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제목 Cheomseongdae Observatory, A Testimony of 1,400 Years
콘텐츠 유형 동영상 언어정보 영문
생산자 정보
생산자 정보
생산자 생산일자
한국문화재재단 2018-12-31
기여자 정보
기여자 정보
역할 정보 기여자 명
제작사 아리랑TV
주관 한국문화재재단
기술 정보
기술 정보
기술 영역 기술 내용
기타정보
내용정보 국보 제31호 경주 첨성대, 사적 제512호 경주 대릉원 일원
내용정보_신규
역사정보 신라시대, Silla Dynasty
역사정보_시대국가
인물정보 선덕여왕, Queen Seondeok
지리정보 경상북도 경주시, Gyeongju
관련 키워드 경상북도;경주;신라;첨성대;반월성;대릉원;선덕여왕;지진;내진설계;건축;Cheomseongdae;Gyeongju;Silla;Bulguksa;Seokguram;Banwolseong;Daereungwon;Seondeok
내용 Cheomseongdae Observatory, the first observatory in Korea and the oldest
existing one in the world, is Korea’s proud cultural heritage that guards the
night sky.
대본 정보 Subtitle> Gyeongju, a city with valuable cultural heritages

Cheomseongdae Observatory, the symbol of Silla Culture


NAR> Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, is home to national cultural assets.
‘Cheomseongdae Observatory,’ the observation post of ancient Silla,
lies at the center of it.

Subtitle> KIM Myeong-sun / Cultural tour guide

There is no cultural heritage in Gyeongju
that has been kept in its original form.

The Bulguksa Temple and Seokguram Grotto
have all been repaired in some way.

Only the Cheomseongdae Observatory
has been kept intact in its entirety.


Sub> The sturdy and beautiful Cheomseongdae Observatory

Sub> The highlight of Silla architectural science

NAR> Elegant curves that resemble women’s skirt helms…
Sturdiness kept through layers of straight stones…
What techniques are behind this structure?

Subtitle> YOON Dae-sik / Research curator, National Science Museum

Through the foundation work of the
stereobate method, inward piling method

and the placing of hashtag-shaped stones
and plate stones in the uppermost part,

a design that is sturdier and
earthquake-resistant was completed.


NAR> The extraordinary architectural science of Silla
which stayed unchanged for over 1,000 years!
The secret behind it is revealed now!


Title> Cheomseongdae Observatory
A Testimony of 1,400 Years


Subtitle> Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

NAR> Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. (continue immediately)
Cheomseongdae Observatory lies in the field between
Banwolseong Fortress and Daereungwon Ancient Tomb Complex.


Subtitle> “Cheomseongdae Observatory was made with
carved stones during the reign of Queen Seondeok.”
Queen Seondeok’s Prediction of Three Events, “Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms”


NAR> The observatory was built during the reign of Queen Seondeok.

It is not known why and how it was built,
but there was a great change in Silla after its construction.


Subtitle> YOON Dae-sik / Research curator, National Science Museum

100 years before the Cheomseongdae Observatory,
there were about 7 astronomical observation records.

But after the Cheomseongdae Observatory was built,
the records grew to become 33 over 100 years.

After the Cheomseongdae Observatory was built,
phenomena regarding meteors or planets,

that is, astronomical observation records
written by expert astronomers were produced.

In that aspect, the Cheomseongdae Observatory
functioned as an astronomical observatory.


NAR> The observatory was the tool to observe Silla’s night sky.

How were observations made?
The observatory has a structure made up of 3 parts.
A square stereobate as its base, a cylindrical body,
and two layers of stones arranged in the shape of a hashtag.


The 27 tiers of its body represent the moon’s revolution period
and 27th monarch Queen Seondeok.

The overall 31 tiers represent the days in a month.

And the 365 stones that make up the structure represent a year.
Could these numbers have been coincidental?


Subtitle> KIM Jang-hoon / Professor, Dept. of Architectural Engineering

There is no historical evidence that the several numbers,
the dynamics between them, the meanings behind them,

the circumference ratio, change ratio
and curvature ratio were intricately planned,

but such circumstances have been studied and revealed
by the later generations of researchers including myself.


