South Korea Flag
The National flag of South Korea was officially adopted on the 25th of January in the year 1950 it is there fore considered to be a very old flag in age especially when kept in contrast with or compared to the many other flags that are used by many other countries to represent themselves on a world wide basis. Korea was formed into a republic in the year 1948 and the exact month for that happening is the month of August. The Korean Ambassador to Japan designed The National flag of South Korea in the times of the rule of King Gojong that was in the year 1882.
It is seen in history as the story is told that King Gojong is known to have proclaimed Taegeuki and that was done by him in order to make that officially The National flag of South Korea and that happened on the 6th of March and the year was 1883.
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The description of The National flag of South Korea is one which is very, very unique and yet it is easy to explain the uniqueness in The National flag of South Korea is there due to its odd designing if any one was to ask or inquire as to what the coloration and what the design of The National flag of South Korea is the answer to that question would be a very simple one and that would be a simple design and four colors used only. The base of The National flag of South Korea is one which is as mentioned above of the color plain white. The center of that plain white base has the picture of a circle which is divided into two halves and those halves one is of the color red and the other is of the color blue. On all four sides of the flag rectangular shaped stripe are present. These stripes contain objects which are of black color on The National flag of South Korea and are known as trigrams. The trigrams are placed on the four sides of the flag and forming a protective shield for the blue and red colored circle. The meaning and significance of the colors and design of The National flag of South Korea are very interesting and at same time unique. White is as a common known factor the traditional color of the Korean people the world wide known for purity. Yin and yang forces of Korea are represented by the red and blue colored circular shape in the center of the plain white base; the red representing the yang and the blue representing the yin force respectively. The yin and yang are the positive and negative. They also stand to show the harmonious blend between, day and night, men and women, good and evil and so on. Yin is considered to be more of the passive mode and yang to be its opposite by being the more negative mode. The elements such as fire, water, earth and metal are being equally represented by the presence of the trigrams. The proportions of The National flag of South Korea are 2:3 respectively. There is a specified South Korean Flag Etiquette as well as ways on how to fold the South Korea Flag called the South Korean Flag folding instructions and one can obtain that along with South Korean Flag pictures and stickers online.
