The ancients saw mystically the swan which extends white wings and flies highly. And possibly people were finding existence of Corn spirit(穀霊) in the figure from which it gets down to the paddy field which harvest finished. The tradition of the so-called “target of rice cake” drawn on “HUDOKI(風土記)” is telling such an idea eloquently. In “TANO(田野)” tradition, what it became a swan and flew to when using for the “target the rice cake” which is the soul of a rice was a revelation of God which just foresees failure in farming. Or already obtains it from the “Rice cakes of mirror shape(鏡餅)” of the New Year's ritual. That is, rice cake has a form of a ball because “white” and “the form of a ball” which symbolize Corn spirit(穀霊) are in it. Japanese people would think that the divine spirit was probably dwelling into rice cake.
동북아시아문화학회 [The Association of North-east Asian Cultures]
설립연도
2000
분야
복합학>학제간연구
소개
동북아시아 문화의 다양성과 정체성을 연구 토론하고, 지역내 문화 교류의 다양한 모습을 연구하고 문화변동의 큰 틀을 집적함으로써 우리 민족 문화 및 상대 민족의 문화적 터전을 이해하여 문화공동체적 특성을 계발하고 상호 관련성의 강화를 유도하는 학술활동을 통해 동북아시아의 문화발전에 이바지함.