Editing Goguryeo (section)

===Cultural legacy===
[[File:Goguryeo-Gakjeochong-Ssireumdo-01.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ssireum]] depicted on Goguryeo mural]]
As the Three Kingdoms period emerged, each Korean state sought ideologies that could validate their authority. Many of these states borrowed influences from Chinese culture, sharing a writing system that was originally based on Chinese characters. However the language was different and not mutually intelligible with Chinese. An integral part of Goguryeo's culture, along with other Korean states, was Korean shamanism. In the 4th century, Buddhism gained wide prominence in Baekje and spread rapidly across the peninsula. Buddhism struck a careful balance between shamanism, the Korean people, and the rulers over these states, briefly becoming the official religion of all three kingdoms. Buddhism's foothold in the Korean peninsula would surge up to the Goryeo period and would spread rapidly into Yamato Japan, playing a key role in the neighboring state's development and its relations with the Korean peninsula.

In Baekje, King Onjo founded the kingdom and according to legend, he is the third son of Jumong of Goguryeo and the younger brother of King Yuri, Goguryeo's second king. The Korean Kingdoms of Balhae and Goryeo regarded themselves as successors to Goguryeo, recognized by Tang China and Yamato Japan.

[[Goguryeo art]], preserved largely in tomb paintings, is noted for the vigour and fine detail of its imagery. Many of the art pieces have an original style of painting, depicting various traditions that have continued throughout Korea's history.

Cultural legacies of Goguryeo are found in modern Korean culture, for example: [[Korean fortress]], [[ssireum]],<ref>[http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~ssi/Introduction/History/history.html History of Ssireum], Korea Ssireum Research Institute</ref> [[taekkyeon]],<ref>[http://www.koreataekwondo.org/KTA_ENG/html/ency/intro01_1.asp Historical Background Of Taekwondo] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120906043117/http://www.koreataekwondo.org/KTA_ENG/html/ency/intro01_1.asp |date=2012-09-06 }} Korea Taekwondo Association</ref><ref>[http://www.wtf.org/site/about_taekwondo/history/ancient.htm The Origin of Taekwondo], The World Taekwondo Federation</ref> [[Korean dance]], [[ondol]] (Goguryeo's floor heating system) and the [[hanbok]].<ref>[[#Harv|Brown 2006]], p. 18</ref>