Funeral Rites and the Changes in the Bureaucratic Class During the Goryeo Dynasty

National Museum of Korea, image provided by Prof. Jin Hoon Park

Jinhoon Park, Professor, Department of History, Myongji University

Tuesday, June 30, 2015
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA

This paper examines the funerary practices of the Goryeo bureaucratic class from death to the final laying to rest, and how the practices changed. I will examine in detail the complete funerary process from the final moments before death, place of death, wake, funeral (cremation), enshrinement of ashes into a Buddhist temple, and final laying to rest. Additionally, I will examine how the timeline of the wake and funeral changed and look at causes for the shift. 

Cost : Free and open to the public

Sponsor(s): Center for Korean Studies