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Establishment of a Buddhist Arboretum through a Survey of Temple Managers and Laypersons

사찰림 관리자와 일반인의 인식조사를 통한 불교수목원 조성방안

  • Yi, Young-Kyoung (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Dongguk University) ;
  • Yi, Pyong-In (Dept. of Bioenvironmental Energy, Pusan National University)
  • 이영경 (동국대학교 조경학과) ;
  • 이병인 (부산대학교 바이오환경에너지학과)
  • Received : 2013.12.10
  • Accepted : 2014.02.06
  • Published : 2014.02.28

Abstract

Nowadays, forests have been recognized as valuable resources for biological diversity and tourism/recreation. Temple forests occupy 1.3% of all the Korean forest and are under weak management although their ecological states are very good. Currently in the Buddhist society, the concern for the Buddhist arboretum has been raised as a good alternative for the practical use of temple forests to secure the sustainability of the temple forests as well as to actively meet the demand of the times for forests. This study aims to suggest establishment measures of Buddhist arboretum. This survey was performed on 105 temple forest managers and 130 laypersons. To summarize the results, the two groups differ in opinion. The temple forest managers more concerned for advertizing Buddhist culture and enhancing the image of the temple, while the laypersons had higher expectations for relaxation and education. However, they are similar in putting more emphasis on the conserving the heritage value of the temple and managing the temple forest. Above all, both groups evaluated the needs higher than the urgency and perceived managing temple forest as the most crucial function of a Buddhist arboretum. They also thought that a Buddhist arboretum should be planned to respond to the ecological characteristics of the temple area as well as to be non-exclusive to its users. Based on the important findings, five suggestions for a Buddhist arboretum were proposed. First, a Buddhist arboretum should be carried forward from a long-term point of view, developing a bond of sympathy between members of Buddhist society as well as conducting promotion and education to the general public. Second, the most significant function of a Buddhist arboretum should be preserving the temple forest, with the emphasis on relaxation and education. Third, in order to provide nonexclusive use, a Buddhist arboretum should provide mixed programs applicable to diverse user groups for high user satisfaction and educational effects. Fourth, the Buddhistic identification could be obtained through variety of plants closely associated with Buddhist culture. Lastly, in the process of collecting plants, it is also crucial to reflect the image of the temple and resource property so as to contribute itself in conservation and management of original temple forests. Thereby all Buddhist Arboretum can be classified into two types; preservation/collection and display/education/rest.

오늘날, 산림자원은 생물종 다양성과 관광 및 휴양을 위한 중요한 자원으로 대두되고 있다. 사찰림은 우리나라 산림의 1.3%를 차지하고 자연생태가 매우 양호하나, 관리가 미비한 실정이다. 근래 불교계 내부에서는 사찰림의 지속가능한 관리에 기여하면서 산림에 대한 사회적 요구에 부응할 수 있는 활용대안으로서 불교수목원이 크게 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 불교수목원의 조성방안을 제시하기 위하여 사찰림 관리자 105명과 일반인 130명에 대한 인식조사를 수행하였다. 조사결과를 요약하면 불교수목원을 통해 사찰림 관리자는 불교문화 홍보와 사찰의 이미지 향상에 대한 관심이 더 높고, 일반인은 휴양과 교육에 대한 기대가 더 높다는 점에서 차이점이 있다. 그러나 두 집단 모두 전통사찰의 유산가치 보존과 사찰림 관리를 중요하게 생각한다는 점에서 유사하다. 특히, 두 집단 모두 불교수목원의 필요성을 시급성보다 높게 평가하고 있으며, 사찰림 관리를 가장 중요한 기능으로 인식하고 있었다. 또한 두 집단 모두 불교수목원은 배타적이지 않은 이용을 도모하고 사찰지역의 자연생태적 특성을 감안하여 조성되어야 한다고 생각하고 있었다. 중요 결과를 바탕으로 다음과 같은 불교수목원의 계획방안이 제시되었다. 첫째, 불교수목원은 장기적 관점에서 추진하면서 불교 내부 구성원의 공감대 형성과 일반인에 대한 교육 및 홍보를 진행하여야 한다. 둘째, 사찰림 보전을 가장 중요한 기능으로 설정하며, 이와 함께 휴양과 교육기능을 강조하여야 한다. 셋째, 배타적이지 않은 이용을 도모하기 위해서 불교수목원은 다양한 계층의 이용자들에게 적용될 수 있는 혼합프로그램을 개발하여 이용 만족을 높이고 교육효과를 달성하여야 한다. 넷째, 불교경전 식물 등 불교와 관련있는 식물을 통해 불교적 정체성이 있는 수목원을 조성하도록 한다. 다섯째, 식물수집에 있어서도 사찰의 이미지와 자원특징을 중심으로 하여 기존 사찰림의 보존 및 관리에 기여하도록 하여야 한다. 따라서 불교수목원은 보존 수집형 수목원과 전시 교육 휴양형 수목원의 두 가지 유형으로 구분될 수 있다.

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