The Royal Banquets during the Joseon Dynasty and the Functions of Hangeul Records : Focusing on Royal Protocol for the Court Feast at Hall of the Mother’s Good Fortune in 1827 (original) (raw)

2015, Korean Studies Quarterly

The purpose of this paper is to understand the forms and functions of hangeul manuscripts that were produced for royal banquets in the late Joseon period, focusing on the wine offering rite held by Crown Prince Hyomyeong for the King Sunjo and Queen Sunwon on September 10, 1827. When Royal Protocol for the Court Feast at Hall of the Mother’s Good Fortune was compiled to record the wine offering rite, not only Chinese manuscripts but also hangeul manuscripts were produced. And potable record of ritual protocols for the rite written in hangeul are extant. In order to understand the production background of these hangeul manuscripts, this paper examined first the aspects of use of hanguel in royal household by means of review and classification on the procedures and all concerned of the ritual. In the following, this paper took a closer look at the form, content, function as well as the production background of each hangeul manuscript such as praise, lyric, explanation of the ritual, potable record of ritual protocol, and royal protocol. All of these manuscripts were made for women of royal household, and more specifically, manuscripts for Queen Sunwon and Crown Princess were praise, lyric, explanation of the ritual, and royal protocol; manuscripts for housewives of royal families were praise, lyric, and portable ceremony procedure. Even though the contents were equal, according to the user’s status materials, forms as well as the function were different according to the user’s status.