A Strategy to Make Use of the Auspicious State Confucian Rituals in the Joseon Dynasty as Tourist Attractions

조선시대의 국가의례의 장을 관광지로의 이용방안

Virtually all families in modern Korean society are related to their ancestral rites. Rites, li, are central in the practice of Confucian virtue. Confucian rites has been displayed in grand spectacle to participants held in the state level in Joseon time. Some of the Confucian rites were designated as world cultural heritage. Because of lack of information however the sites and rites are not well-known among the national and foreign people. This paper studies the object of worship rites, the meaning of rituals in Confucian belief, and the state Confucian rites especially auspicious rites in Joseon dynasty which is maintained these days and liases them as tourist attractions.