Petroglyphs from Cheonjeon
The petroglyphs of Cheonjeon are prehistoric, carved in stone petroglyphs in the southeast of South Korea , presumably in part during the period of the late Neolithic to the Bronze Age have emerged, and other engravings , consisting of the Three Kingdoms period could come.
geography
The petroglyphs of Cheonjeon are located in a bend of the Daegokcheon ( 대곡천 ), a small tributary of the Taehwagang ( 태화강 ). Located around 25 km west of the east coast, the area belongs to the Dudong-myeon ( 두 동명 ) district of the Ulju-gun ( 울주군 ) district, which belongs to the city of Ulsan ( 울산 광역시 ), which lies directly at the mouth of the Taehwagang in the Sea of Japan . The Bangudae petroglyphs , which are also located on the Daegokcheon, are about 1.2 km south.
history
The rock art was discovered in 1970, a year before the Bangudae petroglyphs, and was registered as a national cultural asset under the number 147 in South Korea on May 4, 1973 . In January 2010, the South Korean government was then combined with the petroglyphs of Bangudae into the rocks with their engravings Tentative List of UNESCO Enter.
Rock art
The partly overlapping rock carvings of Cheonjeon can be assigned to different epochs due to their characteristics. Some depictions point to the late Neolithic to the beginning of the Bronze Age, other engravings to the middle of the Bronze Age or the Iron Age, in which very sharp and hard iron tools were used for engraving. The inscriptions found on the rocks are believed to date from the Three Kingdoms period. While the rock paintings of Bangudae primarily dealt with animals and hunting scenes of the sea, the representations on the rock of Cheonjeon mainly show animals that live in the country and here stand out deer with large antlers. The most recent inscriptions on the rock can be assigned to the Hwarang ( 화랑 ), the aristocratic youth groups of the Silla period . They contain names, dates, their training program, and information about the king and royal family.
Ulsan Petroglyph Museum
The Ulsan Petroglyph Museum is the only museum in South Korea devoted exclusively to petroglyphs. It was built in the shape of a whale and opened in May 2008. It is located downstream, around 670 m southwest of the prehistoric site of Cheonjeon.
Web links
- Daegokcheon Stream petroglyphs . In: Tentative List . UNESCO, January 11, 2010,accessed November 28, 2017.
- Homepage . Ulsan Petroglyph Museum,accessed November 28, 2017(Korean).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Daegokcheon Stream Petroglyphs . In: Tentative List . UNESCO , January 11, 2010, accessed November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Rubbed Copy of the epitaph on the Rock at Cheonjeon-ri Ulju . National Museum of Korea , accessed November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Kim Jiyeon: The Bangudae and Cheonjeon-ri Petroglyphs in Ulsan, Korea . Bangudae Forum , February 21, 2014, accessed November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Homepage . Ulsan Petroglyph Museum , accessed November 28, 2017 (Korean).