Reconsidering Recognition Changes about a Sense of Place from Buyeo Goransa Buddhist Monastery's Historical Documents

부여 고란사의 역사기록에서 본 장소성 인식변화에 관한 연구

The appearance and placeness recognition changes of the Goransa Buddhist Monastery in historic literature from Joseon to post-liberation eras via the Japanese colonial period were diversified as they related to the political and social characteristics of the time. This research revealed that the overlapping, multi-layered attributes recognized the integrated value as heritage places involving buildings, people, and events as it relates to residence, rebuilding, and visiting the Goransa Buddhist Temple surroundings over time. The creation of the Gamgoru Pavilion symbolized Confucianism as a means of realizing righteousness at the Monastery from the 16th to 18th centuries during the Joseon era; it led to a new place from the descriptions of various literary works, which were different from previous historic records. Later, the Japanese in colonial Korea manipulated and promoted the Goransa Buddhist Monastery as an explicit place to prove the good, neighborly relationship between ancient Japan and Baekje Dynasties. A large-scale renovation of the ruined Buddhist temple was then carried out. After Korean liberation from Japanese colonialism, various assertions and rebuttals about the temple's foundation or historic documents were raised based on a lack of evidence. These aspects contributed to an extent in creating miscellaneous narratives of the Monastery Goransa and induced public interest. In conclusion, the current Goransa Buddhist Temple became a reconstructed cultural product and a heritage place by superimposing interpretations and intentions according to the times under the great symbolism of historic sites during the Baekje Kingdom.