Koguryo is the first feudal state of Korea which existed between 277 B.C. and A.D. 668.
It was the most powerful country in the Korean history and made a rapid development in different fields of politics, the economy and culture.
Especially, painting was highly developed. It is proved well by the mural paintings of Koguryo tombs whose colours have remained unchanged for thousands of years.
The mural paintings of Koguryo tombs include genre paintings and pictures of four guardians.
The mural painting “Hunting” is a genre painting.
Here is Doctor and Associate Professor Kang Se Gwon, Section Chief of the History Institute under the Academy of Social Sciences.
“The mural painting ‘Hunting’ was drawn in the late 4th century.
It vividly shows the martial spirit and part of the economic life of the people of Koguryo which was widely known as a 1,000-year-long powerful country in the East in the middle ages.
It has the powerful and noble characteristics of the Korean painting and shows well the optimistic, brave and vivacious spirit of the Koguryo people.”
