About the Culture

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Where did it come from?

Korean culture is from South Korea, and has some traditions that have been passed along from centuries ago. This culture consists of many different traditions, games, food, and events.

The Traditions

Korean cuture has many different traditions, most of them containing some type of food. There is a tradition called 추석 or chuseok,(choo-suk), which is korean thanksgiving. Duing this day, the moslt popular food is korean rice cakes that may contain different fillings. There are other traditions that contain things like specific soups, dishes, and different traditional foods. There are other traditions like Childrens day, which is a day meant to honor children.

Left:Korean traditional clothing called hanbok
Right:Korean traditional festival parade

Hanbok(korean traditional clothing) Traditional festival parade

Games

Korean culture has many different games that are very different from the board games we have today. There is a game called 딱찌(ddakji), which is when you take 2 specifically folded paper itemsm give one to another person, put 1 paper item down, and use the other to slam it onto the other, and see if it will flip or not. There is also another game called squid game, which is an offence and defence game, taht has difficult directions when playing the game. Both of these games were featured and populated in the popular korean Netlix show, Squid Game. Which also consists of a few more popular traditional games.

    5 Different Korean traditional Games

  1. Ddakji(딱지)
  2. Yutnori(윳노리)
  3. Jaegichagi(제기차기)
  4. Ggongi(공기)
  5. Paengi-Chigi(팽이치기)

The South Korea Flag

The flag of South Korean consists of 4 major colors. Black, white, blue, and red. The black stripes on the flag symbolize the 4 different elements. The white background of the flag represents peace within the country and world. The middle symbol represents balance with all people around the world.

Click on the image to learn more about the South korean flag.

Flag of South Korea