朝鮮初 漢江의 位相과 沿岸地域의 現況 = A Study on the Status of the Hangang River and the present conditions of the areas along the shore of the Hangang River in the early Joseon dynasty

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Entering the Joseon Dynasty, the Hangang River earned an even greater status than the Yeseonggang River of the previous dynasty in terms of the most critical functions of a river running behind a royal capital city as the tax grain transported by river or sea from all over the nation was collectively converged in Yongsan and Seogang area along the Hangang River. As a matter of fact, the Hangang River was the first river ever that was named Capital River as a river running behind a capital city.
Parts of the northern shores of Hangang River belonged to the gyo, the suburbs of the Hanseongbu outside the city wall in general, performing the same kind of functions as the outside of Gaegyeong and the Yeseonggang River in the Goryeo Dynasty. They held a wide range of national events along the shores of the Hangang River including welcoming and sending off foreign envoys, soldiers going to the war, and government officials being dispatched to local regions, military exercises such as firearm experiments and drills with warships, battleships and naval operations, and national ceremonies and praying rituals such as Suryukje and Sancheonje including a shamanist service to pray for rain.
The composition of the residents living along the shores of the Hangang River was diverse. Those shore areas were the homes for shipbuilding technicians such as shipwrights and carpenters, logistics and trade people including Geobu, Geoju, and Merchants, craftsmen making everyday products such as potters, and common farmers. In addition, groups of government officials or ex-officials also lived in the areas permanently or temporarily for rest and relaxation.
Holding a variety of residents from many different classes, the natural village in those areas usually had ten households or so. However, those villages located in Yongsan and Seogang, especially those at the strategic point of the traffic and logistics hubs exceeded the other natural villages along the shores in the number of households by a huge degree.
In the middle of the social and economic changes since the 16th century, the Seoul area also went through changes from the aspects of quality and quantity. Those areas along the Hangang River must have had close connections to the changes in every respect of life, being part of the Hanseongbu in the administrative point. This paper provides a basic work to understand Hanyang and the Hangang River that lived through the changes of Joseon.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 머리말
• Ⅱ. 朝鮮初 漢江의 位相
• 1. 京江으로서의 漢江
• 2. 郊로서의 漢江 沿岸 地域
• Ⅲ. 朝鮮初 京江 沿岸 地域의 現況 -住民, 生業, 村落-
• 1. 住民과 生業
• 2. 村落
• Ⅳ. 맺음말