Plan of the Conciliation Standpoint of Jeju s cultural heritage policy - focused on the Buddhist cultural heritage

After periods of segmentation and disconnection, times have changed to bring a period of conciliation. For convenience, issues and items pertaining to cultural heritage can be categorized into tangible cultural issues, intangible cultural issues, monuments, and cultural properties.From such a standpoint, Cheju’s current cultural heritage policy was investigatedby observing cases, and developmental plans will be presented. Broad topics pertaining to the need for a comprehensive spatial concept that encompasses points, lines, and planes from a distinctive view, as well as the expansion of cultural assets to broader cultural heritage, were presented.In categorizing Buddhist cultural heritage, tangible heritage includes statues of Buddha; these have a direct correlation with intangible heritage as observed in ceremonies. The current status in Cheju regarding cultural heritage policies and how those policies have dealt with Buddhist cultural heritage over the past millennia were investigated through Internet sites and publications.The online data on religion, seasonal customs, and other cases pertaining to Buddhism is insufficient in “The Multimedia Cheju Cultural Tourism Dictionary” (www.jejorogo.kr), which was last updated on February 1, 2008. Based on the “Cheju Dialect Study” of 1962, the “Cheju Language Directory” comprising 25,350 sectors(revised and supplemented in 1995 and 2009), and the “Cheju Cultural Directory” compiled in 2012, certain data were omitted from the list of investigation sectors, and thus certain information is missing. In 2008, there were 99 cultural symbols in Cheju, although Buddhist cultural heritage symbols accounted for only 12.2\% of that total (tangible heritage: 41\%). Of the designated cultural heritage, only 0.03\%, or three, were included.The developmental plan is as follows. First, published information regarding the Island of Cheju must be revised and supplemented to reflect the last 1,000 years of Buddhist history and customs. Second, a Buddhist cultural festival containing museums and involving the entire area of Cheju needs to be hosted. Third, the Boksin Maitreya needs to be declared a Landmark. Fourth, a “mind industry” should be developed as a healing business based on Chamseon or meditation. Fifth, a World Mind Center should be developed along with a Buddhist Cultural Complex.