Cultural Heritage

 

 

King Gwanggaeto's Monument
 

King Jangsu built rectangular monolith called King Gwanggaeto's Monument that stands 6.39 meters in height to pay tribute to the great acheivements his father dedicated to the Goguryeo history. The spitah reads the brief history of Goguryeo from the establishment of the empire to the reign of King Gwanggaeto the great in Chinese character. The Monument praises the King's great enterprises in words that "The whole world will recognize Goguryeo as the most sacred place.". The King Gwanggaeto's monument is recognized for its historographical value today.
 

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(Left) King Gwanggaeto's Monument

(Right) Jungwon-Goguryeo-bi (The central region monument)

 

 Jungwon-Goguryeo-bi

(The central region monument)

 

"Jungwon-Goguryeo-bi (The central region monument) is the only Goguryeo-era monument remaining in Korea peninsula. The monolith was excavated in 1979 in Chungju, South Korea. At then the monument was heavily damaged because villagers used it as washboard since they didn't recognize the importance of the epitaph at then. About 2,000 words were engraved on each side of this rectangular monolith similiar to that of King Gwanggaeto's monument. It indicates the boundary of Goguryeo and shows the capital of Paekche, Hansung was collasped by Goguryeo's military attack. Although scholars were so far able to read only one-tenth of the inscriptions, Jungwon-Goguryeo-bi provides invaluable information about how the empire ruled its territories at then.

 

 

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▲ A Hunting scene  -The tomb of dancers

Goguryeo tomb painting started in 3th century and continued until the mid 7th century. In the early age, Goguryeo mural was influenced by that of China. The ceiling of the tumuli was high enough to portray various images and contents. Popular images were lifetime events of the deceased, paintings of brave gate guards, goblins, heavenly features, and constellations.

Goguryeo people spread plaster and paint the wall to decorate the interior of the tomb unlike that of chinese. Tomb mural shows the excellent techniques in handling of colors and brush strokes. Goguryeo tomb mural deserve to be honored as a "World cultural heritage"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

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