My Heritage

By David Kim

Korean. This is a map of where my heritage is located.

Seoul

Taegeukgi ; The flag of South Korea

Sejong the Great ; created Hangul, alphabet system for the Korean language.

My family My grandparents

The heritage I identify most with is Korean.

Because my mother and father are both Korean.

Taekwondo. It is a martial art originating in Korea. It combines combat and self-defense techniques with sports and exercise.

Yut Nori. It is a traditional board game.

This game is played in almost every Seolnal, the Korean New Year.

It is a fun and exciting game.

My ancestors came to America because my grandfather thought it was a great education and opportunity for my parents to have a better life.

Kimchi, Korean Bar-B-Q, Bibimbap

Kimchi Korean Bar-B-Q Bibimbap

Cultural Traditional Clothing is Hanbok.

Children Hanbok Adult Hanbok Treditional Wedding Hanbok

Pansori performed by one singer and one drummer. Samul Nori is played without a pause in faster tempos. Ganggangsullae is a Korean Traditional Dance that we do at

September in the Harvest Moon Festival called Chuesok. Buchaechum is a fan dance, usually performed by groups of

female dancers.

Pansori Samul Nori Ganggangsullae

Buchaechum

Gayageum is a traditional string instrument with 12 strings.

Jing is a large gong used in traditional Korean music. Janggu is the most widely used drum used in the

traditional music of Korea.

Gayageum Jing Janggu

The Seolnal is the traditional Korean New Year. We wear a Hanbok and bow deeply to the elders. The best part is receiving money after performing

the New Year’s bows.

Bows are the traditional greeting in Korea and is still present until today.

Age is calculated differently, you are considered to be one year old the day you are born.

The number “4” is considered to be a very unlucky one and it relates to death.