한국, 대만, 오스트리아의 분묘에 나타난 죽음관

Abstract

The views of death those are so fundamental to our way of seeing the world influence human lives, cultures, religions, value systems and so on. This paper, therefore, is to interpret views of death expressed in Korean, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), and Austrian graves. That is different from previous studies because of escaping the realm of theoretical perspectives and discussion. The followings were suggested for the interpretation of views of death expressed in Korean, Taiwan, and Austrian graves: ‘academic importance of views of death,’ ‘methods studying views of death,’ ‘summary of Korean, Taiwan, and Austrian graves,’ ‘characteristics views of death,’ ‘subject of views of death,’ ‘comparison of Korean, Taiwan, and Austrian views of death,’ ‘tasks for follow-up studies,’ and so on. Results revealed that Korean view of death expressed in graves is going mountain-ancestor. Taiwan view of death expressed in graves is going house-ancestor. And Austrian view of death expressed in graves is beautifully going to the Jesus. Considering those views of death, it is needed for following studies to make clear detailed cues of various views of death in other countries including Korean, Taiwan, and Austria.