South Korea Travels: Kyongju Museum without Walls #TravelWorld
South Korea Travels: Kyongju Museum without Walls #TravelWorld Probably the most popular region to visit outside of Seoul is the Kyongju valley. Geographically, Kyongju is located between Taegu and Pusan along the route of the Seoul-Pusan Expressway in Southeast Korea. Kyongju is the cradle of early Shilla culture and site of the kingdom’s capital (57 A.D. 935) for almost 1000 years. The Unified Shilla period (668 – 935) carried Korean culture, arts and learning to unprecedented heights and today historians refer to this era as Korea’s “Golden Age.” Royal tombs, temple sites with weathered stone pagoda and Buddhist images, as well as fortress ruins, are scattered within the vicinity of this ancient capital. Many of Korea’s most unique sculptured art objects of Korea’s early Buddhist heritage can be found well off the beaten trails. Today Kyongju is called Korea’s “Culture City” or Museum without Walls.” Kyongju City, with a population of 100,000, still maintains the tradition