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The Progress and the Features of the Rites for Heaven and Earth in Woongjin and Sabi Capital-period, Baekje Dynasty

  • The Review of Korean History
  • 2017, (127), pp.97-136
  • Publisher : The Historical Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Kang Jin Won 1

1경기대학교

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ABSTRACT

The status of the joint rites for heaven and earth(天地合祭) had been weakened due to the domestic political insecurity of Woongjin capital-period. Later, the concept of five-emperors(五帝) was accepted in Baekje while the Baeckje people carried out cultural exchange from liang (梁) dynasty. Then, the rites for heaven and five-emperors began to emerge, eventually replacing the joint rites for heaven and earth. Baekje’s five-emperors were given the heaven-god identity according to the six-heaven theory(六天說) that Zheng Xuan(鄭玄) created. Traditionally, the Baekje people viewed heaven-god as ancestor-god. Because the five-emperors had a kind of blood relationship with royal progenitors, they could accept the six-heaven theory easily. Although the rites for heaven and five-emperors in Baekje got influenced by Chinese Jiaosi(郊祀), it had different aspects. The rites for heaven and the five-emperors were held equally in the south suburb(南郊), because the six-heaven theory was maintained in Baekje. Also, the ritual was practiced in the middle month(仲月) of each season, because the Baekje people regarded the rite for heaven as the rite for ancestor. Additionally, it was practiced grandly in summer and fall for the harmony with local community. Also, being held frequently, it contributed to the reinforcement of royal authority. In these respects, we can see the rites for heaven and five-emperors worked independently in Baekje.

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