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The Cheonjeon-ri rock art in Woolsan which was found in 1971 consists of many types of images or patterns and Chinese letters. It has been widely believed that the carvings such as snail-shaped and diamond-shaped images, mostly in the upper part of the rock were left by prehistorian people, especially during the Bronze age in the Korean Peninsula, while the other works and the letters, which were obviously left during Silla kingdom on its lower part. However, there are no evidence at all.
The snail-shaped and diamond-shaped images, which has been understood as prehistorian drawings are historian footprints made by people of Silla kingdom as well as letters. The snail-shaped and diamond-shaped patterns begin to appear after the three-kingdom period, especially in the 5-6th centuries in the Korean Peninsula. Moreover, the snail-shaped carvings were widely used as talismans against evil or calamities in Taoism rituals.
The Chinese letters on the rock shows that the royal family members of the middle Silla kingdom made occasional visits, and the royal females played a key role by hosting a certain ceromony every visit. That makes it clear that the petroglyphs in Cheonjeon-ri rock were painted in celebration of a kind of royal sacrificial rite and the royal females hosting the rites were religious priests.