Welcome to Korea!

WELCOME TO KOREA!

 

Hello,

welcome to Experience Korea!

This blog will provide you many useful informations about South Korea.

Firstly, I would like to introduce briefly about South Korea.

Are You Ready?

Here We Go~

 

Where Is Korea Located?

Korea is an East Asian territory that is divided into two separate sovereign states,

North Korea and South Korea.

Located on the Korean Peninsula,

and it is majorly surrounded by water and has 2,413 km of coast line

along three seas west is surrounded by the Yellow Sea, south is East China Sea, and East Sea.

The approximate location are 37° North, 127° 30 East on the globe.

Korean Flag

 The name of Korean flag is "Taegeuk."

The ensign has three segments - a white field; a blue and 

red taegeuk in the middle; and four black three-letter figures.

The common layout of the ensign also originates from the conventional application of the tricolor emblem

(yellow, blue, and red) by the people of Korea,

from the initial phases of the chronicles of Korea.

The white field stands for "purity of the people." The Taegeuk symbolizes

the source of all objects in the universe.

Collectively, they stand for an uninterrupted progress in eternity. 

Conventionally, the four trigrams are associated with

water, fire, wood, earth, and metal - the five fundamental elements.

This concept has parallels with the four conventional elements of the West. 

 

Korean Money

Korean money is WON.
The smallest Won is 10won, and the largest is 50,000won.

10won, 50won, 100won and 500won are coins,
and 1,000won, 5,000won, 10,000won and 50,000won are notes.
The higher units of money are cheques.









Korean Langage

Korean Language was created during the Chosun Dynesty in 1446.
King Saejong the Great created their own alphabet named HoonMinJungEum.
Before he created the HoonMinJungEum, the people in Chosun had their own verbal language,
but used Chinese alphabet.
King Saejong the Great was a king who loved their people a lot,
and one day, he saw his people in suffer because of the difference
between their languge and alphabet.
Therefore, he decided to create Chosun's own alphabet
for his people's convenience.

HoonMinJungEum was made based on sounds.
The alphabets are the shaped of mouth, lip and tongue of every sounds.
This is why it is called a scientific language.
Furthermore, it is registered on UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization)  in 1997.

Nowadays, the Korean language is called 'Hangul.'

There are consonant and vowel in Hangul.

Every words are made by the combination of consonant and vowel.

Let's learn how to say 'Hello!'

: 안녕하세요

[ Ahn-nyung-ha-sae-yo]

Korean Seasons

 South Korea has four seasons in an year.

Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.

Spring: March to May

Summer: June to August

Fall: September to November

Winter: December to Feburary.

This is basic informations to let you know a bit about Korea

before you go deeply inside of Korea.

Thank you very much

and enjoy my blog:)