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Gyerim

Korean name

Hangul	계림
Hanja	鷄林
Revised Romanization	Gyerim
McCune-Reischauer	Kyerim

The Gyerim is a small woodland in Gyeongju National Park, Gyeongju, South Korea. 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 Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest. Gyeongju National Park is one of 20 national parks in South Korea. 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 name literally means "chicken forest. " The grove lies near the old site of the Silla kingdom palace in central Gyeongju. Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Nearby landmarks include the Banwolseong fortress, Cheomseongdae, the Gyeongju National Museum, and the Royal Tombs Complex. Banwolseong (半月城 literally “Half Moon Fortress” also commonly known as Wolseong Palace was the royal palace compound of the Korean Silla monarchy at their capital Cheomseongdae is an Astronomical observatory in Gyeongju, South Korea. The Gyeongju National Museum is a Museum in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province South Korea.

The original name of Gyerim was Sirim 始林. However, according to the Samguk Sagi, a 12th century Korean history, Sirim was the site where the child Kim Alji, founder of the Gyeongju Kim clan, was discovered. Samguk Sagi ( History of the Three Kingdoms) is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Kim Alji (김알지 金閼智 was a historical figure in Korean history. Kim is the most common family name in Korea. The name is common in both modern-day North Korea and South Korea. Found in a golden box accompanied by a rooster, he was adopted by the royal family. His descendants became the later kings of Silla and the forest where he was found was renamed Gyerim, "chicken forest". The Samguk Yusa, a 13th century miscellanae of tales relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea, gives a different origin of the term Gyerim. Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends folktales and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea ( Goguryeo The Three Kingdoms of Korea ( refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula According to that text, the founder of Silla, Bak Hyeokgeose, was born at a stream called Gyejeong 鷄井, "chicken well", and that his future consort was born from a dragon that came to earth at another place called Gyeryongseo 鷄龍瑞, and for this reason the area was renamed Gyerim. Hyeokgeose of Silla (69 BCE - 4 CE r 57 BCE&ndash4 CE commonly called Park Hyeokgeose, was the founding monarch of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea

Based upon the legends of Silla's founding, Gyerim also became a sobriquet for that state. The earliest recorded reference we have of Gyerim being used to designate Silla is from the Chinese histories. The Old History of Tang 舊唐書 records that in 663 Tang Gaozong designated Silla as Gyerim Territory Area Command (Hangul: 계림도독부 Hanja :鷄林州都督府) and Silla's King Munmu the Gyerimju dodok, Commander-in-chief of Gyerim Territory. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated Munmu of Silla (reigned 661 &ndash 681) was the thirtieth king of the Korean kingdom of Silla. The early eighth century Silla scholar Kim Daemun authored a no longer extant book of tales of Silla entitled Gyerim japjeon 鷄林雜傳. Kim Dae-mun (fl early 8th century was a Silla historian He was the governor of Hansan in 704

Gyerim also appears in the title of the early 12th century Chinese work Gyerim Yusa (鷄林類事), which provides one of the earliest sources of information on the pronunciation of the native Korean language.

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