ROYAL TOMB OF QUEEN HEO HWANGOK

This is the royal tomb of the queen of King Suro whose name was Heo Hwangok, Queen Heo Hwangok was a princess of Ayutah in India. At the age of 16, she came across the sea following her father's order. And became a queen in the 7th year of King Suro(48 A.D.). She died 10 years earlier than King Suro on Mar. 1, 189 at the age of 157. She had 12 sons. And right before she died, she asked two of her sons to take her last name, Heo. And they became the ancestors of Heo family of Gimhae. Therefore, a marriage between Kim family of Gimhae and Heo family of Gimhae has been forbidden.

Pasa Stone Pagoda

06.07.2009