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The Cultural Landscape Characteristics of ‘Eupchi(邑治) Pavilion(樓亭)’ in the Early Joseon Period: A Case Study of Pavilions Recorded in the 《Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam》

조선전기 ‘읍치(邑治) 누정(樓亭)’의 문화경관적 성격 - 《신증동국여지승람》 수록 읍치 누정의 사례 -

Jong Han Jeona*
전 종한a*
aProfessor, Department of Social Studies Education, Gyeongin National University of Education
a경인교육대학교 사회과교육과 교수
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2025. pp. 697-712
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Abstract

This study aims to identify the cultural landscape characteristics of ‘Eupchi pavilions’(邑治 樓亭, pavilions of county seats) of the early Joseon period by examining records of those contained in the Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam (Newly Revised Augmented Survey of the Geography of Korea) and analyzing their landscape composition and placeness. Eupchi pavilion was not merely an architectural structure but a place imbued with public functions and cultural symbolism, serving as a venue where local officials entertained distinguished guests, practiced Confucian self-cultivation, and interacted with the local people. The location of pavilions were established within the spatial order centered on the Gaeksa(客舍), the symbolic core of Eupchi, and even when their name were derived from natural elements, they were highly symbolic and suggestive, reflecting Confucian ideals such as Deokchi (德治, virtuous governance), In (仁, benevolence), and Gyowha (敎化, moral cultivation) of local customs, as well as the spiritual worldview of the Joseon period. The scenery viewed from Eupchi pavilion was not a sort of the artificially constructed ‘borrowed landscape’(借景), but rather ‘nature and human life as they truly were’, and was a landscape where nature and humanity converged, and where Confucian ideals intersected with the realities of everyday life. Eupchi pavilion as a meaningful point of convergence where Joseon’s nature and culture of the early Joseon period, while linked to the broader pavilion culture of East Asia, represented a cultural landscape materialized through the interaction between the natural environment and the spiritual worldview of the Korean Peninsula at the time.

Keywords
Eupchi(邑治)
Eupchi pavilion[邑治 樓亭]
Cultural landscape
Placeness
Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam[新增東國輿地勝覽]

본 연구는 《신증동국여지승람》에 수록된 읍치(邑治) 누정(樓亭) 기록을 분석하여 조선 전기 읍치 누정의 경관 구성과 장소성을 이해하고 문화경관적 성격을 규명하고자 하였다. 읍치 누정은 단순한 건축물이 아닌 공적 기능과 문화적 상징성을 지녔던 곳으로, 지방관의 귀빈 맞이와 유교적 수양, 그리고 백성과의 교감이 이루어지던 현장이었다. 누정의 입지는 읍치의 상징적 중심인 객사 중심의 공간 질서 속에서 이루어졌으며, 그 명칭은 자연 요소로 이루어진 경우조차 덕치(德治)와 인(仁), 풍속의 교화(敎化) 등의 유교적 이념이나 조선의 정신세계를 반영한 매우 상징적이고 함축적인 것이었다. 누정에서 조망된 풍광은 연출된 성격의 차경이기보다는 ‘있는 그대로의 자연과 인간 삶’이었으며, 그것은 자연과 인간이 조우하고, 유교적 이상과 일상적 현실이 교차하는 경관이었다. 조선 전기 읍치 누정은 동아시아의 보편적 누정 문화와 연결되면서도 조선의 자연과 문화, 정치와 학문, 풍속과 도덕이 상호 변환되는 의미의 접점으로서 당대 한반도의 자연환경과 인간 삶의 세계가 상호작용하여 구현한 문화경관이었다.

키워드
읍치
읍치 누정
문화경관
장소성
신증동국여지승람
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  • Publisher :The Korean Geographical Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :대한지리학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :대한지리학회지
  • Volume : 60
  • No :6
  • Pages :697-712
  • Received Date : 2025-10-21
  • Revised Date : 2025-11-12
  • Accepted Date : 2025-11-14
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22776/kgs.2025.60.6.697
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