Korean tradition trivia

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• What is the best-known restorative dish eaten through the Sambok heat of high summer?Seasonal customs and holidays
• Which pastime has a group joining hands and circling under the full moon of Chuseok?Seasonal customs and holidays
• On which day of the lunar calendar does Dano fall?Seasonal customs and holidays
• What is the signature dish eaten at Seollal, the lunar New Year?Seasonal customs and holidays
• Which city in South Gyeongsang Province is famous for its cherry blossom festival?Seasonal customs and holidays
• What dish is cooked and eaten at Dongji, the winter solstice?Seasonal customs and holidays
• What is the signature food shaped and eaten at Chuseok?Seasonal customs and holidays
• What is the native Korean name for Chuseok?Seasonal customs and holidays
• What did people crack between their teeth on the morning of Jeongwol Daeboreum, believing it would keep boils away for the year?Seasonal customs and holidays
• What kind of water did women wash their hair in at Dano?Seasonal customs and holidays
• At Dano, women washed their hair in water steeped with sweet flag and rode on swings.Seasonal customs and holidays
• Sambok means the hottest stretch of summer, made up of Chobok, Jungbok, and Malbok.Seasonal customs and holidays
• On Hansik there is a custom of making a point of eating hot food.Seasonal customs and holidays
• Dano falls on the 3rd day of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar.Seasonal customs and holidays
• At Seollal, the lunar New Year, Koreans cook patjuk and say they have grown a year older by eating it.Seasonal customs and holidays
• There is a custom of shaping and eating songpyeon at Chuseok, the autumn harvest holiday.Seasonal customs and holidays
• The deep bow made to elders on the morning of Seollal is called sebae.Seasonal customs and holidays
• There is a custom of cooking and eating tteokguk at Dongji, the winter solstice.Seasonal customs and holidays
• Chuseok falls on the 15th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar.Seasonal customs and holidays
• At Jeongwol Daeboreum, the first full moon of the year, there is a custom of eating ogokbap and namul and cracking bureom, hard nuts, between the teeth.Seasonal customs and holidays
• What is the name of the first state founded in the Dangun myth?National symbols and founding myths
• Which two colors make up the taegeuk circle at the center of the Taegeukgi?National symbols and founding myths
• How many letters does the Korean alphabet have in use today?National symbols and founding myths
• In the Dangun myth, which animal ate mugwort and garlic and became human?National symbols and founding myths
• In the Dangun myth, who descended from heaven and became the father of Dangun?National symbols and founding myths
• Which phrase, meaning to broadly benefit all humanity, became the founding ideal of Korean education?National symbols and founding myths
• Which Joseon king created Hunminjeongeum, the Korean alphabet?National symbols and founding myths
• What is the national flower of South Korea?National symbols and founding myths
• What are the four trigrams drawn at the corners of the Taegeukgi?National symbols and founding myths
• What is the name of the national anthem of South Korea?National symbols and founding myths
• The national anthem of South Korea is called Aegukga.National symbols and founding myths
• The taegeuk circle at the center of the Taegeukgi is made up of green and yellow.National symbols and founding myths
• The Dangun myth is one of the founding myths of Japan.National symbols and founding myths
• When King Sejong first created Hunminjeongeum, it had 28 letters.National symbols and founding myths
• In the Dangun myth, the bear ate mugwort and garlic, became human, and was named Ungnyeo.National symbols and founding myths
• Hongik Ingan, meaning to broadly benefit all humanity, is used as the founding ideal of education in South Korea.National symbols and founding myths
• In the Dangun myth, the figure who descended from heaven is the son of Dangun.National symbols and founding myths
• The Taegeukgi is rectangular.National symbols and founding myths
• Hangul is a script created by Seolchong of Silla.National symbols and founding myths
• The national flower of South Korea is the mugunghwa, the rose of Sharon.National symbols and founding myths
• Which temple keeps the Tripitaka Koreana?Heritage and traditional institutions
• Which vast history set down by court historians records the reigns of the kings of Joseon?Heritage and traditional institutions
• What is the name of the main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace?Heritage and traditional institutions
• In which city are Seokguram and Bulguksa?Heritage and traditional institutions
• What is the traditional Korean heating system that warms a house by heating the floor of the room?Heritage and traditional institutions
• Which fortress, built by King Jeongjo of Joseon, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?Heritage and traditional institutions
• What is the traditional Korean house called, roofed with clay tiles or rice straw?Heritage and traditional institutions
• Which shrine houses the spirit tablets of the kings and queens of Joseon?Heritage and traditional institutions
• Which was the principal palace of the Joseon dynasty?Heritage and traditional institutions
• Which palace was laid out to follow the natural lie of the land and is famous for its rear garden?Heritage and traditional institutions
• The Tripitaka Koreana is kept in the Janggyeong Panjeon depositories at Haeinsa.Heritage and traditional institutions
• The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty are a record in which each king wrote down his own achievements.Heritage and traditional institutions
• The Tripitaka Koreana was originally made to commemorate the Mongol invasions.Heritage and traditional institutions
• The main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace is Gwanghwamun.Heritage and traditional institutions
• Ondol is the traditional Korean heating system that warms a house by heating the floor of the room.Heritage and traditional institutions
• Seokguram and Bulguksa are Silla heritage sites in Gyeongju.Heritage and traditional institutions
• Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon was built during the Goryeo period.Heritage and traditional institutions
• Changdeokgung is a palace laid out to follow the natural lie of the land, and its rear garden is especially famous.Heritage and traditional institutions
• Jongmyo is the shrine that houses the spirit tablets of the kings and queens of Joseon.Heritage and traditional institutions
• The main material used to roof a hanok was glass.Heritage and traditional institutions