Presumably the tombkeeper and his young daughter, posing for the picture at the Yi Dynasty king's tomb site. 'Kings of Yi Dynasty were guarded in death by stone warriors and animals--a custom that was presumably introduced into Korea during the Silla period from China.' Source: Kim, Chewon. Seoul, 1969, p. 129.
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