Gyeongju Jangsan Clay Tomb

Unified Silla period tomb where haniwa was excavated

Gyeongju CityTaejong Mu-yeol(29th dynasty, 654-661) From the royal tombKTX Shingyeongju StationIt is an ancient tomb from the Unified Silla period located at the end of a hill southeast of Jangsan, 2 meters above sea level, about 114 kilometers away. Excavations revealed clay clay figurines in the shapes of people and animals, which is why it is called a clay figurine tomb. Jangsan Clay Figurine Tomb is a horizontal stone chamber tomb built during the Unified Silla period, with the tomb measuring 10 meters in diameter and 7 meters high, and the corpse bed platform on which the body was placed is aligned east-west. There is a stone pillow on the east side to support the head, and a footrest on the west side to support the feet.

Most of the relics have been looted and only a few earthenware vessels and clay figurines remain, but most of the remains from the Silla period were excavated from ancient tombs, which give us an idea of ​​the afterlife that was widespread among the people during the Silla period.

Clay figurine