EVERYDAY LIFE IN PAEKCHE FROM THE FIFTH TO SEVEN CENTURY (IN KOREAN, CHINESE AND JAPANESE SOURCES). PART ONE: THE ATTIRE OF ITS INHABITANTS AND THE EARLY ARCHITECTURE (Kultura zycia codziennego w panstwie Paekche V-VII w.....)

• Authors: Taylor Jakub
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this part of the article is to reconstruct two elements of Paekche people's daily life: outward appearance and their building methods, by comparing the literary sources with the available archeological data. An attempt to present the process of chronological change, the diversification and the supposed origin of the above elements of the everyday life has been also made. Along with the reconstruction of probable anthropomorphic features of various ethnic groups inhabiting Paekche in the 5-7th c., various methods of tattooing, intentional scull deformation and various aspects of people's clothing (such as the fabric and dye production and dyeing techniques, the usage of the personal ornaments, hairdressing and fashion in general) have been also described. These aspects of culture have been linked to the Mahan, Wa, Chinese and Manchurian cultures. Subsequently an attempt to establish the cultural identity of numerous aspects of Paekche's architecture and internal layout of the house equipment (the usage of heating-systems, illumination, bedding, toilet bowls, 'kurut patch'im', etc.) has been made. The Korean classification of mountain fortresses and typology of sacral sites is presented as well. According to the literary tradition, the architectural skills of Paekche people were highly valued in the region, despite their unawareness of many Liang, Sui and Tang construction methods such as the elevation of the open-spandrel segmental arch bridges.

Keywords

EN

CHINESE CHRONICLES; EARLY KOREAN ARCHITECTURE; JAPANESE CHRONICLES; KOREAN CHRONICLES; PAEKCHE CULTURE

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne
• Journal: Przegląd Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 1-2 (224-225)
• Pages: 36-52
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Taylor Jakub

• Jakub Taylor, Uniwersity in Seoul (for contact details mail to: [e-mail])

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06065