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Spiritual Culture of the Korean People
2010.05.12
Lee Jong-chul , Head of the Establishment Body of Hanseong Baekje Museum
Table of Contents
I. Culture’s Definition and Origin of the word
II. General use “Concept and Properties of Culture”
III. Understanding of the Korean Traditional Culture
IV. Power of Culture
V. Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Korean People
VI. Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of the Korean People
VII. Korea- National Culture of God Spirit in the 21st Century
VIII.Success and Failure of the 20th Century’s Cultural Challenges
IX. Era of the Cultural Industry
X. Challenges of the Spiritual Culture of the World
I. Culture’s Definition and Origin of the
word
Great Culture Great UniversityGreat Culture Great University 4 / 25
I. Culture’s Definition and Origin of the word
1. Comprehensive aspects of life of the people or the
society
2. English → Culture, German → Kulture originated from
the Latin, Cultura and is used in Europe since the 17th
century
① Origin of the word → agriculture, cultivate
② Two meanings, caring of the body or the spirit
Dodangje of Mt. SamgakFarm Music
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I. Culture’s Definition and Origin of the word
Definition
① Holism
General spiritual and artistic expression of the people
or the society
Ability, habit or knowledge acquired by the members of
the society
General aspects of the collective life style
② Idealism
Not the specific behavior, but the basic system of value
that controls the behavior, the rule or the principle
II. General use “Concept and Properties of
Culture”
Gangryeong Mask Dance
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II. General use “Concept and Properties of Culture”
1. Manner for managing the life of the people Nature, Politics, Food,
Clothing and Shelter, Religion, Culture, Education
category Korean peninsula →Historical background with China,
Manchuria, Japan
2. General aspects expressed in the life style of the group of people
Culture is shared.
Culture is learned.
Culture is cumulative.
Culture is a whole of system.
Culture is always changing.
Culture is super organic.
I. Understanding of the Korean Traditional Culture
Picture of the Dragon King
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III. Understanding of the Korean Traditional Culture
1. History’s progress
The process of overcoming the cultural limits faced by an era
2. Ancient times→ ceremony for heaven, heavenly gods, religion of
god
Three States ㆍ Goryeo era → Buddhism ㆍ Taoism
Joseon dynasty Confucianism → Western learning, 400 new
religions of the Korean culture
3. Dynamics of accepting the culture from the outside world
4. Cultural development
the process of constantly adding new ability of life to
the previously acquired “ability of life”
IV. Power of Culture
Seokguram
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IV. Power of Culture
1. Nation with a strong root of culture in all times and
places
Social chaos collapse of today’s economic, material culture, and
exclusive wealth
Nation inundated with illegality, crime and sin
The people dreaming of new resurrection
Samuel Huntington , the national income of Ghana and Korea in 1945,
60 years ago (60$, 87$ <the least developed country>, illiteracy rate :
70%)
Temple of Taoism Shrine of exorcism for heavenly god
V. Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Korean
People
Dano festival
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V. Understanding of the Korean Traditional Culture
1. Hometown of the Japanese people’s history
2. Nation with excellent Buddhism → pagoda Seokga
3. Kingdom of white porcelain
Treasure 659’white porcelain cheonghwamaejukmoon byeong’ Suwon hwaseong
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4. Registration of 17 cultural heritages as UNESCO World
Heritage
① 7 Cultural heritages
Bulguksa, Seokguram, Gyeongju historical district, Haeinsa
Janggyeonggak, Jongmyo, Suwonhwaseong, Hwaseong
Seongyoekuigwae, Dolmen, Changdeok palace
② 1 Natural Heritage – Jeju-do volcano cave
③ Documentary cultural heritage
Hunmin jeongeum the Record of the Joseon Dynasty,
Seongjeongwon ilgi , Baekwoonhwasang, Booljojikjisimcheyojeol,
Goryeo daejanggyeong, Joseon ,Dynasty’s gwae
④ 3 World intangible cultural assets – Jongmyo royal ancestral memorial
service and Jongmyo royal ancestral music, Pansori, Gangneung Dano
festival
