국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

[Thematic Exhibition] Tomb Murals of the Four Guardian Deities from Gangseodaemyo
  • Date 2010-12-02
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 ㅇ Title:Tomb Murals of the Four Guardian Deities from Gangseodaemyo"
 
Period: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 – Sunday, March 27, 2011
 
Location: Goguryeo Room in the Prehistory and Ancient History Gallery, 1F

  

 

The National Museum of Korea presents a thematic exhibition, entitled Tomb Murals of the Four Guardian Deities from Gangseodaemyo, in the Prehistory and Ancient History Gallery.

 

Gangseodaemyo is located in Sammyo-ri Gangseo district in Nampo City. The tomb faces south and the chamber was built over ground. It is a single-chamber tomb composed of corridor and main chamber. The walls and ceiling corbel of the chamber were made with huge finely trimmed granite stones. The main chamber walls were built up by piling slabs and by cutting the top surfaces of the slabs in slant direction, the walls were designed to taper upwards.

 

Murals were painted immediately onto the surface of the stone walls and the theme is the Four Guardian Deities. The Deities on the main chamber walls are huge enough to cover the entire wall, having no background images. Especially the Black Tortoise and Serpent scene shows a high degree of artistic perfection, hence, attracting public attention since the time of initial research.

 

Considering that the tomb has a typical single-chamber tomb structure, that murals are mainly on the Four Guardian Deities, and that the expressional technique of the Four Guardian Deities has reached its peak, Gangseodaemyo is presumed to have been built in the late sixth century.

 

+Representative items on Display

East, Blue Dragon 靑龍

 

West, White Tiger 白虎

 

South, Red Phoenixes 朱雀

 

North, Black Tortoise and Serpent 玄武

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