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The symbol of the dragon has been used extensively in Korean culture, both in Korean mythology and ancient Korean art. Ancient texts sometimes mention sentient speaking dragons, capable of understanding complex emotions such as devotion, kindness, and gratitude.
Traditional Korean patterns are often featured throughout Korea on architecture, clothes, porcelain, necessities, and more. These patterns can be recognized either by one of the four time periods they originated from ( The Three Kingdoms , Unified Silla , Goryeo , Joseon ), or by their shape (character, nature, lettering, and/or geometry ).
The 100 Cultural Symbols of Korea [1] [2] (Korean: 백대 민족문화상징; Hanja: 百大 民族文化象徵; RR: Baekdae Minjongmunhwasangjing; MR: Paektae Minjongmunhwasangjing) were selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (at the time of selection, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) of South Korea on 26 July 2006, judging that the Korean people are representative among ...
In Korean myths, some kings who founded kingdoms were described as descendants of dragons because the dragon was a symbol of the monarch. Lady Aryeong , who was the first queen of Silla , is said to have been born from a cockatrice , [ 74 ] while the grandmother of Taejo of Goryeo , founder of Goryeo , was reportedly the daughter of the dragon ...
Korean folk painting of the Tiger and the Magpie. Representations of tigers have been discovered dating at least as far back as 5000 BC, during the neolithic cultures that preceded China proper. The Four Symbols—the tiger, dragon, phoenix, and turtle—are
Korean red pine (Pinus densiflora) Korean red pine: National flower: Mugunghwa (Hibiscus syriacus) Hibiscus syriacus: National bird: Korean magpie (Pica sericea) Korean magpie: National animal: Korean tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Siberian tiger: National fruit: Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) National currency: South Korean won: Patron saint ...
Dragon of Hayk: Symbol of Hayk Nahapet and Haykaznuni dynasty in Armenia. Usually depicted as seven-headed serpent. Levantine dragons Yam: The god of the sea in the Canaanite pantheon from Levantine mythology. Lotan: A demonic dragon reigning the waters, a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle.
The taegeuk diagram has been existent for the majority of written Korean history. [7] The origins of the interlocking-sinusoid design in Korea can be traced to as early as the Goguryeo or Silla period, e.g. in the decoration of a sword, dated to the 5th or 6th century, recovered from the grave of Michu of Silla, [8] or an artifact with the taegeuk pattern of similar age found in the Bogam-ri ...