KOREAN FLAG
Transcript: lower half circle, blue, means yin The upper half circle, red, of Taeguk means yang The flag was designed by King Gojong or Pak Yeong-hyo in 1882 by the deletion of four of these trigrams, and Taegeukgi was adopted as the national flag of Joseon Dynasty on March 6, 1883. After independence, both North and South Korea adopted versions of the Taegeukgi, but North Korea changed its national flag to a more Soviet-inspired design after three years. Taegeukgi (Korean Flag) Ying and Yang are used to decribe oppisites. Like, light/dark, good/bad, hight/low, hot/cold, fire/ice, evil/saint, and etc. White field with a red and blue taegeuk (wing-wang) in the center and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag YING YING-YANG HISTORY Geon -Heaven Ri- Fire Gam- Water Gon- Earth Yin means dark and cold, while Yang means bright and hot. The idea of Yin-Yang is supposed to have originated from the old Korean philosophy of Sam shin meaning three gods. YANG