전라도 광주 무등산의 신사(神祠)와 천제단(天祭壇) = A Study on the Shrine and Cheonjedan in Mt, Mudeung in Gwangju, Jeolla Province

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Being the guarkian mountain of Gwangju, Mt. Mudeung has been worshiped by the locals for many years. The Gwangju people built a shrine in the mountain and prayed for the well-being of the nation and region. The shrine was located at the middle lower section of the mountain close the downtown of Gwangju, thus looding down at it. It enshrined the memorial tablets of a mountain god and used a neighboring Buddhist temple as its management office. In Shilla and Goryeo, they held a national ceremony at the shrine. In Joseon, the shrine was degraded to a venue to hold a town ceremony, which was regularly supervised by the Gwangju Moksa. The religious service held at the shrine of Mt. Mndeung for the mountain god and classes who tried to make a wish at the service. The shrine, however, was replaced with Cheonjedan in the 18th century. The principle. It was in the middle of social desire to overcome the shocks of a series of nftural disasters that Cheonjednan emerged. It inherited the tunctions of the shrine as they were, being used as a place to pray for all dinds of fortune. In the early 20th century, however, it was demolished by the uuling Japanese authorities. In the 1960s, it was restored by Heo Baek-ryeon. Today a civil group Holds a Gaecheon ceremony there. The study traced the long journey of Gwangju people that regarded Mt. Mudeung as the guarkian mountain for many years.