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Gonggi (Korean: 공기) is a Korean playground game that is traditionally played using five or more small grape-sized pebbles or plastic stones. It can be played alone or with friends. The stones are called gonggitdol (Korean: 공깃돌, lit. 'gonggi stones').
Based on ancient Korean numerology called "jungyang", literally meaning the square of a positive number. Hence, Jungu (Hangul: 중구, Hanja 重九) or Jungyangjeol (Hangul: 중양절, Hanja: 重陽節), the date in which two 9s is considered a lucky day. The festival dates back to the Silla Dynasty (Hangul: 신라, Hanja: 新羅, BC57 ~ AD935).
Traditional games of Korea (Korean: 전통놀이; Hanja: 傳統놀이; RR: Jeontongnori) have been influenced by the culture, history and environment of Korea. Examples of popular traditional games include jegichagi , neolttwigi , ssireum , tuho , and yut .
An elaborate gilt bronze style of Korean wind chime and dragon's head finial became a type of object in later Silla / early Goryeo art. [ 3 ] Hung from the eaves, and rung by the wind, it is a form of awakening practitioners of Buddhism to the external world.
One particular Korean legend speaks of the great King Munmu, who on his deathbed wished to become a "Dragon of the East Sea in order to protect Korea". The Korean dragon is in many ways very similar in appearance to other East Asian dragons such as the Chinese and Japanese dragons. It differs from the Chinese dragon in that it developed a ...
Sino-Korean words constitute a large portion of South Korean vocabulary, the remainder being native Korean words and loanwords from other languages, such as Japanese and English to a lesser extent. Sino-Korean words are typically used in formal or literary contexts, [5] and to express abstract or complex ideas. [7]
Ddakji (Korean: 딱지; RR: ttakji; MR: ttakchi) [a] is a traditional Korean toy used primarily to play variants of a category of games called ddakji chigi (딱지치기; ttakji chigi; ttakchi ch'igi; lit. playing/hitting ddakji). They are usually made of paper and are thrown in some way during games.
Jegichagi is a Korean traditional outdoor game in which players kick a paper jegi into the air and attempt to keep it aloft. A jegi is similar to a shuttlecock, and is made from paper wrapped around a small coin. In Korea, children usually play alone or with friends in winter seasons, especially on Korean New Year.