Traditional Korea 전통문화
Hanbok, hanok, taekwondo and other symbols of Korean culture.
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1 / 20 Korea blends modern life with traditions that are still alive today. This set introduces twenty symbols of traditional Korean culture: clothes such as hanbok and gat, the hanok house with its heated floor, kimchi, the martial art taekwondo, musical instruments like the janggu and gayageum, folk games such as yutnori and ssireum, and national symbols such as the taegukgi flag and the mugunghwa flower. You will see these words on museum signs, in festival posters and in tourist guides, and Koreans wear hanbok on holidays like Seollal and Chuseok. Hangyeol, our storytelling professor, introduces the set. Each picture shows only the object, so you can focus on its shape and name.
Pick three objects you have seen in Korea or in a drama and say them aloud in a sentence about when people use them.
Word list
Tap a card to start the player from that word.
- 한복hanbok hanbok (traditional clothes)
- 한옥hanok hanok (traditional house)
- 김치gimchi kimchi
- 태권도taegwondo taekwondo
- 부채buchae hand fan
- 탈tal traditional mask
- 장구janggu janggu (hourglass drum)
- 윷놀이yunnori yutnori (stick game)
- 한지hanji hanji (Korean paper)
- 온돌ondol ondol (heated floor)
- 갓gat gat (traditional hat)
- 가야금gayageum gayageum (12-string zither)
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- 태극기taegeukgi Korean national flag
- 무궁화mugunghwa mugunghwa (rose of Sharon)
- 씨름ssireum ssireum (Korean wrestling)
- 도자기dojagi ceramics / pottery
- 병풍byeongpung folding screen
- 복주머니bokjumeoni lucky pouch
- 청사초롱cheongsachorong blue and red lantern
- 절구jeolgu mortar
Ready-to-use sentence
- 한복이 정말 예뻐요.The hanbok is really pretty.
- 한옥 마을에 가고 싶어요.I want to go to a hanok village.
- 윷놀이 어떻게 해요?How do you play yutnori?
- 태권도를 배우고 싶어요.I want to learn taekwondo.
- 이 도자기는 얼마예요?How much is this ceramic piece?
Frequently asked questions
When do Koreans wear hanbok?
Mostly on holidays like Seollal and Chuseok, at weddings and for photos; it is not everyday clothing.
What is ondol?
Ondol is traditional floor heating that warms the room from underneath.
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