Three Kingdoms Period Food Practices on the Korean Peninsula (c. 57 BCE–668 CE)

1. Rice–millet farming supports early kingdoms

   Jan 1, 57 BCELabels: Rice farming, Millet farming

   • MDPI Agronomy
   • PMC Sorori Rice

2. Goguryeo tomb murals depict food storage

   Jan 1, 357Labels: Goguryeo, Tomb mural

   • JKA A NMK
   • Anak Tomb

3. Buddhism becomes a state religion in Goguryeo

   Jan 1, 372Labels: Goguryeo, Buddhism

   • WHE Buddhism Korea
   • Goguryeo

4. Buddhism officially introduced to Baekje

   Jan 1, 384Labels: Baekje, Marananta

   • WHE Buddhism Korea
   • Chimnyu

5. Fermented vegetable preservation noted in later histories

   Jan 1, 400Labels: Fermentation, Pickling

   • Kimchi
   • Samguk Sagi

6. Wheat appears in southern Three Kingdoms sites

   Jan 1, 500Labels: Wheat, Archaeobotany

   • JAS Wheat Study

7. Silla officially accepts Buddhism and expands temples

   Jan 1, 527Labels: Silla, Buddhism

   • WHE Buddhism Korea
   • Fiveable Notes

8. Earthenware storage supports fermentation traditions

   Jan 1, 600Labels: Onggi, Earthenware jars

   • Onggi
   • OUP IJFST

9. Tang–Silla war ends Goguryeo and Three Kingdoms era

   Jan 1, 668Labels: Tang Silla, Goguryeo

   • Goguryeo Tang War

10. Unified Silla consolidates peninsula-wide elite culture

    Jan 1, 668Labels: Unified Silla, Aristocracy

    • Goguryeo Tang War
    • WHE Buddhism Korea

11. Silla royal wedding lists fermented sauces and seafood

    Feb 1, 683Labels: Silla royal, Fermented sauces

    • Soup Soy Sauce
    • Doenjang jjigae

12. Samguk Sagi compiles Three Kingdoms food-related memory

    Jan 1, 1145Labels: Samguk Sagi, Kim Busik

    • Samguk Sagi