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[History Lives - Silla Edition] Episode 11: Hwangnyongsa - The Center of Silla Buddhism
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- Construction of Hwangnyongsa began in 553, and a nine-story wooden pagoda was erected in 645. The temple was Silla's largest and a symbol of state-protecting Buddhism and royal authority.
- More than 40,000 artifacts have been unearthed at the Hwangnyongsa site in Gyeongju, and the pagoda's height is estimated at about 80 meters, though this figure is not confirmed.
- The pagoda was lost during the Mongol invasion in 1238, but it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000, and efforts to restore it and recreate it through AR are ongoing.
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Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [역사는 살아있다 – 신라 편] 제11화: 황룡사 – 신라 불교의 중심
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