What Are the Preservation and Maintenance Plans for the Temple Site of Inwang-dong, Gyeongju? Academic Conference on the 28th

[Financial News] An academic conference will be held to discuss the current status of preservation and restoration, as well as future maintenance plans, for the Temple Site of Inwang-dong, Gyeongju, a representative relic of the Silla royal capital.
The Korea Heritage Service said on the 25th that it will hold the conference, titled "Current Status of Preservation and Restoration of the Temple Site of Inwang-dong, Gyeongju and Future Tasks," at Hilton Gyeongju on the 28th.
The event is co-hosted by the Korea Heritage Service, the National Museum of Korea and Gyeongju, and organized by the Soreabol Cultural Heritage Research Institute. Located south of Wolseong, the site is the remains of a temple in the core area of the former Silla capital.
Excavations conducted from 2002 to 2011 confirmed a twin-pagoda temple layout, with pagodas placed to the east and west of the main hall. The site was designated a historic site in 2016. Last month, the Korea Heritage Service and Gyeongju completed maintenance work on the main building sites and walking paths.
In January, a restoration plan for the east and west pagodas at the Temple Site of Inwang-dong passed review by the National Heritage Repair and Restoration Technical Committee. Four stone panels from the upper base of a stone pagoda, engraved with reliefs of the Eight Guardian Deities and housed by the National Museum of Korea, are also scheduled to be moved to the restoration site later this year.
The conference will review excavation findings, temple layout, maintenance plans for the southern area of the Silla royal capital, and the current status of work at the Temple Site of Inwang-dong. Presentations will also cover the iconography and style of the Eight Guardian Deities reliefs on the stone pagoda, research on pagoda restoration, the restoration and symbolism of the surface decorations on a three-story stone pagoda, and the degree of damage to the pagoda base panels and the provenance of the stone materials.
About 200 people, including members of the public, can attend the event through on-site registration.


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