This article points out the irrationality on conclusion that some researchers
had made. The researchers had considered the main icon of the so-called
“Yangjeun-dong”-Style petroglyphs found in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea, as a kind
of facial mask, and they tried to find the origin in the facial shapes of Inner
Mongolian people. The text also clarifies the main icon of the “Yangjeun-dong”-
Style petroglyph in Korea is a local cultural outcome based on natural Korean
characteristics.
The article dealt with the historic sites with rock arts found in Inner Mongolia
and examined sanctions, styles and the name of the places, and found out that
they are the same lines and the same type of outcomes with rock arts of northern
nomads. In succession, the article analyzed the formativeness of the facial shapes
in the Inner Mongolia’s petroglyph, and figured out their features. Then, the
article went through the Korean “Yangjeun-dong”-Style petroglyph in the same
way, and discussed similarities and differences between both sides.
Eventually, we found that the facial shapes of Inner Mongolian petroglyph
is face-embodied, while the Korean “Yangjeun-dong”-Style petroglyph is not
facial-mask embodied, and we were able to point out the contradiction in the
theory about “Yangjeun-dong”-Style petroglyph being originated in Mongolia,
which has been constantly brought up among academic circle.