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Showing posts with label Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korea. Show all posts
Jul 21, 2010
Nov 28, 2009
Apr 18, 2009
NO.167,168
FM from Angah
N Seoul Tower is a communication tower located in Seoul, South Korea. Built in 1969, and opened to the public in 1980, the tower measures 236.7 m (777 ft) in height (from the base) and tops out at 479.7 m (1,574 ft) above sea level. It has also been known as the Namsan Tower or Seoul Tower. After the tower's original owner merged with the CJ Corporation, it was renamed the N Seoul Tower (official name CJ Seoul Tower).
NO.166
FM from Angah
The flag of South Korea, or Taegeukgi has three parts: a white background; a red and blue taegeuk (taijitu or "yin-yang") in the center; and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag. King Gojong proclaimed the Taegeukgi to be the official flag of Korea on March 6, 1883.
NO.165
FM from Angah
The National Museum of Korea is the flagship museum of Korean history and art in South Korea and is the cultural organization that represents Korea. It was first established in 1945. In October 2005, the museum opened in a new building in Yongsan Family Park in Seoul, South Korea. The museum contains over 150,000 pieces in its collection with 11,000 on display at one time. It claims to be the largest museum in Asia and the sixth-largest museum in the world in terms of floor space, covering 307,227 square feet (28,542.3 m2).
Emperor Sunjong established Korea's first museum, the Imperial Household Museum, in 1908 CE in the waning days of the Joseon Dynasty. The collection of the Imperial Household Museum at Changgyeonggung and the later Japanese Government General Museum, during the Japanese rule of Korea, became the nucleus of the National Museum's collection which was established when South Korea gained independence in 1945 CE. During the Korean War, the 20,000 of the museum's pieces were safely moved to Busan to avoid destruction. When the museum came back to Seoul after the war it was housed at both Gyeongbokgung and Deoksugung Palace. In 1972, the museum moved again to a new building on the grounds of the Gyeonbokgung palace. The museum was moved again in 1986 to the Jungangcheong, the former Japanese General Government Building, which housed the museum until it was demolished 1995.
Feb 7, 2009
NO.30,31
Koreans use "bot"e as a general term for clothing. Traditional clothing and adornments, on the other hand, are called "hanbok"-an abbreviation of the termHan-guk pokshik (Korean attire).Along with language, religion and cultural patterns such as dance, food, housing and aesthetics, apparel plays a vital role in the preservation and expression of cultural identity. In multiethnic nations such as China and America, styles of traditional attire are diverse. However, in countries such as Korea, which are occupied by a single ethnic group, traditional dress is synonymous with national dress. For this reason, thehanbok forms a highly effective expression of Korea identity. Thus, changes inhanbok design from the past to the present parallel the nation's historical development. Moreover, hanbok's form, materials and designs provide a glimpse into the Korean lifestyle, while its colors indicate the values and world view of the Korean people.
NO.28,29
The History and Characteristics of Han-bok
| Han-bok consists of a blouse called Chogori and a pair of pants (for men), or a long skirt(for women). People wore a coat called Doo-roo-ma-ki for keeping the body warm or the ceremonial purpose. The two-piece suit was the basic form of clothes of Northern horse-riding nomads as found in the ancient-tomb murals, and has been inherited till now. The clothes reflected the social status, and people wore the clothes of different designs, patterns, and colors according to their social classes. For example, in the Choson Dynasty, the king wore the yellow dress, which represented the center of the Universe. The common people usually wore white-color clothes and that's why the Korean are called "the People of white clothes". Han-bok is characteristic of the subtle curves and a lot of blank spaces. women's Han-bok is composed of Chogori (a blouse) and Chima (a long bulky skirt). They wore several underwears inside the skirt and traditional socks called Beo-seon. |  |
| Females put on a vest or a coat when they wanted to keep their bodies warm or went outside of home. Men's Hon-bok consists of Chogori and Paji (a pair of pants). They put on a belt around the waist and the bands around the ankles to fix the baggy pants on the body. There were also the vests and coats made for men. | |
NO.26,27
FM from Sis Mas
The Korean Clothes were developed according to the seasonal changes of Korea. In winter, the clothes were made to protect the human body from the cold weather, and in summer, they were made well-ventilate against the humid and hot weather. The social circumstance had effects on people's clothes and they had worn different clothes according to their social classes since the period of the three Kingdoms. Also,Korea and China influenced each other's clothing because they had lots of cultural contacts. Some small changes were added as the time goes on , but the basic form of traditional Korean clothes has been inherited.
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