Daegu’s ancient tombs get Chuseok trim

Workers cut grass at the Bullo-dong tomb complex, home to about 270 Three Kingdoms-era burial mounds, ahead of Chuseok.

PAIK JI-HWAN
PAIK JI-HWAN KOREA REPORTER
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Staff from the management office at the Ancient Tombs in Bullo-dong, Daegu, cut the grass on Sept. 8 ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The tomb complex contains about 270 tombs dating to the Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C.-668 A.D.). The government designated the site as a historic site, No. 262, in 1978 and has managed it since.

Staff from the management office at the Ancient Tombs in Bullo-dong, Daegu, cut the grass on Sept. 8 ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The tomb complex contains about 270 tombs dating to the Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C.-668 A.D.). The government designated the site as a historic site, No. 262, in 1978 and has managed it since.

BY PAIK JI-HWAN [paik.jihwan@joongang.co.kr]

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