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Sogak. McCune–Reischauer. Sogak. Sogak is an abbreviation of pungsogeumak, which means music that expresses people's emotions. It represent one of the two categories of the traditional Korean court music from Joseon Dynasty. It includes genres such as hyangak, dangak and sinak. The terms were used during the Goryeo and Joseon periods.
Tripitaka Koreana. The Tripiṭaka Koreana[a] is a Korean collection of the Tripiṭaka (Buddhist scriptures), carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks in the 13th century. They are currently located at the Buddhist temple Haeinsa, in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. [1] It is the oldest intact version of Buddhist canon in Hanja script.
Yakgwa (약과; 藥菓), also called gwajul (과줄), is a type of yumil-gwa, which is deep-fried, wheat-based hangwa (Korean confection) made with honey, cheongju (rice wine), sesame oil, and ginger juice. [2] Traditionally, the sweet was offered in a jesa (ancestral rite) and enjoyed on festive days such as chuseok (harvest festival ...
Kkomakjim or kkomakjjim (Korean: 꼬막찜) or seasoned cockle clams, is a popular seafood banchan (side-dish) widely enjoyed by Koreans year-round but especially considered a summer delicacy. [1] Komak (꼬막) is a low-fat, low-calorie seafood, rich in protein and crucial amino acids which help to detoxify the liver after drinking. It is also ...
Chal is derived from the Middle Korean chɑl ( ), and the word chɑlsdeok ( ) appears in Geumganggyeong Samga hae, a 1482 book on the Diamond Sūtra. [7] Accordingly, chaltteok can mean tteok made of glutinous grains other than rice, such as glutinous sorghum, but chapssal-tteok can only refer to tteok that is made of glutinous rice.
Korean court music and its historical origins can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms Period (57 BCE–668), the Unified Silla (668–935), Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon dynasties (1392–1910). [1] [2] It was partly modelled on the court music of China, known as yayue. Korean court music also shows similarities with the court music of Japan ...
A Royals/Chiefs fan from South Korea soaked up all KC has to offer during visit. Pete Grathoff. August 26, 2024 at 11:04 AM. As a teenager in Seoul, South Korea, Jun Hong Kim was searching for a ...
Street food in South Korea. Street food in South Korea (Korean: 한국의 길거리 음식) has traditionally been seen as a part of popular culture in Korea. Historically, street food mainly included foods such as eomuk, bungeo-ppang and tteok-bokki. Street food has been sold through many types of retail outlets, with new ones being developed ...