NAR> The observatory is filled with secret codes of the Silla people.

How did the observations take place? According to records, people entered
through the window and observed the stars.


Subtitle> Uisang 1, Sangwigo Book 2, “A Revised Compendium of Documents”
“Cheomseongdae Observatory was built in the 16th year
of Queen Seondeok (647). Stones were carved and stacked.
The upper part is square and the lower part is round.
It is about 6.3 meters, and the interior is open,
so people enter and climb it for astronomical observation.”


NAR> There is a window at the center. It faces south, so it is called the ‘South
Window,’ and it is 1 meter each in length and height.


Subtitle> KIM Myeong-sun / Cultural tour guide

If you look at the window, you will notice that
there is a gap on either side of it.

Those gaps were used to hold the ladder.

If you use the ladder to climb inside,
there are stone slabs half-way in on the top.

If you climb the halves of those stone slabs, you can see
that the other halves have gaps to hold wooden boards.

Then the area is transformed into
a large platform with a width of 5.3 m².

That allows two or three astronomers
to sit and observe the sky.

Why was Cheomseongdae Observatory’s
shape and structure made this way?


NAR> Why did the entrance have to be so high up?

Could this entrance hold the secret behind its1,000 years of history?

The inside of the south window was not hollow.
Soil and gravel were piled all the way to the windowsill,
and the insides of the bricks were stacked without being trimmed.
Climbing up the long rectangular stone that cuts across the interior,
you can reach the hashtag-shaped stones.

After climbing these rough stones,
observation was made at the top of the hashtag-shaped stones.

Why was an observatory that would be used at night
made in such a complex and uncomfortable structure?

Moreover, the observatory is made of granite.
Each stone is 30cm in length, weighing 50 to 870kg.

It must not have been easy to build a 9-meter-circular-structure with these
stones. So why was it made into its current shape despite such difficulties?

Sub> Why was Cheomseongdae Observatory’s shape and structure made this way?

Subtitle> YOON Dae-sik / Research curator, National Science Museum

According to ancient records, there were nationwide
earthquakes in the Three Kingdoms Period.

But earthquakes over 7 on the Richter scale
were concentrated in Silla’s territory.

So earthquake-resistant designs to endure against such
disasters were mandatory when building structures.


NAR> This was Silla’s design technique, which was strong against earthquakes,
and the secret behind how the Cheomseongdae Observatory survived for
over 1,000 years.

The first earthquake-resistant technique was the soil scaffold method.


Subtitle> KIM Jang-hoon / Professor, Dept. of Architectural Engineering

The soil scaffold method was definitely not a new one.

It was already speculated as one of the many supposed
methods behind the construction of the pyramids.

I argued that the Cheomseongdae Observatory
was also built with the same construction method.


The soil scaffold method made the ground
for the Cheomseongdae Observatory consolidated.

That is, gravel and thick stones formed a sturdy base,
and then the stereobate was added.

Soil was piled up with an incline
up to the height of the stereobate.

Two, three and four tiers were stacked up,
and the area of the soil that piled up grew wider,

forming a hill with a gentle slope and a tall height.
The soil was piled up more.

Then the height of the observatory increased
and the soil scaffold was made into a huge hill,

thus the hashtag-shaped stones could be
placed on the uppermost part of the observatory.


NAR> Later on, the soil was eliminated, but the soil below the south window were
kept intact. The soil of 12 tiers formed the center of gravity.


Subtitle> KIM Jang-hoon / Professor, Dept. of Architectural Engineering

With the soil scaffold method, an easier way
to construct the Cheomseongdae Observatory

than its inherent structural advantage was utilized.

And the unstable factors that could hinder its construction
may have been corrected by the soil scaffold.


NAR> The second earthquake-resistant technique is the inward piling method.
The lower part is made of heavy and long stones,
and the upper part is made of small and light stones piled up by being moved
backwards little-by-little. The curves created through this method enable the
flow of strength to reach the center.

