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Queen Seondeok

Card meaning

Upright - one who looks ahead looks first at the sky. Today, set down one more record before deciding.

Reversed - 'I knew it in advance' is easy to add afterwards.

The tale

Seondeok became ruler of Silla in 632.

She was the first woman to take the throne in Silla.

Cheomseongdae and Bunhwangsa were built during her reign.

The nine-storey wooden pagoda of Hwangnyongsa was also built in this period.

Cheomseongdae still stands in Gyeongju.

Where you can see this in Korea now

We have not yet measured which places connect to this tale.

Sources

삼국사기 신라본기 선덕왕

삼국유사 권1 기이 「선덕왕지기삼사」

국가유산청 국가유산포털 「경주 첨성대」

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