Chil Cathedral Site Seongmyo Group

A dolmen is a representative tomb type of the Bronze Age, also called a goindol, generally understood to be the grave of a ruling class with economic or political power. Korean dolmens fall into two types: the table-type, with four upright support stones forming a stone chamber topped by a huge flat capstone, and the go-board type, with a stone chamber built underground beneath a capstone resting on small support stones. These are southern-style dolmens standing on the hill behind a village in Gyochon-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, with seven of them clustered closely together. They vary considerably in size, from about 1 m in length for the smallest to around 7 m for the largest, and in some cases the support stones are exposed above ground. A legend tells that a woman who had long been unable to bear a child once found seven rocks arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper, and after praying without fail for a hundred days that she might have a son, she gave birth to one soon afterwards and so had her wish fulfilled. From that time on, people came to believe the rocks held great spiritual power, and they held rites at the Chilseong Rocks to pray for the peace and wellbeing of the village. Together with the dolmens of the Wonnae-dong and Daejeong-dong areas within a 2–3 km radius, this group is an important source for understanding Bronze Age burial customs and ways of life in the Daejeon region.

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Where it is

Region

Yuseong-gu, Daejeon

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료