V. Understanding of the Korean Traditional Culture
VI. Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of the
Korean People
Hunminjeongeum
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VI. Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of the Korean People
1. Faithfulness → Filial Duty, Courtesy, Sense of Shame, Doctrine of King,
master, father trinity
2. Filial Duty → Nation with an “ariculture-first”principle, Naturalism,
Irrigation institution, Large-family system, Collective farming
3. Courtesy → Confucianism (Confucius) Sajiksin god of five grains, god of
heaven, god of soil, god of region, ceremony of ancestors
4. Sense of shame → ethics, moral culture and home management , Jin-in-sa-
dae-cheon-myeong (God helps those who help themselves)
Orient Culture (Buddhism Confucian Value<Success stories of Japan and Korea>)
Korea ㆍ China ㆍ Japan- peninsula, continent, island, Chinese character and Confucian
culture → benevolence→ cultural code of three nations in the Northeast Asia –
communication of Chinese character, unification, Korea, China, Japan /Beon-ja/Gan-ja/
Yak-ja/ Jeong-ja (types of character), Chinese character, last period of Ching dysnasty
3000~60 million characters
Seokguram Bulguksa Changdeok palace
Gyeongju historical districtJongmyoSuwon hwaseong
Haeinsa Gyeongpanjeon Dolmen heritage Jeju volcano island and lava cave
VII.Korea –National Culture of God Spirit in the 21st
century
Great Culture Great UniversityGreat Culture Great University 18 / 25
VII. Korea – National Culture of God Spirit in the 21st century
1. God-centered way of thinking, times of deity, high spirits, shamanism
(relish, merriment, high spirits) shamanistic religion
2. Can do spirit, Why not, Let’s live a better life, overcoming poverty – the
Saemaeul movement
3. Supported by education, teaching, ideology ← miracle of Han river - 1986
Asian Games, 1988 Olympic Games, 2002 World Cup Festival for high
spirits not just for soccer- toward the world beyond walls Dynamic Korea
→ profound taste of culture
① Alcoholic drink
② music
③ dance
Korean traditional clothes ‘Dandui’ Chinese traditional clothes ‘Chipao’
VIII. Success and Failure of the 20th century’s Cultural
Challenges
Suwonhwaseong
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VIII. Success and Failure of the 20th century’s Cultural Challenges
1. Two faces of national image of Korea
① Nation with insufficient basic technology, and raw materials→ failure of
respecting and preserving ancestor’s learning, science, and technology
② Korean-made cars, Korean-made Benz – OEM – failure and challenge of
marketability
③ War, division of a nation, demonstration, riot, export of orphans, abuse
of foreigners
Fall of the 100 years-tradition of the modern history ( failure to clean
up the vestiges of the Japanese colonial rule and the creative process
of overcoming)
Yeonhui rope walking Jeungpyeongjangddeol dure song of farming
IX. Era of Cultural Industry
Ancient buildings of Mt. Moodang
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IX. Era of Cultural Industry
1. 21st century is the era of culture
① Information society – Dream Society(Jensen, Futurology)
② Era of industrial production – era of cultural production – Rifkin, writer
of The European Dream
③ Nation’s destiny decides the national image
Korean Wave culture→ to the world , to the culture, to the truth → the
light of the east shines the world
④ Popular movie → countries with the share of more than 25% : Korea
(50%), France and Japan
⑤ Music video Popular music
⑥ IT
⑦ Be quick world culture history
X. Challenge of the Spiritual Culture of the
World
Joseon Dynasty royal tomb(Geonwonreung)
Great Culture Great UniversityGreat Culture Great University 24 / 25
X. Challenges of the Spiritual Culture of the World
1. Cultural policies demanded today
① Enhancing and illuminating mind and temper, purgation method for
spirit
② Improving the ‘quality of life’ on the ground of life
③ Accepting foreign culture in a balanced way
④ Establishing the culture-centered policy environment
⑤ Fostering “industry and art” that contribute the national development
Jongmyo Changdeok palace
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X. Challenges of the Spiritual Culture of the World
2. 7 factors developing spiritual culture
① Dream ㆍ Vision & Goal
② Right & Good service
③ Change & Innovation
④ Creativity & Challenge
⑤ Speed & Velocity
⑥ Trust & Credibility
⑦ Technology & InformationJongmyo royal ancestral memorial service
Thank you.