[Global Network Report] Yonhap News Agency reported that the Korea National Buyeo Institute of Cultural Properties said on the 27th that during the excavation of the Wuning Tomb and the Wang Cemetery in Gongju (Baekje period) in Chungcheongnam-do Province, it was found that craftsmen in The ancient capital of China, Jianye (formerly known as Nanjing), made bricks.
Yonhap News Agency reported that the masonry excavated from tomb No. 29 of the Wuning Tomb and the Wang Cemetery, provided by the National Buyeo Institute of Cultural Property
According to the report, the institute said that when investigating the bricks and stones at the entrance of the Wuning Tomb and Tomb No. 29 of the Wang Mausoleum that were excavated and investigated last year, the words "This is the jianye people" were found on the side of the lotus-patterned sealing bricks cut in half. Jianye is the ancient name of Nanjing. The institute emphasizes that this means that brick craftsmen come from China.
Yonhap News Agency reported that the side of the lotus pattern seal brick cut in half was found with the words "This is the construction of the industry people", courtesy of the National Buyeo Institute of Cultural Properties
According to reports, another inscription brick was found in Tomb No. 6 near Tomb No. 29, and the brick was engraved with the words "Liang Guanwa as a Master" and "Liang Xuan as a Master". The institute said that the inscription bricks and font content of Tombs 29 and Tomb 6 are similar, and the correlation between the two will be further studied, and it is planned to interpret the words and phrases of Tomb 29 in the form of three-dimensional images.
According to the report, scholars tend to interpret the word "Liang" engraved on the brick as the Liang Dynasty, the third dynasty of the (Chinese) Southern Dynasty. With the discovery of the word Jianye on the Tomb Brick No. 29, it confirmed the view that Chinese craftsmen were involved in the production of Baekje tomb bricks at that time. Lee Byung-ho, a professor at Gongju University of Education, said that the discovery of "Jianye" from the Tomb Brick No. 29 shows that Baekje and China had exchanges at that time. Judging from the font, it may be Chinese inscribed. However, it is difficult to draw conclusions about whether the builders only participate in the construction of masonry or the entire stone tomb.