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| Gyeryongsan National Park was designated as a national park in Dec. 31, 1968. |
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| It was found when drainage work was conducted to prevent water penetration into the Songsanri old tombs No. 5 and 6 in 1971 |
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| Gongju National Museum started its operation as Gongju Historic Sites Preservation Association established in 1935 and was changed to Gongju Historic Sites Promotion Association in 1940 |
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Gyeryongsan National Park was designated as a national park in Dec. 31, 1968. Gyeryongsan mountain stretches throughout Daejeon, Gongju and Nonsan as the best mountain in Chungnam. It is between Charyong range and Noryeong range. Gyeryongsan mountain was named because its ridgeline is similar to a dragon wearing a crest of a chicken. The geographical features and scenery of Gyeryongsan mountain are beautiful and in terms of the theory of |
| configuration of the ground, it is a celebrated mountain. Accordingly, it is deeply related to shamanism of Korea, and many shamanists frequently visit this mountain for self-improvement. Gyeryongsan mountain consists of the main peak, Cheonhwangbong, Sambulbong, Yeoncheonbong, Gwangeumbong and dozens of peaks, fantastic rocks and stones, Yongmun Fallsl on the west, Eunseon Falls on the east and Amyongchu and Sutyongchu on the south. It presents great sights by season, a cherry flower tunnel at the entrance road to Donghaksa temple (called cherry flower festival) in spring, fresh greenery along the valleys in summer, color-tinged leaves in the fall and snowscapes in the winter. |
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It was found when drainage work was conducted to prevent water penetration into the Songsanri old tombs No. 5 and 6 in 1971 and excavated for the first time about 1,500 years after it was made. In particular, people were so excited because the tomb clearly recorded that it was for King Muryeong and his wife. According to excavation, the tomb of King Muryong looked like a small
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| hill . Its diameter was about 20m and its height was 7.7m from the bottom. However, as time went by, it was seriously damaged. Iit is estimated that the tomb was much bigger then than it is now. The front side consists of a single room and the section is a long rectangular shape from south to north. There is a passage into the tomb in the middle. The wall is vertical from the top to the bottom, that is, south to north. The east and west side are formed with an arch ceiling with a gradual curve. The inner side of the tomb is 4.2m from south to north and 2.72m from east to west. The height from the top to the bottom in the middle is 3.14m. The tomb burying the King and his wife was built in the basic dimension without waste of space. On the walls, long bricks and small bricks are piled up in turn. Four long bricks are horizontally piled up and 11 small bricks are vertically piled up in four horizontal piling and one vertical piling method. |
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Gongju National Museum started its operation as Gongju Historic Sites Preservation Association established in 1935 was changed to Gongju Historic Sites Promotion Association in 1940, moved Seonhwadang, the former Gamyeongcheong of Chungcheong-do, and displayed relics of Gongju in that
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| building. In 1946, it was reorganized as Gongju branch of the National Museum. In 1971, the internationally recognized relics were excavated and displayed in this museum. Then, in 1972, the present building was built and in 1975, it grew to become Gongju National Museum. This museum displays mainly relics from the period when the capital of Baekje was Gongju, especially, relics excavated from the tomb of King Muryeong. It has two exhibition halls. The first exhibition hall displays the model tomb in the same size as the tomb of King Muryeong and relics from the tomb to enable people to see the inner side of the tomb. The second exhibition hall displays relics excavated in Chungnam district by era. At present, 2,906 pieces of relics in 108 kinds excavated from the tomb of King Muryeong and 500 pieces of relics excavated in Gongju are displayed, including about 1,000 important relics such as 19 national treasures of 14 kinds and 4 treasures of 4 kinds. Moreover, the outdoor pavilion displays important relics such as stone pagodas and stone Buddha, as well as Daetongsaji stone sculpture. In the garden of the museum, there are about 30 cherry trees and three umbrella pine trees of over 80 years old. These umbrella pine trees are the same kinds as the trees for the wooden coffins of King Muryeong and his wife. |
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The Independence Hall of Korea displays Korean historical documents and relics from past to present, mainly focusing on the independence movements of the Japanese Colonial Period since August 15, 1987.
The structure was originally the interim Government Building of Korea in China and was brought over to Korea after independence.
The Independence Hall has seven exhibition halls, the Circle Vision Theater and other facilities commemorating independence.
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The lower part of 'Geumgang' (river) is called 'Baengmagang' (river). It still preserves the history of ups and downs of the Baekje Dynasty period with outstanding scenery.
It reminds people of an Oriental painting with a vertical cliff of strangely shaped rocks and maple trees. |
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