Characteristics of Baekje's Hwaenghyul-tombs (Cave Tombs 橫穴墓) and its Meaning of Existence

This paper attempted to analyze the meaning of the existence of Woongjin- Sabi period Hwaenghyul-tombs(Cave Tombs) by comparing the characteristics of Baekje's Tomb-Styles and Hwaenghyul-tombs by examining the distribution of Hwaenghyul-tombs and changes in the burial method. Various Tomb-Styles in the local community are maintained until the Woongjin period, and it can be divided into types that show gradual changes based on the local tradition and types of Tomb-Styles based on foreign cultures that suddenly appeared, such as Hwaenghyul-tombs and Jeonchuk-myo(전축묘). As a result, attention was paid to the existence of Hwaenghyul-tombs(Cave Tombs) as a representative tomb-style introduced based on foreign culture. Hwaenghyul-tombs is a Japanese tomb in the Japanese archipelago that was investigated in the Gongju and Buyeo areas during the Woongjin and Sabi periods. Although 24 Hwaenghyul-tombs was formed in clusters at the Danji-ri(단지리) of Gongju, most of the Hwaenghyul-tombs investigated at 11 sites in Gongju and Buyeo were compared to only around 1 to 3 Hwaenghyul-tombs tombs. In other words, except for cases where Baekje's Hwaenghyul-tombs(Cave Tombs) was compared in clusters within the Danji-ri, it appears that they are intermittently compared to Woongjin and Sabi period within the ston chamber tombs Cemetery in the center of Baekje. In particular, it can be seen that a small number of Hwaenghyul- tombs(Cave Tombs) is compared to the royal tombs of Baekje or the noble tombs, which consists of stone chamber tombs, and they share the same contribution examples as Baekje, such as using wooden coffins. It can be inferred that the Hwaenghyul-tombs(Cave Tombs) forces were recognized in Baekje's central society for their specificity to contrast the traditional Hwaenghyul- tombs in this way, unlike the specificity of the tombs style called Hwaenghyul- tomb. In particular, it can be seen that the Danji-ri Hwaenghyul-tombs make subject accepted the funeral culture based on Baekje rituals in the tradition of the tombs style of the Waegye(倭系) Hwaenghyul-tombs. Therefore, it is possible to examine the possibility that the forces who were familiar with the Baekje ritual culture and contrasted Hwaenghyul-tombs (Cave Tombs) were members of Baekje society who played a close role in foreign relations. In particular, in terms of exchanges with wae(倭, Japan), it can be seen as a force related to the Dowaegye-Baekje officials(渡倭系百濟官僚) who settled in Baekje again after wae(倭, Japan).