22 Facts About Baekje

Baekje was founded by Onjo, a grandson of Haemosu of Buyeo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong and So Seo-no, at Wiryeseong .

Baekje alternately battled and allied with Goguryeo and Silla as the three kingdoms expanded control over the peninsula.

At its peak in the 4th century, Baekje controlled most of the western Korean peninsula, as far north as Pyongyang, and had 22 Damro system over present day Japan, China, South-east Asia.

Baekje was a great maritime power; its nautical skill, which made it the Phoenicia of East Asia, was instrumental in the dissemination of Buddhism throughout East Asia and continental culture to Japan.

Baekje is mainly composed of the native Korean Han from Mahan and the Koreanic Yemaek from Buyeo and Gokuryeo.

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Baekje was founded in 18 BC by King Onjo, who led a group of people from Goguryeo south to the Han River basin.

Baekje's is remembered as a key figure in the founding of both Goguryeo and Baekje.

In 249, according to the ancient Japanese text Nihonshoki, Baekje's expansion reached the Gaya confederacy to its east, around the Nakdong River valley.

Baekje is first described in Chinese records as a kingdom in 345.

Baekje continued substantial trade with Goguryeo, and actively adopted Chinese culture and technology.

Baekje became a sea power and continued mutual goodwill relationships with the Japanese rulers of the Kofun period, transmitting continental cultural influences to Japan.

Baekje forces attempted a brief restoration movement but faced Silla–Tang joint forces.

Baekje was established by immigrants from Goguryeo who spoke what could be a Buyeo language, a hypothetical group linking the languages of Gojoseon, Buyeo, Goguryeo, and Baekje.

Kono Rokuro has argued that the kingdom of Baekje was bilingual, with the gentry speaking a Puyo language and the common people a Han language.

The beatific Baekje smile found on many Buddhist sculptures expresses the warmth typical of Baekje art.

Baekje sent an envoy to Northern Wei of Northern Dynasties for the first time in 472, and King Gaero asked for military aid to attack Goguryeo.

The statue, originally come from Baekje, is kept in the Dream Hall at the Japanese temple Horyu-ji.

Baekje concluded that there was no evidence the Japanese had intentionally damaged any of the characters on the Stele.

Baekje was briefly revived in the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea period, as Unified Silla collapsed.

In contemporary South Korea, Baekje relics are often symbolic of the local cultures of the southwest, especially in Chungnam and Jeolla.

The gilt-bronze incense burner, for example, is a key symbol of Buyeo County, and the Baekje-era Buddhist rock sculpture of Seosan Maaesamjonbulsang is an important symbol of Seosan City.

Baekje is believed to have introduced the man'yogana writing system to Japan, of which the modern hiragana and katakana scripts are descendants.