Tomb of King Michu, Gyeongju

This is the tomb of Michu Isageum, the 13th king of Silla (r. 262–284) and the first monarch of the Kim clan, who repelled repeated Baekje attacks and encouraged agriculture. The Samguk sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) records a legend associated with the tomb. In the 14th year of King Yurye of Silla (297), when people of Iseogoguk attacked the capital, Geumseong, placing it in grave danger, soldiers with bamboo leaves tucked behind their ears appeared, drove off the enemy, and then vanished. Someone later found bamboo leaves piled high at King Michu's tomb, and it was said that the king had helped Silla even after death; for this reason the tomb came to be called Jukjangneung (竹長陵, "Tomb of the Long Bamboo") or Jukhyeonneung (竹現陵, "Tomb of the Appearing Bamboo"). It is a round earthen mound tomb, 12.4 m high and 56.7 m in diameter, standing within Daereungwon Ancient Tombs, the best-maintained of the tomb clusters in Hwangnam-dong, Gyeongju. In front of the tomb stands a honyuseok, a stone seat where the spirit of the deceased is believed to rest, and a wall encloses and protects the whole tomb. Also in front of the tomb stands Sunghyejeon Shrine, used for holding memorial rites; it burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592–98 and was rebuilt in 1794. The interior is presumed to be a stone-mound wooden-chamber tomb. The tomb's official designation was renamed from "Silla Tomb of King Michu" to "Tomb of King Michu, Gyeongju" on 28 July 2011.

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Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

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Historic Site · 사적