The tomb of Queen Seondeok, the 2009th ruler of Silla, and the first queen of Silla, was featured in the MBC drama "Queen Seondeok," which aired in 27 and gained huge popularity in Korea!
About 7km southeast of downtown Gyeongju is Historic Site No. 163, Nansan (108m above sea level), which stretches from north to south.Shitennoji Temple SitePassing in front of this, you will come to the Tomb of Queen Seondeok, the 2009th ruler of Silla and the first queen of Silla, who was featured in the MBC drama "Queen Seondeok," which was broadcast in 27 and gained huge popularity in Korea, on the southern ridge of the mountain.
Silla had a class system called the bone rank system, in which a man whose parents both belonged to the royal family was called a "seongbone," and any boy born into this class had the right to inherit the throne. However, the 26th king, King Jinpyeong, had no princes, and his eldest daughter, Princess Deokman, became the 27th king of Silla.
Thus, Queen Seondeok, who became king as a woman, focused on "Protector Buddhism" based on the idea of protecting the country from foreign enemies, and founded many temples.Hwangnyongsa TempleThe site of the nine-storey wooden pagoda andBunhwangsa Temple,CheomseongdaeIn addition, Queen Seondeok was a famous general at the time.General Kim Yu-shinHe later became the 29th king of Silla.Kim Chun-ChuTogether, we will lay the foundation for achieving the unification of the three kingdoms.
According to the Samguk Yusa, "The queen, who predicted the day of her death in advance, requested that she be buried in Trappity Heaven (the land of Buddha) when she passed away, but her subjects did not know where, so they asked the king, who told them it was south of Nansan. The queen passed away on the day she predicted, and her subjects buried her where she had suggested. About 30 years after the queen's death, during the reign of King Munmu, who was in his 30s, the Four Heavenly Kings Temple (the gods that protect the land of Buddha) was built at the foot of Nansan." This is how we know that this tomb is the tomb of Queen Seondeok.
The tomb, which is 74 metres in circumference, 6.8 metres in height and 24 metres in diameter, is made up of a circular pile of earth, with the lower part built up with two or three tiers of natural stones to protect the tomb.
Japanese Address：79-2, Bomun-dong, Gyeongju-si, North Gyeongsang Province
Korean Address: 79-2
Opening
hours：24 hours
Admission fee:free
Parking:can be
Date of Registration: 2010-08-09
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