Abstract
This paper presents the results of finding the basic structures and the transition of Korean traditional spatial village in Sangman Village. Jindo Island. It concentrated on the analysis of the system of Munjung which maintains and administers the village and the graveyards. The paper also described the cause of gathering of residence place by analyzing the process by searching the history of the resident place, according to the formation of the stages and the utilization of the streams and common wells. The results are that the Kirns first developed the prototype which was the core of the village surrounded by the four T-shape crossroads. Then two families, the Lees and the Parks, in the 2nd stage expanded to the West and to the East along the contour line of the core, respectively. Later in the 3rd stage, to the North and to the South sides, each Munjung continued to expand their living places. Again, the descendants in the 4th stage further developed to the all south sides of the old stages. The cross-shape road was then formed. From the view point of the development of the stages and the graveyards, the conclusions are that the graveyards were the ground of community consciousness for deaths, and were the place and the device of the mediation for lasting the community where a death and a life could meet together. Also Munjung strongly affected the formation and administration of the village, and reflected all aspects of a village formed by individual family.