Ancient Tombs in Geumcheok-ri, Gyeongju
慶州 金尺里 古墳群
경상북도 경주시
Basic information
- Designation
- Historic Site No.43
- Category
- 유적지
- Designated year
- 1963
- Location
- 경주시, 경상북도— 경북 경주시 건천읍 금척리 192-1번지
- Coordinates
- 35.833140, 129.121669
Description
About 30 round and gourd-shaped tombs are scattered throughout Geumcheok-ri, the suburbs of Gyeongju. The tombs here are presumably those for low-level nobles of the Silla Period (57 B.C. ~ A.D.668). The exact dates of their construction are not known. Note, however, that their location and the interior structure of some of them -- as revealed during the road construction in 1952 -- indicate that they are in the style of wood-lined chamber tombs of the Old Silla Period (57 B.C. ~ A.D. 668). Legend has it that the tombs were built by the first king of Silla, Bak Hyeokgeose, in the first century B.C. The King, according to the legend, received a wonderful golden ruler with mysterious power from the Heavens. When the Chinese emperor heard about it and demanded the golden ruler as a present, the Korean king ordered the 40 mounds built in haste and hid the ruler in one of them. The village name, Geumcheok-ri (Golden Ruler Village), is said to be derived from this legend.
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Images: KOGL (khs.go.kr) · Data source: Cultural Heritage Administration Open API (cha.go.kr)