the simple gate and standing architecture, but it has thespiritual meaning.
Most Korean could not sleep and watch News over the night.Sungnyemun is the great south gate of the wall city of old
Seoul in Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). It is the oldestarchitecture in Seoul. The purpose of this paper is to examine
the spirit and meaning of Sungnyemun for Koreans andconservation and reconstruction plans after the fire.
After the fire, it became more popular visiting place bydifferent purpose such as giving condolence to the gate and
watching the reconstruction process for Korean. Thegovernment policy and people’s behavior for the conservation
of cultural heritage have been changed after we lost theNational Treasure No. 1. People realized Sungnyemun is not
the simple gate and standing architecture, but it has thespiritual meaning.
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