What kind of clothes did the Baekje wear?
Royal family of the Baekje
Kings wore a purple top with wide and long sleeves, a leather belt, and blue silk pants. They wore black silk hats decorated with gold flowers, and black leather shoes.
Officials (1)
It was around the 6th century when the Baekje’s six-post and 16-position system was established, however, it was presumed to be the late 3rd century when they implemented a basic ranking system. The ranks were expressed by the colors and accessories of the clothes.
Officials (2)
There is was an envoy of the Baekje in "Liangjikgongdo" where the foreign envoys who visited Yang Dynasty of China in around 539 are drawn, The envoy of the Baekje in the painting has a thin and long shrilled eyes, a low and wide nose, small, red lips and plump cheeks. He is wore a white hat on his head, a traditional overcoat, and a pair of leather shoes on his feet.
Military personnel
The Baekje expanded their territory during the Hanseong period in the 4th century, and strengthened their position as a military power. Armor is a representative military suit that symbolizes war and the military. There are many types of it such as iron armor, scale armor and bone armor, which were excavated from Mongchontoseong.
Aristocrats and ordinary people
In the "History of Southern and Northern Dynasties," a Chinese history book, it is written that "the costumes of the Baekje and the Goguryeo resembled each other," the costumes of the Baekje are similar to that of the Goguryeo. Men wore a traditional jacket and pants, and women wore a jacket, skirt and a traditional overcoat. The jacket was long enough to cover the hips, and was adjustable by wearing a belt. There were lines on the collar, gusset and cuffs.
What did the Baekje normally eat?
The people of the Baekje had a diet that consisted mostly of vegetables. They used to boil grains or cook rice, and frequenty ate preserved foods using additives such as vinegar, honey, taffy, soy sauce and bean paste. In addition, the country started to engaged in more serious struggles with the Goguryeo and Shilla, and adequte amounts of protein were required to be supplied to the soldiers, thus there are a number of stories about hunting in ancient records. Meat was cooked in diverse ways by grilling or slicing.
- GrainsRice, barley, wheat, proso, millet, buckwheat, beans, red beans, sesame, green beans, yams
- Herbs · VegetablesCurled mallow, bracken, water parsley, spring-parsley, hogfennel, beets, lily, mugwort, wild chives, shepherd's purse, radishes, gourds, eggplant, taro, kudzu, garlic, chives, green onions, lettuce, lotus root
- FruitsPersimmons, hazelnuts, chestnuts, acorns, walnuts, jujubes, peaches, apricots, gooseberries, melons, pears, apples, wild grapes, grapes, water melon, pine nuts
- AnimalsDog, cow, horse, pork, wild boar, venison, roe deer venison, rabbit, goat
- BirdsChicken, duck, pheasant, sparrow, wild goose, pigeon
- FishCroaker, sea bream, sea bass, blowfish, shad, sciaenoid fish, trout, sardines, yellow tail, herring, cod, flatfish, ray, hairtail, anchovy, bartail flathead, shark, whale, crab, carp, mudfish
- ShellfishOysters, baby clams, gastropods, rockfish, common orient clams, clams, turban shells, abalones, Gomphina veneriformis
Where did the Baekje live?
In the Hangang River basin, at the base of the Baekje, there were 凸-type and 呂-type dwellings that were quite large in size and the entry space was separated from around the beginning of history. At around the 3rd century, there were dwellings with a hexagonal living area, and they are concentrated in the basins of the Hangang and Imjingang Rivers. The representative ruins include the Pungnaptoseong and Mongchontoseong in Seoul, and Misari, Hanam.
Imaginary reconstruction of a hexagonal dwelling
Hexagonal dwelling (Pungnaptoseong)
Source : SEOUL BAEKJE MUSEUM