• Acta Via Serica
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.187-198
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• 2020

This paper is devoted to the examination of the identity of the Sogdian descendants and their historical role in the second millennium CE. More specifically, it discusses the Sogdian connection to the later Iranic-speaking peoples of Central Asia, namely, the Sarts and the Tajiks. It then discusses the symbiotic relationship between the Sogdian descendants and the Mongols and the Mongol descendants (Chaghatays and Uzbeks) in Central Asia. In sum, this paper argues that the Sogdians did not perish after the Arab conquest of Central Asia in the eighth century CE. They survived under new exonyms Sart and Tajik. Like the Sogdians in pre-Islamic Central Asia, the Tajiks or Sarts played important historical roles in the Mongol and post-Mongol states of Central Asia, maintaining a symbiotic relationship with the nomad elites.

• Asian review of World Histories
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.105-127
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• 2014

The Silk Road, a trans-Eurasian network of trade routes connecting East and Southeast Asia to Central Asia, India, Southwest Asia, the Mediterranean, and northern Europe, which flourished from roughly 100 BCE to around 1450, has enjoyed two modern eras of intense academic study. The first spanned a period of little more than five decades, from the late nineteenth century into the early1930s, when a succession of European, Japanese, and American scholar-adventurers, working primarily in Chinese Turkestan (present-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which comprises China's vast northwest) and China's Gansu Province (to the immediate east of Xinjiang) rediscovered and often looted many of the ancient sites and artifacts of the Silk Road. The second era began to pick up momentum in the 1980s due to a number of geopolitical, cultural, and technological realities as well as the emergence of the New World History as a historiographical field and area of teaching. This second period of fascination with the Silk Road has resulted in not only a substantial body of both learned and popular publications as well as productions in other media but also in an ever-expanding sense among historians of the scope, reach, and significance of the Silk Road.

• 복식
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• 제60권7호
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• pp.117-130
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• 2010

The four walls of mural paintings in Afrasiab, Samarkand, have discovered: the indian-concept east wall, the west with the paintings of envoys from a number of countries bringing in King's letters or gifts, the south describing traditional ceremony celebrating the new year, the north with a picture of a Chinese princess on board beside hunting scenes. Overall, Sogdians in Afrasiab mural paintings of 7th century had following costume codes: a very short haircut or the Turkic queue, a rather-narrow-sleeved caftan with round-neck, a belt and boots. The west wall showed various costume style of a set of envoys from countries. First, a Turkic envoy had 3-6 rows of long plaits, wearing a caftan with two lapels and a belt - interestingly, Sogdian and Turkic nobles didn't wear pochettes. Second, a Chaganiyan had a hairband on his short hair, and his colorful round-neck caftan is decorated with animal-patterned medallions and a golden belt. Third, a Chach wore a jewelled hairband, putting gaiters on his pants. Forth, a Chinese was in putou with a round-neck caftan, and with a belt and sword around his waist. Lastly, also appeared a Koguryo envoy in white putou with a double-bird-feathered crown on top, wearing a long-sleeved yellow v-neck top, a belt, narrow-cuffed pants and boots. Identical to the Sogdian statues excavated in various regions of China are the appearance of big eyes and nose -similar to the warrior stone in Korea- a hairband, and a pochette down from the waist line. During this period, white and red were considered as prevailing colors for clothing: red and yellow among Turks. The costumes of characters in Afrasiab mural paintings were preferably made with the animal-patterned, sophiscated samite Zandanachi of Sogdiana.

• Acta Via Serica
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2019

This paper attempts to reveal little-known pages from the history of relations between the peoples of Central Asia and Korea based on materials derived from written sources and modern scientific literature, as well as from medieval wall paintings from the early medieval Afrasiab Palace of Varhuman, the ruler of Samarkand, and from stone sculptures of Sogdian figures contained in Silla royal tombs. Korea's interest in the western lands led to its contact with Buddhism, which spread and later flourished in all three Korean kingdoms (Koguryo, Paekche and Silla). The spread of Buddhism in turn motivated a number of Korean monks to undertake pilgrimages to India via Central Asia. Hyecho, a young Silla pilgrim, left evidence of his journey via the South China Sea to India in 723 AD. Paul Pelliot discovered a report from Hyecho's journey entitled Notes on Pilgrimage to Five Regions in India (Wang Wu Tianzhuguo zhuan) in the Dunhuang caves in 1908. Hyecho's contributions are worthy of attention, substantially complementing knowledge available for this little-studied period in the history of South and Central Asia. The information contained in Hyecho's manuscript is, in fact, considered the most significant work of the first half of the 8th century. Research regarding the relationship between Central Asia and Korea remains underdeveloped. Existing historical evidence, however, including the above mentioned Samarkand wall paintings, depicts the visits of two Korean ambassadors to Samarkand, and evidence from Silla tombs suggests the presence of diplomatic relations in addition to trade between the two regions. Overall, the history of the relationship between Central Asia and Korea yields new insights into how and why these distant countries sustained trade and diplomatic and cultural exchange during this early period. Taking into account Korea's growing interest in Uzbekistan, especially in its history and culture, this article can act as a catalyst for studying the history of the two country's relations.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제40권
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• pp.243-270
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• 2007

직물에 표현되는 연주문은 제작 과정상 크기나 모양의 제약이 없어 그 표현이 자유롭고, 그 형태와 재료 색체 등을 통해서 당시의 사회문화를 유추할 수 있다. 본 연구의 주제인 동전(東傳) 연주문은 사산조 페르시아에서 출발하여 실크로드를 통해 전래된 것으로 동서문화 교류와 밀접해 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 연주문이 시작되는 5세기부터 10세기에 해당하는 서 중앙아시아의 벽화 복식, 중국 신강 청해 일대에서 출토된 고대직물 그리고 일본 정창원(正倉院) 소장품의 연주문에 대해 고찰하였다. 그리고 이상의 자료를 통해 연주문의 동서 교류 현상과 구조적 변천과정을 밝히는 데에 목적을 두고 있다. 실크로드를 따라 동전(東傳)하는 연주문의 도안은 지역에 따라 조금씩 차이가 난다. 예를 들러 고대 소그들인들이 주로 활동했던 파미르고원 서쪽에서는 서아시아적인 모티브가 변형된 사슴이나 화식조 등을 주제로 하는 연주문금이 출토되지만, 쿠차 신강에서는 중국적인 모티브가 첨가되어 한자문이 삽입되거나 태양신[Helios] 대신 불상문 보살문으로 나타난다. 이처럼 새로운 문양의 등장은 구조적인 변화를 동반하여 점차 사산조 페르시아의 정형화된 패턴에서 벗어나게 된다. 그리고 그 구조적인 변천과정은 후대 여러 문양의 구성 및 배치방법과 연관이 있다. 연주 환간의 마름모꼴 공간에 안치된 사합초화문 등이 능화문의 형태로 발전되었으며, 10세기 이후 나타나는 기하학적인 골조문양의 유행 단위문양을 상하좌우로 배치하는 탑자문의 전개법이 연주문과 유사하다. 요컨대 연주문은 기술적 진보와 함께 표현 자체에서 세련된 예술적 코드를 읽을 수 있으며, 지역이나 문화를 넘어서는 보편적인 문양으로서 중요한 의미를 지닌다.