Everything about The Gyerim totally explained
The
Gyerim is a small
woodland in
Gyeongju National Park,
Gyeongju,
South Korea. The name literally means "chicken forest." The grove lies near the old site of the
Silla kingdom palace in central Gyeongju. Nearby landmarks include the
Banwolseong fortress,
Cheomseongdae, the
Gyeongju National Museum, and the Royal Tombs Complex.
The original name of Gyerim was Sirim 始林. However, according to the
Samguk Sagi, a 12th century Korean history, Sirim was the site where the child
Kim Alji, founder of the Gyeongju
Kim clan, was discovered. Found in a golden box accompanied by a rooster, he was adopted by the royal family. His descendants became the later kings of Silla and the forest where he was found was renamed Gyerim, "chicken forest". The
Samguk Yusa, a 13th century miscellanae of tales relating to the
Three Kingdoms of Korea, gives a different origin of the term Gyerim. According to that text, the founder of Silla,
Bak Hyeokgeose, was born at a stream called Gyejeong 鷄井, "chicken well", and that his future consort was born from a dragon that came to earth at another place called Gyeryongseo 鷄龍瑞, and for this reason the area was renamed Gyerim.
Based upon the legends of Silla's founding, Gyerim also became a sobriquet for that state. The earliest recorded reference we've of Gyerim being used to designate Silla is from the Chinese histories. The
Old History of Tang 舊唐書 records that in 663 Tang
Gaozong designated Silla as Gyerim Territory Area Command (
Hangul: 계림도독부
Hanja :鷄林州 都督府) and Silla's
King Munmu the
Gyerimju dodok, Commander-in-chief of Gyerim Territory. The early eighth century Silla scholar
Kim Daemun authored a no longer extant book of tales of Silla entitled
Gyerim japjeon 鷄林雜傳.
Gyerim also appears in the title of the early 12th century Chinese work
Gyerim Yusa (鷄林類事), which provides one of the earliest sources of information on the pronunciation of the native Korean language.
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