Flag of South Korea

Korean spelling
Korean alphabet :	태극기
Hanja :	太極旗
Revised Romanization :	Taegeukgi
McCune-Reischauer :	T'aegŭkki

Taegeukgi
	; ;
Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	2: 3
Officially accepted:	January 25, 1950

The flag of South Korea in its current form was introduced on January 25, 1950.

Description and meaning

Structure of the national flag

Hexadecimal color values
red	`# CD2E3A`
blue	`# 0047A0`

The Korean name of the flag Taegeukgi is derived from Taegeuk , the Korean name for the Taiji principle .

The basic color white is a symbol of purity and peacefulness. It also stands for the white clothing traditionally worn by Koreans. The red and blue "Eum and Yang" symbol, the Korean variant of Yin and Yang , is in the center of the flag. The upper, red part is called Yang , the lower, blue part is called Eum . This symbol stands for the universe and the opposites it contains, for example fire and water, day and night, dark and light, masculine and feminine, warmth and cold and so on.

The symbol is surrounded by four black trigrams from the I Ching scripts ( Book of Changes ). Some of the many meanings they symbolize are:

Sky chinese 天 , pinyin tiān ; kor. 건 , geon ; Force also spring; East; Metal; Virtue; ♂	Water 水 , shuǐ ; 감 , gam ; Gorge also winter; North; Moon; wisdom
Fire 火 , huǒ ; 리 , ri ; Shine also autumn; South; Sun; Decency	Earth 地 , dì ; 곤 , gon ; Field also summer; West; Justice; ♀

legislation

Since September 10, 2009, the use of the national flag for commercial purposes has been largely prohibited. It may not be used in advertisements or displayed in front of stores. It is permitted to display the flag on packaging, but not on disposable goods such as napkins, drinking cups or seat mats.

history

2: 3 ^?National flag of the King or Empire of Korea from 1882 to 1910

Bak Yeong-ho , the first Korean ambassador to Japan , created the forerunner of today's national flag in August 1882. King Gojong proclaimed the Taegeukgi to be the first national flag of Korea on March 6, 1883. The current shape differs in small details from this original flag.

More flags of South Korea

Jack of the Navy of South Korea
^? Flag for a united North and South Korea at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and the 2018 Winter Olympics.
^?Jeju Island flag

^? Korea 1945-1948

^? South Korea 1948-1949

^?South Korea 1949–1997

literature

National flag in Seoul

Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states . Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-570-01082-1 .
Whitney Smith , Ottfried Neubecker : The signs of people and peoples. Our world in flags and banners . Reich Verlag, Lucerne 1975, ISBN 3-7243-0115-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ "Use of Nat'l Flag for Profit Banned" , Dong-a Ilbo from September 11, 2009 (English)

Web links

Commons : Flags of South Korea - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Description of the National symbols on the website of the President of South Korea (English)
Flags of the World - South Korea (English)

[1] "Use of Nat'l Flag for Profit Banned" , Dong-a Ilbo from September 11, 2009 (English)