Gyoindo ruins - Gyoindo ruins

...Their development peaked in the late Warring States period, when many were inlaid with gold and silver or colorful jades, or had gold and silver pasted on them, and many were made from bronze, iron, and jades. Bronze belt hooks in the shape of horses and tigers were excavated from the Yeongcheon Eoin-dong ruins in Korea, which are dated to around the 1st century BCE. In this case, the design belongs to the Ordos culture in northern China, and the hooks are attached to bronze rings attached to the ends of the belts, not to the ends of leather belts, so they were not introduced from China. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the Gyokakure Cave Ruins are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…戦国時代後期に発達のピークがあり，金銀や色とりどりの玉石を象嵌したり，金銀を貼りつけたりするものが多く，青銅のほか鉄，玉などでつくるものも少なくない。　前1世紀ころに比定されている韓国の永川漁隠洞遺跡からは，馬と虎をかたどった青銅帯鉤が出土している。この場合，文様が中国北方のオルドス文化の系統に属し，鉤をかけるのが革帯の端ではなく，帯端にとりつけた青銅環であることからすると，中国から伝わったものではないことになる。…

※「漁隠洞遺跡」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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