A Study on the Type and Symbolism of Yopae in the Ere of the Three Kingdoms - Mainly Classifying the Type of the Big Yopae -

삼국시대(三國時代) 요패(腰佩)의 형식(形式) 및 그 상징성(象徵性)에 대한 연구(硏究) - 대형요패(大形腰佩)의 형식분류(形式分類)를 중심(中心)으로 -

Taking in a broad sense, the Big Yopae has two kinds of big oval type and chained small squares or big oval type and chained small oval one. These are named as I type and II type. Again, it is divided into of plain oval and of dented one. means that the big and small oval is dented. This study surveyed the Big Yopae according to each ages. They seemed to be created similar times and it is hard to distinguish I-A from II-A type. After that, the big oval varied as dented one and the small oval as well accordingly. Generally, the Big Yopae have rectangle decoration and this showed that the top decoration was influenced by northern culture. It is designated as bird feather style top decoration in this study. The bird feather inserting decoration, which was come from the northern nomadic tribes culture, was started as shamanism to bird and developed into 'Scythe-shaped' tail mode. 'Scythe-shaped' tail mode is considered to have same type with making an application to the bird feather type top decoration.