Historic site in Joyang-dong, Gyeongju.

 Report on Joyang-dong, Pungnaptoseong Fortress in Silla. 

As a result of excavating the Gyeongju National Museum from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, a report on the excavation of the remains of Joyang-dong, Gyeongju, which excavated various colorful artifacts close to the founding of Silla, is expected to be released at the end of this year at the latest.    Ji Gun-gil, director of the National Museum of Korea, who recently took office, said on the 16th, "We plan to release an excavation report in Joyang-dong within this year no matter what."    The Gyeongju Museum conducted four excavations until 1982 following the excavation of several earthenware during the construction of an individual's house in June 79 and found that various artifacts were generally consistent with the Silla Founding Regiment (BC57), recorded by the Three Kingdoms.    Among the relics, there are unique tombs mixed with earthen and wooden tombs, while onggwan tombs and wooden tombs were also identified, and a large amount of iron, including horse gravel, and copper mirrors, which were apparently built during the new era of Wangmang, were excavated.    Among them, Mokgwakmyo and Mokgwanmyo attracted extraordinary attention in that they became the origin of a large Jeokseokmokgwakbun (stone mound tomb) that was seen as suddenly appearing in Gyeongju one day around the 4th and 5th centuries AD.    The actual founding of Silla was viewed in the middle and second half of the 4th century with the emergence of a large red stone wooden coffin, as the majority of ancient Korean scholars and archaeologists were eager to exterminate the Three Kingdoms.    However, from the ruins of Joyang-dong, a large number of colorful relics, including the copper mirror of Jeonhan, which clearly informs the construction date of the ruins, proved that the culture of Gyeongju had already entered the high civilization stage around the 1st century BC.    Therefore, this relic is evaluated as the Silla version of Pungnaptoseong in that it is a decisive evidence to shed light on the early Silla history, which was abolished by Japanese colonists and ancient historical circles in Korea after Lee Byeong-do.    However, even though it is such an important relic, the Joyang-dong excavation report has not been released for nearly 20 years since the excavation was completed.   Above all, this stems from the fact that Han Byung-sam, former director of the National Museum of Korea, and Choi Jong-kyu, current director of the Gyeongnam High School Research Institute, who led the excavation at the time, left their current positions while preparing for the excavation report.    Since then, Ji Gun-gil, who took office as the director of the National Museum of Korea, has tried to publish a report on the organization and excavation of relics when he was the director of the Gyeongju Museum, but the report has been delayed so far.    Accordingly, Director Ji emphasized, "We will release a report as soon as possible on the excavation sites of the Central Museum or affiliated local museums without excavation reports as well as silk Joyang-dong, especially within this year."    taeshik@yonhapnews.co.kr (End) News Poll Seoul is pushing to install an "outdoor skating rink" in the square in front of City Hall in Dinner Set Seoul Plaza, which was enjoyed by Queen Photos Josephine, 20 years after the excavation of the ruins in Joyang-dong, Gyeongju. What's your opinion? Kim Tae-sik, a reporter for Silla's Important Key to Life Before the 4th Century (Seoul = Yonhap News) = Around the 4th century, a huge red stone tree and rice cake that were roughly classified as Hwangnamdaechong in the plains of Gyeongju. Where in the world was Silla before the appearance of the stone mound tomb? It has been a long-standing chunk of question. According to the History of the Three Kingdoms and the History of the Three Kingdoms, Silla was founded in 57 BC by Park Hyuk-geose in current Gyeongju. However, archaeologically, Silla before Jeokseokmokgwakbun did not show any traces. This thirst began to be resolved only in the late 1970s when the remains of Joyang-dong, Gyeongju were discovered and excavated. What was the ruins of Joyang-dong like? In November 1977, Kim Dae-hwan, a resident of this place, demolished the existing house to renovate the house, and while choosing the site of the house, 22 artifacts, including Yugaedaejanggyeongho, a long-necked jar with both a cover and a pedestal, were excavated. This fact was known to Han Byung-sam, the director of the Gyeongju National Museum at the time, and the museum began excavation. The survey, which began in 1979, expanded to as many as five large-scale excavations by 1983. 77 ruins and a large amount of relics were identified over a long period of time, starting from Bronze Age dwellings to Goryeo Dynasty ruins, but definitely, Silla finally revealed its true nature in the early 4th century. As proof of this, before the appearance of Jeokseokmokgwakbun, that is, around the 1st to 3rd centuries BC, 27 wooden coffin tombs, 12 wooden tombs, and 15 onggwan tombs were identified. Among them, even more overwhelming was the Mokgwanmyo Shrine, which the investigation team named Joyang-dong Tomb No. 38. The tomb, thought to have been built around the late 1st century B.C., excavated four pieces of Chinese imports, including Ilgwanggyeong, Somyeonggyeong, and Sayyeong. What's the big deal about the excavation of Chinese imports? However, if the tomb where such imported goods were excavated was built around the 1st century B.C., its meaning will be quite different. The exact passage that it introduced into the land of Gyeongju is unknown, but before B.C., the Gyeongju local resident group was already transporting in some way with the Chinese continent. It is true that the time of such trade coincides with the time of the founding of Silla, referred to by the Three Kingdoms Sagi and others. According to Silla's founding myth, Kim Al-ji's so-called Silla Samsung founder is all external arrivals, led by Park Hyuk-geose. For this reason, the location of this relic in the early Silla history study was almost absolute. Of course, relics from similar periods have been identified in nearby areas such as Gujeong-dong and Sarari since then, but the remains of Joyang-dong still occupy the "absolute power" in their importance. Despite the fact that it was such an important excavation, the excavation report was delayed day by day and was only recently published 20 years after the excavation was completed. The Gyeongju National Museum finally relieved its heavy burden by publishing "Joyang-dong Relics I," which contains the results of the first survey (1979), publishing photos of the second and fifth reports the following year, and only recently publishing "Gyeongju Joyang-dong Relics II," which compiled the text.