왕실 탕치에서 현대 리허빌리테이션까지: 충청 온천의 의례·치유·관광의 장기 지속성 = From Royal Therapeutic Bathing to Modern Rehabilitation: Ritual, Healing, and Tourism in Chungcheong Hot Springs

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

(Purpose) This study reframes Chungcheong hot springs as a long-duration cultural institution linking premodern royal ritual bathing with modern medicalization, tourism, and contemporary wellness and rehabilitation discourse. It positions hot springs as socio-cultural infrastructures where ritual, healing, and tourism intersect.
(Design/methodology/approach) Drawing exclusively on the uploaded monograph’s texts, images, tables, and captions as primary data , the study employs a triangulated qualitative approach combining discourse, visual, and event analysis across Onyang, Yuseong, and Suanbo. The framework integrates therapeutic landscapes, ritual practice, lieux de mémoire, and staged authenticity within a comparative, long-term perspective.
(Findings) The findings reveal differentiated patterns of historical transformation and contemporary stabilization. Onyang emerges as a model of “commercialized memory,” in which royal monuments and hotel operations coexist and mutually reinforce symbolic value. Yuseong appears as a “medicalized” model structured by scientific discourse, including chemical composition, pH levels, and administrative regulation. Suanbo is identified as a “heritagization” model shaped by facility closure, exhibition practices, and institutional reinterpretation. Across all cases, the study finds that ritual narratives persist through reinterpretation, while healing practices are rearticulated through modern scientific and wellness frameworks.
(Research implications / Originality) This study proposes principles for interpretation, exhibition, and education based on accuracy, evidentiality, polyvocality, and accessibility. It contributes originality by integrating ritual, medical, and tourism perspectives into a unified long-duration analytical framework, addressing a gap in existing hot spring studies. Furthermore, it repositions hot springs as public healing infrastructure and offers practical implications for local governance, heritage policy, and wellness-oriented cultural design. The study also suggests that balancing commercialization with the public value of healing remains a critical challenge for sustainable cultural management.