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gong yoo - epigram living in gochang #4 commercial film (2019)

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Gochang Berry Farm

Tháng 5/2018

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📷 : Olympus 35dc

🎞 : Fuji C200

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iPhone snaps of barley and rapeseed fields, Borinara Hagwon Farm, Gochang.

[theoldstone]

The Dolmen Sites of Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa

Part 3 – The Hwasun Dolmen Site

The Hwasun dolmen are mostly built on hill slopes following the Jiseokgang river and can be divided into 2 subgroups: the Hyosan-ri, containing 158 dolmen, and the Dasin-ri, containing 129 dolmen. Built around the 5th or 6th centuries BCE, these dolmen are younger than the Gochang group, but also less well preserved.

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선운사 von Y.H. Ryu(류영호) 전라북도, 고창군, 선운사, 상사화

[theoldstone]

The Dolmen Sites of Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa

Part 4 – The Ganghwa Dolmen Site

Located on Ganghwa Island, these dolmen are built on the sides of mountains, as opposed to their counter-parts who are built on smaller hills. Their elevation makes them somewhat more difficult to access as a result. It’s believed the dolmen here are the oldest in Korea, but this is a largely subjective theory based on the fact that older styles of dolmen exist on the island where few others exist in Korea.

That said, the Ganghwa site is home to the biggest stone in all South Korea, measuring 2.6 meters by 5.5 meters and weighing at least 150 tons. It is part of a table-type dolmen that is thought to be a place where ancestral rites and rituals were performed.

[theoldstone]

The Dolmen Sites of Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa

Part 1 – An Overview

Another week another 4 part special! The Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen sites are the primary locations of hundreds of dolmens in Korea. They were largely built during the first millennium BCE and marked graves sites and areas denoted for ritualistic purposes.

These particular dolmen are unique, and very important to the study of bronze age Korean culture because they most often mark the graves of ruling elites. Artefacts such as pottery and jewels, which typically indicate higher class or status, have frequently been found around these dolmen.

Because of more famous megaliths like Stonehenge, most people might commonly associate these large stone structures with Western Europe. However, megalithic culture was very prominent in Asia, and especially Korea.  In fact, it is estimated that Korea alone contains 40% of all the world’s Dolmen.

There are two main types of dolmen found in Asia: the northern-type (sometimes called the table-type) and the southern-type (sometimes called the go-board-type). Northern/table types consist of four stones which make walls or a box, and a capstone on top. The southern or go-board type are typically built the same way, but much lower to the ground, and with considerably larger capstones

[theoldstone]

The Dolmen Sites of Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa

Part 2 – The Gochang Dolmen Site

Believed to have been constructed sometime during the 7th century BCE, the group of dolmen at this site is the largest and most varied, not to mention most well preserved. Known locally as the lungnim-ri dolmens, they are located in Maesan village in the Gochang County of the North Jeolla province of Korea.

Situated across a series of foothills, the dolmens were built at varying elevations, ranging from 15 to 50 meters above sea level. Equally diverse in size, the 442 dolmen documents in this area have capstones ranging from 1 meter long to 6 meters long.