발해 문화의 고려 전승

Koryo’s cultural succession of Palhae

The culture of Palhae is composed of a variety of cultural aspects from Koguryo(高句麗), Tang(唐), Malgal(靺鞨), Central Asia, and also Palhae’s own culture. However, the reserach of Palhae culture is proceeded with their own angle of East Asian countries. Therefore, China is emphasizes the cultural relationship between Tang and Palhae, and Russia focuses on the cultural aspects from Malgal and Central Asia. Japan had an experience of excavating cultural assets of Site of the Sanggyung Ryongchon Government Palace and Site of the Kraskino fortresss, and also posseses Palhae’s cultural properties. Furthermore, Japan have an interest in the Koguryo’s succession of Palhae culture. South and North Korea have concentrated on the Koguryo’s succession of Palhae culture and have had the researches into the subject. The North believes that the origin of Palhae culture is all from Koguryo. But the studies of Palhae in the North is mostly not based on facts, but based on Propoganda. So, extreme caution should be exercised when trying to understand its cultural inheritance. Under these circumstance, the recent opening of an Art and Science meeting which is related to Palhae Culture in South Korea purports the development of the researches on Palhae’s culture and history. The purpose of this paper is to examine Koryo’s succession of Palhae culture, which we have not researched up to now. After the downfall of Palhae, its culture influenced that of Liao(遼), Jin(金), Shong(宋), and Japan in many ways. Also, Palhae culture is similar to that of early Koryo, and is inherited to early Koryo. For example, the government managing system, the art of Architecture, hypocaust facilities, surnames, language and letter, the consciousness of historical succession, crafts, traditional games, and clothing. However, although we had knowledge about Koryo’s cultural succession of Palhae, we still have remaining problems to be solved. the following is that problem ; What does Koryo exactly inherit? Does the resemblance of the cultures between Palhae and Koryo mean the same as Koryo’s cultural succession of Palhae? what does the cultural succession mean in the flow of the Korean history? In conclusion, Palhae culture had influenced not only Liao and Jin, but also Koryo. Even though Koryo’s inheritance of Palhae culture didn’t play a huge role in Koryo society, it played somewhat meaningful role in the development of Korean culture. I hope that South and North Korea would work together to solve the problems about the cultural inheritance of Palhae through academic interchang.