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| ▲This photo, provided by Gyeongju City, shows the Ancient Gold Crown Tomb Information Center in Gyeongju. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, January 3 (Yonhap) -- The Ancient Gold Crown Tomb Information Center will be opened at the Geumgwanchong area in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, where Silla gold crowns were excavated.
The city will spend 7.9 billion won in the first half of the year to complete and disclose the Geumgwanchong Ancient Tomb Information Center on 1,24 square meters of land near the Geumgwanchong Preservation Exhibition Hall in Noseo-dong according to Gyeongju City on January 2.
The center will provide all the information on Silla tombs in Daereungwon.
Earlier, the city opened the Gold Crown Tomb Preservation Exhibition Hall in August of 2022.
This exhibition hall is designed like a Wooden chamber tomb with stone mound, which is a representative structure of a Silla tomb.
Wooden chamber tomb with stone mound is a tomb which a hole is dug, a box-shaped wooden platform is inserted, the surroundings are covered with stones, and the outside is covered with soil.
Gold Crown Tomb is the name of the tomb given when a gold crown from the Silla dynasty was accidentally discovered during house construction in 1921. In addition to the gold crown, 30,000 more artifacts were excavated at the time.
However, the exact situation at the time of the excavation of the tomb structure or relics was not revealed as the excavation was not held officially, and the considerable damage of the tomb.
Accordingly, the city began restoring the gold crown tomb in 2015.
Unlike the Cheonmachong tomb which was restored in the form of a tomb, the gold crown tomb was restored as a modern building.
The city began construction of the gold crown tomb Preservation Exhibition Hall in December 2018 and the gold crown tomb Information Center in December 2020.
The city expects the Ancient Tombs Information Center to be a tourism resource one it is officially opened, along with the preservation exhibition hall.
Mayor Joo Nak-young said, "The Gold crown tomb Information Center will be a meaningful spot for tourists and citizens visiting Gyeongju along with the preservation exhibition hall to increase their understanding of the Silla tomb."
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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