This thesis covers with the transmission of Icheon Geobuknori and creating a tradition of it. It is based on 'the invention of Tradition' by Eric Hobsbawm, 'the selective tradition' by Raymond Williams and 'recontextualization' by Han, Yang-Myeong.
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This thesis covers with the transmission of Icheon Geobuknori and creating a tradition of it. It is based on 'the invention of Tradition' by Eric Hobsbawm, 'the selective tradition' by Raymond Williams and 'recontextualization' by Han, Yang-Myeong.
In the second part, we focused on condition of performance of Icheon Geobuknori in the traditional society. The background of the performance has been known as traditional game performed in Korean thanksgiving day and the 15th day of the New Year according to the lunar, and the game with hoping Byeogsa-Jingyeong(to drive ghost out and to welcome happy occations) and Mubyeong-Jangsu(to wish good health and longevity). However, there are only few ways of practical approach of the background. Therefore, we explained the realistic background of performing Geobuknori, described what related with occupation of Icheon rather than idealistic Byeogsa-Jingyeong andMubyeong-Jangsu. About the groups playing the performance, the past researches have showed them as children, adolescent, and the young. But we used newspaper and article written in the period of Japanese Ruling for clearing them. After we examined Geobuknori in the nearby town, researched examples, and the example from a spot survey, it was found that the performance was lead by the young of the town. After the Korean war, Geobuknori has remained only a game of children and adolescents of the town because the power of transmission has been weakened.
In the part of process and contents of the performance, we presented the contents of performance of Icheon Geobuknori played after 1970s. After the Korean war, there are a lot of changes of I-cheon Geobuknori between the performance in the rural society and that after the 1970s. So we compared with the performance and the example of Geobuknori in the southern Gyeonggi province and the north Chungcheong province and analyzed it for finding the contents of the performance played in the town before 1960s. Moreover, we compared with Sajanori in the hamgyeong province and Sonori performed in gyeonggi province and Hwanghae province, which are known as the same kind of the playing with Icheon Geobuknori
In the part 3, we looked through the social background of Icheon Geobuknori and the process of its transmission by now. Icheon Geobuknori was revived by the concern of a elementary school teacher. And it was found that traditional game was used in the curriculum by the policy of the government. In addition, after it was resurrected, teachers and students became the main agent of the performance. It was introduced by the media and people took part in the competition of the tradition art, and the main agent of the performance was changed into the teachers and the villagers. During these, it was found that local government supported them actively and some folklorists participated in this process. And we analyzed the background of severance of transmission.
We searched from the reforming of the society for the preservation to the designation of intangible cultural asset of the Gyeonggi province. The members of the society recognized that Geobuknori was one of important intangible cultural assets and it had the society reformed. It was considered that the members kept the designation in mind when they made the society. After that, it was composed as a regular program of local festival in Icheon steadily and the members has become active tied with farm village theme park for themselves. And it can be confirmed that their research about the performance in 2006 was considered as a preliminary inspection for the designation.
In the part 4, we looked the creation of the tradition of Icheon Geobuknori and analyzed the change of its meaning. We looked how the tradition was created based on the contents of newspaper, article, examples of Geobuknori and interview presented in part 2 and 3. Like other traditional things, IcheonGeobuknori also underwent the process that new asset was intervened and the performance has been changed in every period, which has been recognized the traditional thing. Originally, Icheon Geobuknori was the game for unification in a farm village or for celebrating a festive day. After the Korean war, it was understood as a game for children or adolescents in a village. And after the revival in 1970s, it was recognized as one of the traditional performance, and nowadays as traditional playing representing Icheon.
In the last part, like most of the traditional situation, it was found that Icheon Geobuknori has been effected by the historical event like the period of Japanese rule, the Korean war, industrialization, Saemaeul Movement and by the competition of traditional art conducted from after 1950s. However, except for these things, it can be showed that national curriculum and public education affected mostly in the performance. Because of this, Icheon Geobuknori became like a public performance and was applied in the curriculum in the public school.
From 2001, The effort for being designated the intangible cultural asset of gyeonggi province appear to be the effort of local government, culture center, teachers and members of society for the preservation. This is the process that Icheon Geobuknori is being symbolized as a traditional game representing the local area.