A Gwanwangmyo Shrine is to pay respect to Guan Yu, a general of Shu Han. It was introduced into Joseon from Ming and incorporated into the national rituals. Gwanwangmyo Shrines would hold different values according to time, space, royal family, and pr...
A Gwanwangmyo Shrine is to pay respect to Guan Yu, a general of Shu Han. It was introduced into Joseon from Ming and incorporated into the national rituals. Gwanwangmyo Shrines would hold different values according to time, space, royal family, and private sector. Modern researches also investigated and analyzed Gwanwangmyo Shrines in the viewpoints of many different fields including history, ritual, religion, and architecture. The categories and layers of knowledge and information about Gwanwangmyo Shrines are so complex that it is extremely difficult to put together and view them in a holistic manner.
Based on this problematic consciousness, this study suggested on how to embody digital curation with the resources of Gwanwangmyo Shrines located in Seoul and in each local area including Gogeumdo, Namwon, Seongju, and Andong. The ground work involved the design of ontology to promote organic connections among the objects of knowledge and information and the establishment of a database. A couple of methodologies were used for visual expressions including semantic network graphs, Pavilion, a VR virtual space created using photos taken through field trips and 360-degree panorama images, and 3D electronic maps based on cesium.
The final outcome was an online platform based on wiki software that readers would access and read with ease. Based on this, measures are taken so that users can watch curation, also depicted storytelling elements extracted from the connections of individual objects of knowledge and information expressed around Gwanwangmyo Shrines.
A digital humanities methodology was combined with the old knowledge of Gwanwangmyo Shrines, and this approach allowed for various ways to explore the knowledge world of the object resources and proposed the possibilities of an inquiry into new knowledge and stories not recognized before. Specifically by describing the story of the Gogeumdo Gwanwangmyo Shrine, whose meaning and character have changed according to the background of the times, and the story of the North Gwanwangmyo Shrine, which showed a mixture of royal and private beliefs, this study examined the potential aspects to be used by users in the future.
Through this, historical literature, records, modern research results, and multimedia resources targeting the physical space of Gwanwangmyo Shrine were comprehensively reviewed to explore the elements of knowledge and information inherent therein, and to make them into data through ontology design.