'Reconstructed Hwandudaedo Using Baekje Technology'

Video Released Showing Reproduction Process by Jungwon Cultural Heritage Research Institute

The National Jungwon Cultural Heritage Research Institute announced on the 18th that it will release a video titled "Hwandudaedo (丸頭大刀) Born from Restored Baekje Technology," created to help easily understand the step-by-step manufacturing process of ironware, on YouTube. Hwandudaedo is a sword with a round ring-shaped handle.

The video shows the process of reproducing the Hwandudaedo excavated from the burial mound cluster in Geumnyeong-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, in 2004. Iron production and ironware manufacturing processes are carried out using ancient ironmaking techniques. The iron material is domestic iron ore mined from Yangyang, Gangwon Province, and the smelting furnace, a facility for producing iron, is a kiln confirmed at the Baekje ironmaking site in Chilgeum-dong, Chungju. The intermediate material for making ironware, iron bloom, utilized Baekje iron bloom excavated from Tangeumdae Earthen Fortress in Chungju.

All manufacturing processes involved Lee Eun-cheol, director of the Korean Traditional Iron Culture Research Institute. He is a researcher who contributed to reviving the history of Ulsan Seoburi and others through experiments restoring ancient smelting furnaces.

The institute will reveal detailed processes and results of this experiment at the National Archaeology Conference held at Jeonbuk National University over two days, from the 4th to the 5th of next month. Next year, they plan to produce foreign language versions of this video to introduce Korea's excellent ancient ironmaking technology to overseas researchers.

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