Subtitle> Inward piling method
Method used in constructing castle walls, stone work and
stereobates by piling inward as the structure grows higher


Sub> YOON Dae-sik / Research curator, National Science Museum

The foundation work was strong, and as it grew taller,
the piling inward method was used

for the sturdy interlocking of stone and stone, thus creating
the structural dynamics that endured for 1,400 years.


Sub> Hashtag-shaped stones,
another secret structure of the Cheomseongdae Observatory


NAR> The third earthquake-resistant technique is the hashtage-shaped stones.
It is the secret structure that protected the Cheomseongdae Observatory for
1,400 years.


Subtitle> Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
KOCED Geo-Centrifuge Center / Yuseong-gu, Daejeon


NAR> In 2012, KAIST executed an earthquake-resistant test with a 1/50 scale
model to check the safety level of the Cheomseongdae Observatory.


Subtitle> PARK Heon-joon / Research Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST

One model was without the binyeo hairpin stones
and hashtag-shaped stones.

The second model was close to the original,
and earthquakes of a similar level were simulated

in order to compare the different movements.


NAR> The results of the test using a centrifuge for the earthquake effects,
saw the model without the stones crumbling altogether.


Subtitle> Model without binyeo hairpin stones or hashtag-shaped stones
Crumbles at peak ground acceleration of 0.3 g

Model with binyeo hairpin stones and hashtag-shaped stones
Stays unharmed at peak ground acceleration of 0.35 g


NAR> On the other hand, the model with the stones
shook a little, but stayed intact.


Subtitle> PARK Heon-joon / Research Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST

It is so much more than what we see
on the surface in passing.

It might be misleading to say that
it was built by our ancestors to resist earthquakes,

but the engineering skills of the ancient stages
were definitely reflected in it.

What is certain is that its many materials,
and its 380 or so masonry structures

enabled it to bear an immense amount of weight laterally.


NAR> The Cheomseongdae Observatory was made sturdier
through the hashtag-shaped stones that held the curve in place.


Subtitle> Model with binyeo hairpin stones and hashtag-shaped stones
Model without binyeo hairpin stones or hashtag-shaped stones


NAR> It is a structure with a three-fold earthquake resistant mechanism.

Were there that many earthquakes back in Silla 1,400 years ago?


Subtitle> Year 779, “History of the Three Kingdoms”
“There was an earthquake in Gyeongju,
so houses fell down and
about 100 people were killed.”


NAR> Over 100 casualties were made from the Gyeongju earthquake in the year of 779.
That is why this observatory was built with earthquake-resistant techniques.


Subtitle> Year 1643, “The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty”
“The ground cracked and water gushed out.”


NAR> In 1643, the ground cracked and water gushed out,
and in 1454, walls and houses fell down and crushed people to death.


Subtitle> Year 1454, “The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty”
“The walls and houses fell down
and numerous people were crushed to death.”


NAR> But the Cheomseongdae Observatory stayed intact for 1,400 years.


Subtitle> The Cheomseongdae Observatory
stays intact for 1,400 years


YOON Dae-sik / Research curator, National Science Museum

When viewed from a modern standpoint,
the Cheomseongdae Observatory isn’t exceptional.

However, seeing that we had to adopt the calendar
and astronomy systems of China before it,

Silla’s creation of the Cheomseongdae Observatory
to make our own astronomical observations,

make records of our own constellations
and form our own astronomical observation legacy,

was the starting point of
such a significant historical event.


NAR> Cheomseongdae Observatory, the first observatory in Korea and the oldest
existing one in the world, is Korea’s proud cultural heritage that guards the
night sky.


Subtitle> Guardian of the night sky
Cheomseongdae Observatory

Product of 1,000-year-old Silla’s resplendent
architectural science

NAR> Cheomseongdae Observatory, embedded with
the resplendent architectural science of Silla,
stands strong against the sky in the middle of Gyeongju.

Provided by/ Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation
Produced by/arirang

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