선상기 최순이의 진주검무 계승과 국가무형유산 지정

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the background and changes in the designation of the national intangible heritage of the sword dance passed down through Choi Soon-i in the selecting period. The sword dance is the oldest traditional dance in Korea, and the only sword dance designated as a national intangible heritage is ‘Jinju sword dance’. Choi Soon-yi’s existence in the study of the Jinju sword dance is hardly highlighted. Although the sword dance was handed down in the Jinju area, Choi Soon-yi played a decisive role in the designation of the national intangible heritage of ‘Jinju sword dance’.
 Choi Soon-yi was selected as a shipbuilder for the royal retreat in the early 1900s, danced, and returned to Jinju to teach sword dance until 1969.
 According to the Intangible Cultural Property Investigation Report, the sword dance demonstrated by Choi Soon-yi retained the original form of the court sword dance. Through Choi Soon-yi, the sword dance of the court and the sword dance of the Jinju Gyobang were influenced by each other.
 Starting with Choi Soon-yi, the sword dance of the late Joseon Dynasty and the sword dance designated as an intangible heritage differ in form and content. The sword dance, which was performed by four people until the late Joseon Dynasty and the 1930s, was also fixed with the number of eight in the process of designating intangible cultural properties. The shape of the Jinju sword dance knife was a form in which the neck and blade were rotated without being fixed when it was designated as an intangible cultural property. Around 1901, it was improved to a form in which the sword was turned nationwide. In other words, all the swords of sword dance used by Choi Soon-yi in the Jinju Gyobang and court were straight blades, and a temporarily improved knife was used for Japanese colonial era.
 In the late Joseon Dynasty, Jinju’s sword dance did not wear Hansam. However, after 1930, Hansamsawi was added and designated as an intangible cultural property. At that time, the popular event among Kwon Bun’s dances was Geommu. Choi Soon-yi combined and developed the elements of court dance and the part passed down from Gyobang to form a perfect dance.