RT Article
T1 Warrior Gods and Otherworldly Lands: Daoist Icons and Practices in Late Chosŏn Korea
JF Religions
VO 13
IS 11
A1 Stiller, Maya
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1822612268
AB This article brings Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1910) Korea into the discussion about the various roles of Daoism in East Asian cultures in which it has, unfortunately, all too often been absent. Based primarily on art-historical methodology and literary analysis, the article offers an overview of the many sorts of sources and materials that determine the perspectives we have of Daoism-related beliefs and concepts during the late Chosŏn. In contrast to earlier interpretations of Daoist practices as exclusively expressing a desire to retreat from public life, the materials discussed in this article advance a more subtle understanding of the pervasiveness of Daoism in late Chosŏn society, ranging from Daoist divination texts and rituals at religious shrines to the construction of artificial mountains for theater performances and the establishment of government office gardens that served as conduits for spiritual rejuvenation and display of cultural cachet.
K1 Korean garden culture
K1 Mt. Kŭmgang
K1 Mt. Penglai
K1 islands of immortals
K1 inner alchemy
K1 Jade Pivot Scripture
K1 Kwanje
K1 Guan Di
K1 Guan Yu
K1 Sinjung
K1 Sansin
K1 Kitchen God
K1 Chosŏn dynasty
K1 Korean Buddhism
K1 Korean Daoism
K1 Daoist visual culture
DO 10.3390/rel13111105