Yaksu-ri rock-paintings tomb

Yaksu-ri rock-paintings tomb
Chosŏn'gŭl
약수리벽화무덤
Hancha
藥水里壁畫무덤
Revised RomanizationYaksuri-byeokwamudeom
McCune–ReischauerYaksuri-byŏk'wamudŏm

The Yaksu-ri rock-paintings tomb (Korean: 약수리벽화무덤) are located in Yaksu-ri, Kangso-gun, South Pyongan Province, North Korea.

The early 5th Century tomb is noted for its many paintings; one painting depicts a hunting scene[1] and another shows an early version of an ondol heating system.[2]

The tomb was excavated in 1958. The tomb complex starts with a corridor running from the entrance to the burial chamber. It also has a nearly rectangular antechamber with small alcoves built into the side walls of the antechamber; a passageway connects the antechamber and the burial chamber which is nearly rectangular. The burial chamber is 5 meters high, the antechamber is 4 meters in height. The ceiling of the burial chamber features an intersecting triangular ceiling, with four triangular walls leaning toward the center, two levels of intersecting triangles or mojurim, and a stone cover.[3]

  1. ^ Yang-mo Chŏng; Judith G. Smith, eds. (1998). Arts of Korea. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. see page 296. ISBN 0870998501. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Macouin, Francis (1987). "Aux origines de l'hypocauste coréen (ondol)" [The origins of the Korean hypocaust (Ondol)]. Arts Asiatiques (in French). 42 (42): 77–88. doi:10.3406/arasi.1987.1218.
  3. ^ "Yaksu-ri Tomb". Inter-Korea Historical Assoc. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.