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History

Unified Silla (668 CE - 935 CE) or Later Silla is the nam e ofte n appl ied to the king do m of

Silla,

on

e of

the

Three

King

dom

s of

Kore

a,whe n it conqu ered Baekje in 660 an d Gogu ryeo in 668, un ifying the so u ther nportio n of the Kore an p e n insula.

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Its last king, rul ing over a st a te in nam e only,

subm itted to the e m er ging G oryeo in 935,b ring ing the dy na sty to an end .

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A rchite ctu ral Ele m e n ts

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Give n the sp irit ual ro le of Buddhis m in he lp ingto b ring ab ou t the f all of the two king do m s,the re ligion f lou rished , an d along w ith it , its

architecture an d art forms .

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W oodblock printing

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W ood block p rin ting wa s used to disse m ina te Buddhist su tr as an d Conf uc ian w or ks.

During a ref u rb ish m en t of the Pag od a Tha t

Casts No Shado ws, an anc ien t p rin t of aBuddhist su tr a wa s dis covered .

The prin t is da ted to 751 CE an d is the o ldest dis covered prin ted ma teri al in the wor ld .

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A rchitectural Masterpieces

Pulguk sa te mpl e

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A s the map indica tes , the te mpl e i s h ug e , spre ad over h un dreds of ac res , an d ho uses an enor m ous variety of ga tes , sto ne pag od as, roofed

corridors , sto ne wall s, b ro nze be lls an d re ligious imag es .

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Loca ted on the wester n slope of M t .T'oh am san, the

te mpl e sits onlong itudinal pla te au s of both na tu ral an d dressed sto nes , e ac h of which varies in size to fit to gether be au tif ully

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The e n tire compl ex is bu ilt o n a hi llside w ith the na tu ral terr a in u sed to

he lp e leva te the str uc tu res .

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Compl eted in 774, w ith Kim Ta e -so ng a s the ma ster bu ilder

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Cha rac ters

he avy ti le roofs

large b ro nze be lls str uck fro m the ou tside

st a rk unlan ds cap ed cou rty a rdsbu ilding s st an ding on ra ised ea rthe n pla tfor m s

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det a ils

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det a ils

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A rchitectural Masterpiece

Seo ku rram G rotto

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esse nc e of culturalan d scien tific

exce llenc e , re ligious asp ira tio n an d f a ith of Shi lla p eo ple .

It is ma de of white gran ite an d 3.26mhigh , 2.6m w ide

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A rchite ctu ral G ro w th

The deve lopm en t of Buddhist a rchite ctu re also b ro ug ht w ith it the deve lopm e n t of other for m s of a rchite cture , inclu ding

palatialan d

residentia l ty pes .

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A napj i

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Re cords of ga rde ns in the palac es da te fro m the fou rth ce n tu ry.

It wa s re ce n t ly dr a ined for athro ug h excava tio n an d restor a tio n.

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O f the best p reserved anc ien t palac e ga rde n is A napj i pond in Kyongju.

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Built in the ga rde n of Tonggung, the palac e of the cro wn p rinc e of Shi lla,

the pond m e asu res 15,658 squa re m eters .

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The sides of the pond a re lined w ith dressed sto nes ,pa rti ally for m ing a cu rved or angula r lines .

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O ver the 5.2m high e mbankm e nt of the pond st an ds re ce nt ly bu ilt threepa vilions along the wa ter ed ge . In

the m idd le of the pond are threesmall islan ds sy mb o lizing the ThreeGods .