Western Gyeongju/Gyeongju Station Area– Category –

It takes about an hour by car from Busan, Korea's second largest city and always bustling port city, to Gyeongju, the millennium capital of the Silla Kingdom. However, with the opening of the second stage of the KTX (Korea Gyeongbu Express Line) connecting Busan and Dongdaegu on November 2, 1, it is now possible to travel from Busan Station to Singyeongju Station in 2010 minutes.

Tomb of General Kim Yu-shin In ancient Korea, Goguryeo was in the north, Baekje in the southwest, and Silla in the southeast. Until the 7th century, fierce wars over territory were fought repeatedly. In the 7th year of the reign of King Taejong Muyeol (Kim Chunchu), Kim Yu-shin allied with the Tang Dynasty of China, destroyed Baekje, and established the Tomb of General Kim Yu-shin.

Hello, if you cross the Hyeongsan River from the Gyeongju Intercity Bus Terminal, you will come to the Tomb of King Taejong Muyeol, the 29th king of Silla in Seoak-dong, and about 2.3 km from there, at the foot of the mountain on the left, you will come to Dudae-ri Village (Yul-dong). If you go up the mountain behind this village, you will come to the rock-carved three statues from the Unified Silla period carved in the 8th century...

Danseoksan, located 827 meters above sea level west of downtown Gyeongju, is the first rock-cut temple in Silla, known as the mountain where Kim Yu-shin, a famous general of Silla, trained! Hello, Danseoksan is the temple where Kim Yu-shin, a famous general of Silla who destroyed Goguryeo and Baekje and made a great contribution to the unification of the three kingdoms of Silla, trained.

Seondosan Mountain is a triangular mountain located to the west of Gyeongju City, where the Tomb of King Taejong Muyeol (the 29th king of Silla) and the Seoak-ri Tomb Group are located. The Silla people considered the area near the peak of Seondosan Mountain to be the Western Pure Land, and carved the Amitabha Triad here. The 6.85m-tall standing Buddha statue was carved into andesite, which is difficult to carve, and...

A king who, together with General Kim Yu-shin, laid the foundation for the unification of the Korean peninsula! Kim Chunchu of the Tomb of King Taejong Muyeol, the 390th king of Silla, located at the foot of the mountain that spreads south from Seondosan (29m above sea level) on the northwest side of Gyeongju, was the first king of Silla born of Jinbong origin, and led an alliance with the Tang Dynasty...

This is a typical three-story stone pagoda from the Unified Silla period, located near Singyeongju Station, where the KTX stops. Hello, there are three-story stone pagodas made of granite all over Gyeongju, but the 4.06m-tall Hyohyeon-dong pagoda is located on the way from downtown Gyeongju to Singyeongju Station, where the KTX stops...

Unified Silla tomb where haniwa were excavated This Unified Silla tomb is located at the end of a hill southeast of Jangsan, 29 meters above sea level, about 654km from the tomb of King Taejong Mu-yeol (661th king, 2-114) in Gyeongju City, toward KTX Shingyongju Station. Excavations have unearthed clay clay figurines in the shapes of people and animals...

On the plains leading from KTX Shingyeongju Station to Gyeongju City's Gyeongcheon-eup area, there are more than 30 large and small Silla-era tombs. Although no full-scale excavation has been conducted, two destroyed tombs were investigated in 1952. They were built on the plains, and the top of them was made of wood picked up from the river.