Wanggung-ri Historic Site and Wanggung-ri Historic Site Exhibition Hall

hello. The Wanggung-ri site, located about 6 km from Mireuksa Temple Site in Iksan, is known to be an important royal palace site built during the late Baekje period, when it was directly related to the Baekje royal family.

In 1989, the first excavation project of the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage in Buyeo started and the site of Wanggung-ri, which is still actively excavated, has a large-scale building site, a garden, a workshop, and a toilet inside a rectangular stone wall measuring about 490 meters from north to south and 240 meters from east to west. Various relics have been excavated, and it is presumed that, like the name of Wanggung-ri, there was a royal palace in the Baekje period or a related facility suitable for it.

Five-story stone pagoda and excavation site in Wanggung-ri, 8.5m high

The Wanggung-ri Remains Exhibition Hall, opened in 1989, is divided into five areas: Baekje Buildings, Royal Palace Life, the Conversion of a Royal Palace to a Temple, and the Baekje Royal Palace. As the outer walls and remains of buildings remain, it is an important historical site where you can understand the construction process of the ancient royal palace and the life of the royal family.

Wanggung-ri Remains Exhibition Hall and Wanggung-ri Remains Model

After exiting the exhibition hall and walking to the right, there is a five-story stone pagoda in Wanggung-ri (National Treasure No. 289). Considering that a sari device made in the Goryeo period was excavated during the 1965 renovation, it is said to be an early Goryeo stone pagoda that added some of the Silla pagoda style to the Baekje system stone pagoda style. Although the construction date is estimated, there is much controversy about the exact date of construction. In the vicinity of the stone pagoda, relics of temples from the Unified Silla period, such as Geumdangji and Gangdangji, were confirmed.

UNESCO World Heritage Listing Exhibition

In the process of dismantling and restoring the five-story stone pagoda in Wanggung-ri, which was carried out in 1965, a gold sari box and a sari bottle from the early Goryeo period, a golden sutra engraved on 19 gold plates, and a bronze standing Buddha were excavated.

It is a bit difficult to visit by public transportation, but why not take a tour of the ruins of Wanggung-ri, which looks like the site of an ancient Baekje royal palace that is being excavated?

Name	Wanggung-ri Historic Site and Wanggung-ri Historic Site Exhibition Hall 왕궁리유적지・왕궁리유적전시관 王宮里遺跡地・王宮里遺跡展示館
Address	Wanggung-ri, Wanggung-myeon, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, 562 전라북도 익산시 왕궁면 왕궁리 562
Telephone	063)859－4631
business hours	9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed day	January 1, every Monday
Admission Fees	free
etc	Baekje Historic Area World Heritage Site No. 408
Site	http://www.iksan.go.kr/wg/index.iksan