At the fall of Baekje, a thousand (?) court ladies are said to have jumped to their death off a cliff to avoid being captured by the invaders.
This was built as a memorial for the women who killed themselves.
Imagine jumping down here. ^^
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Buyeo 1 (부여)
As mentioned, I was in Buyeo for a week, and while there I took did a cultural tour. ^ ^ Buyeo was the capital of Baekje, a proto-Korean country 18BC to 660AC.
At the fall of Baekje, a thousand (?) court ladies are said to have jumped to their death off a cliff to avoid being captured by the invaders.
This was built as a memorial for the women who killed themselves.
Imagine jumping down here. ^^
At the fall of Baekje, a thousand (?) court ladies are said to have jumped to their death off a cliff to avoid being captured by the invaders.
This was built as a memorial for the women who killed themselves.
Imagine jumping down here. ^^
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