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고종대 궁궐 내 현왕 어진봉안처의 변화와 규장각 계승

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Issue Date
2021-09-30
Citation
한국문화, Vol.95 No., pp. 173-205
Keywords
어진봉안처규장각건청궁관문각집옥재수옥헌풍경궁the King’s portrait buildingsKyujanggakGeoncheonggungGwanmungakJibokjaeSuokheonPunggyeonggung
Abstract
King Sukjong(肅宗) was the first king to build the Kings portrait house. After that,
the tradition of erecting the Kings portrait house continued with King Gojong(高宗).
King Gojong wanted to rule directly against Heungseon Daewongun(興宣大院君). In
the process, Geoncheonggung(乾淸宮) was built to enshrine the portraits of the king.
Geoncheonggung was a building that advocated the succession of Kyujanggak(奎章閣).
Kyujanggak was a building built by King Jeongjo(正祖) in the backyard of
Changdeokgung(昌德宮) Palace to enshrine the records of the previous kings. King
Jeongjo enshrined his portrait here. And the Kyujanggakshin(奎章閣臣) took care of
them. Kyujanggak also served as a kings library. For this reason, King Jeongjo kept
the latest books in Kyujanggak. Since then, Kyujanggak has grown into an organization
for the reformation of King Jeongjo.
King Gojong continued to build houses with the same characteristics as Kyujanggak
in Changdeokgung(昌德宮) Palace and Gyeongbokgung(景福宮) Palace. Gwanmungak(觀
文閣) and Jibokjae(集玉齋) were all houses that kept the portraits of the king. Also,
these were the libraries that kept the latest books.
King Gojong built Gwanmungak, a Western-style building, and Jibokjae, a Chinesestyle
building. This showed King Gojongs will to enlighten. In this way, the foreignstyle
building that inherited Kyujanggak connected the authority of the previous kings
with the political orientation of King Gojong.
Built during the Korean Empire(大韓帝國), Suokheon(漱玉軒) was the first Westernstyle
building in Gyeongungung(慶運宮) Palace. This was also the building that
succeeded Kyujanggak. Since then, many Western-style buildings have been built within
Gyeongungung Palace.
In addition, King Gojong enshrined a portrait of the emperor at the Punggyeonggung
(豐慶宮) Palace in Pyongyang. The portrait of the emperor, produced in a traditional
way, was enshrined in Pyongyang, a space that reveals the uniqueness of Korea through
the history of Giza Joseon(箕子朝鮮).
Through this, King Gojong wanted to have two capitals just like the modern western
countries. In this way, King Gojong accepted the external form of Western civilization
based on the tradition represented by the Seonwang(先王). In this way, King Gojong
wanted to show absolute imperial power.
The kings portrait and the building for the portrait symbolizes the king itself. From
the time when King Gojong himself began to rule, he erected a building to enshrine his
portraits. Through this, King Gojong showed his will to lead the operation of the state
and for enlightenment.
Even after the establishment of the Korean Empire, Gojong built the emperors
portrait house. Through this, it was intended to show that the Korean Empire was equal
to the modern Western state. At the same time, the people of the Korean Empire could
see the divine emperor. However, fires continued to occur, politics was chaotic, and the
international situation was unstable.
However, Gojong built new buildings within the palace and built a new palace.
Gojong continued to carry out civil works. It is difficult to say that this was an
appropriate response to the crisis. Excessive attention and expense for the emperor's
status only fueled national chaos in the end.
ISSN
1226-8356
Language
Korean
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/180153
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