bluedot Dolmens in Kimhae

korean


kuzibong

This table-shaped dolmen is located on the hill of Kuji (says like Kuzibong), Kimhae, near Pusan, Korea. "The rocky peak (hill) was originally called Kusubong, meaning 'turtle-head peak', because of its similarity to the head of a turtle. The area of Queen Ho's tomb constitutes the turtle's body and the peak jutting out in the west its head.

kuzibong Legend has it that six golden eggs fell from the sky in 42 A.D., or the 19th year of the reign of Yuri_wang (r. 24-57) of the Shilla Kingdom (57 B.C. - A.D. 935), and from it came King Kim Suro (r. 42-199). A stone erected in came 1908 by the tomb caretaker Ho Son says the area is the birthplace of the founding king of Kaya, an ancient tribal state. On the coverstone of the a nearby dolmen are carved the words, 'Stone of Kujibong'. " (quote from Information Board)

This dolmen is on the south-west end of the hill, not in the middle of hill. Coverstone measures 2.4m by 2.2m square, 50Cm thick, of which east and south sides, upside are plain, the other sides are natural. It is nearly a table stone in front of a korean tomb (grave mound) covered with turf, if there is a big mound on the peak of hill. But there is no area in which can be performed a religious service in front of the dolmen.

Dolmens in the pictures below are located in the backyard of king's tomb (Kim Suro WangNung). A cupmark is carved on the one of them. (photos taken in March 1997, written in April 1997)

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