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Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (Korean: 화랑; Hanja: 花郞; lit. Hwarang ) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Park Seo-joon , Go Ara and Park Hyung-sik . [ 2 ] It revolves around an elite group of young men called Hwarang , who discover their passion, friendship and love in the turmoil of the Silla Kingdom (57 BC–AD 935). [ 3 ]
According to the Samguk Yusa, the Silla king, "concerned about the strengthening of the country ... again issued a decree and chose boys from good families who were of good morals and renamed them hwarang." [10] The actual word used in this chronicle is hwanang (花娘), meaning "flower girls". [11]
Hwarang segi (lit. Annals of Hwarang or Generations of the Hwarang) was a historical record of the Hwarang (lit. flower boys but referring to an elite warrior group of male youth) of the Silla kingdom in ancient Korea. It is said to have been written by Silla historian Kim Daemun 金大問 (fl. 704) in the reign of Seongdeok the Great (r. 702~737).
The Hwarang, or "flower youths" or "flowering knights/gentlemen", were an elite group of male warriors in Silla, an ancient Korean kingdom. Chinese sources referred only to the physical beauty of the "flower boys" who were known for their androgynous good looks. [2]
The martial art of Hwa Rang Do was named after a buddhist elite youth order of the Silla kingdom during the Three-Kingdoms period in what is now South Korea. These young men known as Hwarang (화랑; 花郎) were cultivated from a young age to fill significant roles in politics, civil service, and military duties.
After three years of training, he debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group ZE:A in 2010. As an actor, he is known for his roles in The Heirs (2013), High Society (2015), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016), Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017), Suits (2018), Happiness (2021), Our Blooming Youth (2023), and Doctor Slump (2024). He has also ...
Ofri Bibas Levi, the sister-in-law of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage kidnaped during the Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel, holds a family picture of Bibas and one of her two boys, at Moshav Giv ...
Spectrum (스펙트럼) was a South Korean boy band formed by WYNN Entertainment. [1] Their lineup at the time of their disbandment consisted of six members: Minjae, Jaehan, Hwarang, Villain, and Eunjun. Originally a seven-piece group, member Dongyoon died on July 27, 2018, of undisclosed causes. [2]