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Cheonmachong, formerly Tomb No. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which 155, is a tumulus located in Gyeongju, South Korea. A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a Mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves Gyeongju is an administrative division of South Korea and one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The tomb was excavated in 1973 and is believed to date probably from the fifth century but perhaps from the sixth century CE. The tomb was for an unknown king of the Silla Kingdom. Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. [1] The tomb, in typical Silla style, is a wood-lined chamber running east to west and is covered in a mound of boulders and earth. [2] This kind of tomb is said to follow the pattern of a tomb in Pazryk, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the [3] The tomb is 47 meters in diameter, 157 meters in circumference, and 12. 7 meters in height.
The chamber of the tomb contained a lacquered wooden coffin which had burial goods placed around it. [1] A total of 11,500 artifacts were recovered from the tomb. The name of the tomb derives from a famous painting of a white horse which is depicted on a birch bark saddle flap, also referred to as a mud-guard. [3] The horse, a Korean pegasus, has eight legs and is depicted with wings on its feet. This painting is a rare example of extant Silla painting and indicates a strong influence by the Korean Goguryeo Kingdom. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and [4] The burial of horse trappings and the sacrifice of a horse with the king shows the importance of horse culture in Silla society and indicates the central role of the king in shamanism practiced by the people. [3] The other side of the saddle flaps depict horsemen and the phoenix. The tomb also yielded many other treasures including a gold crown and a gold girdle, both replete with jade comma-shaped beads. The crowns of Silla were made in the Korean kingdom of Silla approximately in the fifth and sixth centuries of the Common Era Jade is an Ornamental stone. The term jade is applied to two different rocks that are made up of different Silicate minerals. Gobeunok or Gogok refers to comma-shaped or curved beads and jewels found in Korea and Japan. These trappings of royalty indicate that a king was buried in the tomb. Additionally, the fact that the girdle in the Heavenly Horse Tomb is similar to a girdle found in the Gold Crown Tomb and the use of the dragon motif in gold plates which matches treasures in the Baekje King Muryeong also indicate a royal king was interred in the tomb. The Gold Crown Tomb (Kŭmgwan-ch'ong is a Silla Tumulus located in modern-day Gyeongju, South Korea, the former capital of the ancient Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea Muryeong of Baekje (462–523 r 501–523 was the 25th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. [3] Besides the crown and girdle, the chamber also held gold bracelets and gold rings for every finger of the buried king. [2] The tomb also contained a chest full of burial goods which including the aforementioned painted saddle flap, and also iron kettles, pottery, bronze vessels, lacquerware, saddles, and a 98 centimeter long sword. [2][4]
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Notes
- ^ a b Barbara Ann Kipfer, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology, p.232
- ^ a b c Sarah Milledge Nelson, The Archaeology of Korea, p.250
- ^ a b c d Richard Rutt, Keith L. Pratt, Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, p.165
- ^ a b www.orientalarchitecture.com
References
- Kim, Jeong-gi et al.
- 1974 Cheonmachong Balguljosa Bogoseo [Cheonmachong Excavation Site Report]. Office of Cultural Properties, Seoul.
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The history of Korea stretches from Lower Paleolithic times to the present Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Korean art is Art originating or practiced in Korea or by Korean artists from ancient times to today The crowns of Silla were made in the Korean kingdom of Silla approximately in the fifth and sixth centuries of the Common Era There are several gold girdles of Korea which have been excavatedDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic