Travel Guide

Korean Cultural City - Gyeongju Of the 16 World Heritage Sites in Korea, Gyeongju has 3. It is a famous historical and cultural city and the capital of the Silla Dynasty. It occupies an important position in Korean history. Silla conquered Baekje and Goguryeo successively, realizing the unification of most of the Korean Peninsula and ushering in the prosperous period of Unified Silla. Gyeongju absorbed a large number of foreign cultural elements, forming a unique cultural integration phenomenon. For example, Gyeongju adopted the planning model of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, adopted the "tic-tac-toe" layout, and integrated the indigenous culture of the Korean Peninsula. Gyeongju in the Silla era was an international metropolis as famous as Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and Heijo-kyo in Japan, with a population of about 1 million, which was a very amazing number at that time. Today, Gyeongju, as a city of historical and cultural sites in Korea, has preserved a large number of cultural heritages from the Silla period, such as palaces, temples, and tombs, in and around the city, and is known as the "museum without walls."