고구려 宗廟制의 전개와 변천

초록

Before the reform of the ancestor’s shrine, not only the loyal family but other ruling groups also could build their own ancestor’s shrine. The royal shrines were built only in dedication to the kings in King Taejo’s family line, and their spirit tablets took the form of sculpture. The ancestor’s shrine became exclusive to the royal family after the reform; the spirit tablets of the kings in King Chumo’s family line also came to be kept in it, and the shrine system started to adopt the Confucian ideas and style. At the same time, however, we can see that it does not fit into the Confucian system in some ways. This demonstrates that Goguryeo both accepted and reinvented foreign culture.