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Tomb of King Munyong

Korea, Republic of (Asia and the Pacific)

Date of Submission: 01/09/1994
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
Office of Cultural Properties
Coordinates:
Sansong-Dong, Kongju-Shi, Ch'ungch'Ongnam-Do Long.127°12' East Lat.36°29' North
Ref.: 384

Description

The tomb of King Munyong, known as Songsan-ni No.7 tomb, was discovered accidentally while repairs were underway on No.6 tomb nearby in 1971. The 25th Paekche King Munyong (r.501-523) and his queen were buried in this tomb.

The main chamber where the bodies are laid to rest is a single rectangular chamber which measures 4.2 meters north-south, 2.72 meters east-west, and 3.14 meters in height. Of the four walls, the north-south walls are vertically laid while the east-west walls slope inwards toward the upper part of the walls resulting in an arch-shaped ceiling. At the center of the south wall is an arch-shaped passageway shaped like the main chamber which measures 2.9 meters in length, 1.04 meters in width, and 1.45 meters in height. With the exception of the south wall, other walls of the main chamber have a total of five onion-shaped small niches built into them for the placement of lamps: two each in the east and west walls, one in the north wall.

Bricks were laid lengthwise and widthwise in alteration and the numbers and shapes of the bricks were varied to achieve the arch shape. Bricks with lotus designs were used most frequently but bricks with other designs were used also.

The king's coffin lies to the east and the queen's to the west. Such positioning of male and female coffins is similar to that of Chinese. However, there is a difference in that the tomb itself lies to the south while Chinese tombs lie to the north.

A total of 2,906 burial objects (108 kinds) were excavated from the tomb of King Munyong, including gold crowns and omaments, a celadon jar with six ears, a copper bowl, and two stone epitaphs bearing the name and age of King Munyong and his queen and the date of their death and burial which are the most important findings.