http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_KoreaAugust 15, is Korea's independence day, and that day, we have to
hoist our national flag in front of our house.
The Korea's national flag called "Tageukgi".
Taegeuki is composed of a red and blue which is in the center and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag. I checked wikipedia, they introduce the symbol as taeguk come from the chinese book "zhou yi", but it's not true. 400 years ago in Korea(shinla dynasty) already have a symbol as taeguk.
Taegeuki was designed by King Gojong in 1882. King Gojong proclaimed the taegeuki to be the official flag of Korea on March 6, 1883. The white background symbolizes " Purity of the people" the taegeuk represents the origin of all things in universe, and It means before the division of sky and land. We called "yang" and "yin". Red half represents the "yang" that is the positive half. Blue half represents the "yin" that is the passive half from the orient principle. Two forces together, and they keep the balance. In addition, balance and harmony represents the sphere of infinity. The trigrams surround the circle each trigram symbolizes one of the four universal elements.
left upper side part called "geon(건)" which consists of three bars and stands for Sky, Spring, East and Virtue.
¦¦¦ right lower part called "gon(곤)" which consists of six bars and stands for Earth, Summer, West and Justice.
¦ left lower part called "li(리)" which consists of four bars and stands for Sun, Fall, South and Courtesy.
At the last, ¦¦ right upper side part called "gam(감)" which consists of five bars and stands for Moon, Winter, North and Knowledge or Wisdom.
Taegeuki is composed of a red and blue which is in the center and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag. I checked wikipedia, they introduce the symbol as taeguk come from the chinese book "zhou yi", but it's not true. 400 years ago in Korea(shinla dynasty) already have a symbol as taeguk.
Taegeuki was designed by King Gojong in 1882. King Gojong proclaimed the taegeuki to be the official flag of Korea on March 6, 1883. The white background symbolizes " Purity of the people" the taegeuk represents the origin of all things in universe, and It means before the division of sky and land. We called "yang" and "yin". Red half represents the "yang" that is the positive half. Blue half represents the "yin" that is the passive half from the orient principle. Two forces together, and they keep the balance. In addition, balance and harmony represents the sphere of infinity. The trigrams surround the circle each trigram symbolizes one of the four universal elements.
left upper side part called "geon(건)" which consists of three bars and stands for Sky, Spring, East and Virtue.
¦¦¦ right lower part called "gon(곤)" which consists of six bars and stands for Earth, Summer, West and Justice.
¦ left lower part called "li(리)" which consists of four bars and stands for Sun, Fall, South and Courtesy.
At the last, ¦¦ right upper side part called "gam(감)" which consists of five bars and stands for Moon, Winter, North and Knowledge or Wisdom.
The taegeukgi was used as a symbol of resistance and the independence movement during the Japanese occupation and ownership of it was punishable by execution.
Since the 2002 World Cup that fired the passion of the people for the month of June, the Taegeukgi has been transformed from a sacred symbol of the nation to a familiar part of everyday life. The taegeuk symbol can easily be found on all sorts of everyday items and it has various images representing Korea. The Taegeukgi is no longer just a symbolic flag that is hoisted up high but an integral part of Korean daily life.
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Very interesting Claire. Thanks for sharing more about your country. It sounds like you have a lot of pride in Korea. Make sure you include the website (link) to any pictures you copy from other sources. If you don't, it's considered stealing in America.
Yes!! I know about that!! :)
However, most of my pictures are mine, especialy this one is from
wikipedia web site.
Next time I'll try to do that!!
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