옥도리벽화분으로 본 고구려의 지역문화

Abstract

Nampo was both the gateway to and part of Pyeongyang. The foreign culture that entered through Nampo either stayed there or moved on into Pyeongyang. In the early 5th century when Pyeongyang was becoming the new capital of Koguryo, the Koguryo culture that flourished in Guknaeseong of Jian also moved through Nampo into Pyeongyang. Nampo culture that had retained strong legacy of Han culture came under the influence of Koguryo’s Jian Guknaeseong culture and met the influx of northern culture in the early 5th century.<BR> Okdori Mural Tomb is a two-chamber tomb with tabernacle built in Nampo region. Most of the mural motives are typical to Nampo region tomb murals. Okdori Mural Tomb’s tabernacle is that in the stage of decline but an altar still stands in front. Such tomb structure reflects the period in change when the concept of soul and altar diminished but persisted.<BR> The composition and expressive technique of Okdori mural tomb also show both the tradition and the new trends. Some of the figures in the mural wear round collars while other wear straight collar. Some figures wear guanmo (an official hat) with bird feathers. Dancers who dance while wearing not a pointed jeolpung but a rectangular guanmo with a bird feather are not easily found in tomb murals of Pyeongyang region. Only in Okdori Mural Tomb can we find huntsmen on horseback who in Deokheungri Mural Tomb roamed the curved mountain ranges chase game in vertically organized space. Placing a pair of Hyeonmu in the ceiling corners and depicting the deceased couple on the walls also differ from the typical composition of motifs in Pyeongyang region tomb murals.<BR> Okdori Mural Tomb shows the distinct coexistence and fusion of northern and southern cultural element. It shows that the Nampo culture of the early 5th century while under strong Koguryo influence maintained elements of Han culture when the new culture was emerging.