This study examined the memories and culture passed down in a village and how they are represented by studying the case of Urok-ri in Daegu. Urok-ri was the village of Gimhae Kims honored with the royal surname and formed since the first half of the 1...
This study examined the memories and culture passed down in a village and how they are represented by studying the case of Urok-ri in Daegu. Urok-ri was the village of Gimhae Kims honored with the royal surname and formed since the first half of the 17th century. The descendants of Kim Chung-seon, who was naturalized during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, have been living in Urok-ri. Over the course of 400 years, the records and oral tradition of Kim Chung-seon have been passed down, and because of the auditorium, memorial hall, and monument built in memory of him the landscape of the village is being restructured. Therefore, the Urok-ri villagers are experiencing the history they had not experienced first-hand and are sharing and representation it through the memory of the village. Most of all, Urok-ri came into the spotlight as a culture village different from other villages because of its distinctiveness as the village of the future generations of a naturalized Japanese. In particular, since the launch of the autonomous local government system, historical resources are being developed into new cultural contents by the cooperative efforts between the city and county offices and the family. In addition, the number of Japanese people visiting the village is increasing with Kim Chung-seon being revered as a symbolic figure of friendship between Japan and Korea, and the village memory is being extended and represented all the more through the erection of his monument in Japan.