Basic situation of Korea

The name of Korea comes from Chen Han, Mahan and Han Ge in the southern part of the ancient Korean peninsula? Sanhan? Tribe. ? Han? In ancient Korean? Big? Or? One? The meaning of. ? Sanhan? At the latest in the Western Han Dynasty, he had close contacts with China. Among them, Chen Han is called "Chen Han" because his language, appellation and utensils are similar to those of Qin Dynasty. Qin and Han dynasties? . Reflection? Shu Wei? The biography of 50 thousand Xianbei Dongyi once mentioned: Huan, Lingmo, South Korea is strong, counties can't control it, and people flow into Korea? , this department? Korea? The earliest record of this name. Around a.d., the Korean peninsula entered the Three Kingdoms period. In the next two thousand years, Jin Xinluo, Wang Gaoli and Li Gaoli successively unified the Korean Peninsula, and never took South Korea as their country name. But? Han? Or is it another name for its regime, as Wang Jian, the North Korean emperor, once claimed? I rely on the support of three mountains and rivers to achieve great things? In 1882, the Chinese and Korean merchants' land and water trade charter was signed, and the Korean people were called? Han Min? 1894, the Qing dynasty also said in the imperial edict to launch a war against Japan? Save Han Min from painting charcoal? And Japan after the Meiji Restoration? On soliciting Korea? . 189710 June 12, emperor gaozong Li Xi, the 26th monarch of the Korean dynasty, became emperor. The next day, he said in the imperial edict: Our state used to be the land of Mahan, Chenhan, Han Ge, Sanhan and Han Ge, which merged Mahan, Chenhan and. That is to say, the three Koreas after reunification will definitely be called Korea. ? So change the country name to? Korean Empire? . So the name Korea was re-used until today. South Korea, the English name of South Korea, comes from an ancient name? Koryo? .

national flag

1883, the Korean dynasty sent Park Yong-hyo to Japan today. Before leaving, the North Korean government asked the Qing government to use China's Dragon Flag as the national flag. The Qing government replied that the vassal state could not use the dragon flag with five claws, but only the dragon flag with four claws. So Park Yong-hyo and Kim Yu-jun drew the Taiji flag as the national flag of the Korean dynasty, which became 1897? 19 10 national flag of the Korean empire.

1949 In March, when the examination committee of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Province of Korea identified Taiji Banner as the national flag of the Republic of Korea, it was clearly stated that the vertical and horizontal ratio of Taiji Banner was 3:2, and the white background represented the land, with two Taiji instruments in the middle and four black hexagrams in the four corners. Tai Chi's circle represents the people, and fish-shaped instruments bend up and down in the circle, with red on the top and blue on the bottom, representing Yang and Yin respectively, symbolizing the universe. Among the four hexagrams, the stem in the upper left corner represents the Sanyang hexagram representing heaven, spring, east and benevolence; Kun in the lower right corner indicates that the six Yin hexagrams represent earth, summer, west and righteousness; The ridge in the upper right corner has four yin and one yang representing water, autumn, south and ceremony; There are two yang and two yin in the lower left corner, representing fire, winter, north and wisdom respectively. The overall model means that everything is in an infinite range. national emblem

The national emblem was announced in July 1970. In the center of the national emblem is a blooming hibiscus. The background color of hibiscus flowers is white, symbolizing peace and purity, and yellow symbolizes prosperity. The center of the flower is replaced by a picture of red, blue, yin and yang, which is not only a traditional symbol of Korean culture, but also represents the harmony between state administration and natural laws. The hibiscus flower is tied with a white ribbon with the name of the country sewn on it? Republic of Korea? Four words. This feature is the same as the design of the national emblem of North Korea.

national anthem

South Korea's national anthem is a patriotic song. Independent News, the earliest folk newspaper founded in Korea, published many versions of patriotic song lyrics in 1896, but at that time? Patriotic songs? The melody has not been determined yet. Later, during the Korean Empire, the melody of patriotic songs was designated as military songs, which were called patriotic songs of the Korean Empire. The patriotic song of the Korean Empire was revised in 1902 and used for important national celebrations. Before the founding of the Republic of Korea, patriotic songs were mainly Scottish folk songs? Friendship lasts forever? (China called it "Auld Lang Syne"). However, the composer An Yitai (1905 1965) deeply felt that it was not appropriate to use other countries' melodies as his national anthem, so he re-created the national anthem at 1935, which was immediately adopted by the then provisional government of the Republic of Korea. But it was not until 1945 that the Republic of Korea was founded that the national anthem was still based on? Friendship lasts forever? Version oriented.

money

The basic unit of the won is the won. The monetary unit in Korea is "Yuan", which is expressed by "Won". There are two kinds of Korean currency: paper money and coins. There are four kinds of paper money: 1000 won, 5000 won, 10000 won and 50000 won, which can be easily distinguished according to the historical figures and colors printed on the paper money. At the same time, 50,000 won was printed with a female head for the first time, showing the pursuit of gender equality. national flower

Hibiscus is the national flower of Korea. When the flowers bloom, many buds will be born on the hibiscus branches. After a flower falls, what about the other flowers? Buds will keep blooming, full of spring and bright spring. So Koreans also call it? Endless flowers? .

national bird

The national bird of Korea is the magpie.

Population and language

South Korea has a total population of 50.087 million (2010 65438+1end of October), mainly Korean, belonging to the Mongolian race of East Asia, accounting for 99% of the total population in China, and is a mono-ethnic country.

Korean is commonly used, and the language family is uncertain. In Korean history, King Sejong (14 18? Before the reign of 1450, Koreans had no characters, and they always used China's Chinese characters. 1446, King Sejong created a proverb (training people to pronounce correctly), and now it is Korean, not phonography. However, Korean did not replace Chinese, and its large-scale use was during the Korean Empire, but as an official language after the establishment of 1948 in People's Republic of China (PRC). At present, about 10% is an inherent word in Korean, about 69% is inflected in Chinese, 10% is inflected in English, and the rest are in other languages. Korean is slightly different from Korean now. Due to the long-term division between the north and the south of the Korean peninsula after the war, the languages between the north and the south are also slightly different.

climate

The northern part has a temperate monsoon climate, and the southern part has a subtropical climate, with remarkable maritime characteristics. Winter is long and cold, summer is hot and humid, and spring and autumn are quite short. The lowest temperature in winter is-12℃, and the highest temperature in summer is 37℃. The annual average precipitation is about 1500mm, of which 6? The rainfall in August is relatively large, accounting for 70% of the whole year. The annual average precipitation is about 1500mm, which gradually decreases from south to north.

South Korea has four distinct seasons and short spring and autumn. Summer is hot and humid; Winter is cold and dry, and sometimes it snows.

The temperature difference in different parts of Korea is quite large, with the average temperature ranging from 6℃ to 16℃. In the hottest August of the year, the average temperature is 19℃ to 27℃. 65438+ 10 is the coldest month, with an average temperature of-8℃ to 7℃. It is often windy and rainy in early spring, and strong winds bring inland deserts in Asia? Yellow sand? , commonly known as sandstorm, has gradually increased in recent years. By mid-April, the weather is getting warmer, and Korean farmers level rice fields every year to prepare for planting rice. There are many typhoons in summer and autumn, and there will be plum rains in summer.