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Korean Cultural Center, Ussuriysk
The Ussuriysk Korean Cultural Center (; ) is a branch of the South Korean organization Korean Cultural Centers in Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, Russia. It was built in 2009, and serves as an activity center for Koryo-saram: ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union. It also houses the Maritime Territory Koryo-saram Cultural Association (; ). The building is host to a Museum of the History of Russian Koreans, which covers the history of Koryo-saram. Description An Ussuriysk Koryo-saram cultural organization was first established in 1991. Planning for the construction of a building for their activities began in 2004, and was completed by 2009. It has two floors above ground, and a floor area of around . The history museum was first opened on October 31, 2009. The organization also manages a separate history exhibit at the former house of the Korean independence activist (). A monument to another independence activist An Jung-geun also stands outside the building. The building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk (russian: Уссури́йск) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai, and about from both the China–Russia border and the Pacific Ocean. Population: It was previously known as ''Nikolskoye'' (until 1898), ''Nikolsk-Ussuriysky'' (until 1935), ''Voroshilov'' (until 1957). History Medieval history The area of what now is Ussuriysk was settled by Yulou Mohe people, Mohe tribes. From the mid-9th century, it became Solbin-bu of the Balhae Kingdom. It is then populated by the Dōnghǎi Jurchen people, Jurchens, under control of Liao dynasty. The city then become capital of Jīn Dynasty's Sùpín circuit (速頻路). Then it went under control of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties respectively and known as (). Modern era In 1866, the settlement of Nikolskoye () was founded on the area of today's Ussuriysk, named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Drum
Korean drums play an important part in traditional Korean music, ranging from folk music to royal court music. There are a wide variety of shapes and sizes, for use both in accompanying other instruments and in special drumming performances. In the traditional Korean classification of instruments, drums are grouped with the ''hyeokbu'' (혁부, ), or instruments made with leather. A notable class of these leather drums are Korean barrel drums. History During the Joseon period, many types of drums were used for the royal court music, including the ''janggu'', ''jwago'', ''yonggo'', ''gyobanggo'', ''jingo'', ''jeolgo'', ''nogo'', and others. Among these, the ''janggu'' was also used for folk music, and later became the most commonly used drum used in Korean music. Types *Buk (hangul: 북) - Double-headed shallow barrel drum used in folk music and played with one stick or one hand and one stick; varieties of ''buk'' are used in '' pansori'', ''pungmul'', and ''samulnori'' * Janggu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia–South Korea Relations
Russia–South Korea relations (russian: Российско-южнокорейские отношения, Rossiisko-yuzhnokoreyskie otnosheniya, ko, 한러 관계, hanreo gwangye) or Russian–South Korean relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Russia and South Korea. Modern relations between the two countries began on September 30, 1990. Immediately following Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of Korea, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States created the division of Korea into North and South states. Thereafter, since the two sides were separated by North Korea and opposing ideologies, there was little contact until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Since the 1990s, there has been greater trade and cooperation between the two nations. The total trade volume between South Korea and Russia in 2003 was 4.2 billion US dollars, which increased to 24.8 billion US dollars in 2018. History Russian Empire The Russian Empire and Korea first e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Establishments In Russia
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koryo-saram Organizations
Koryo-saram ( ko, 고려사람; russian: Корё сарам; uk, Корьо-сарам) is the name which ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves. The term is composed of two Korean words: "", a historical name for Korea, and "", meaning "person" or "people". Approximately 500,000 ethnic Koreans reside in the former Soviet Union, primarily in the now-independent states of Central Asia. There are also large Korean communities in Southern Russia (around Volgograd), Russian Far East (around Vladivostok), the Caucasus and southern Ukraine. These communities can be traced back to the Koreans who were living in the Russian Far East during the late 19th century. There is also a separate ethnic Korean community on the island of Sakhalin, typically referred to as Sakhalin Koreans. Some may identify as Koryo-saram, but many do not. Unlike the communities on the Russian mainland primarily descended from Koreans who arrived in the late 19th century a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Theatre Of Kazakhstan
The Korean Theatre or Koryo Theatre (; ) is a national theatre that specializes in the culture of Korea in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is operated by and associated with the Koryo-saram community: ethnic Koreans of the Post-Soviet states, former Soviet Union. The theatre troupe has operated since 1932, making it the oldest still-running Korean theatre troupe in the world. It moved to Almaty in 1968, and into its current building in December 2003. The theatre is a notable cultural hub for Koryo-mar, the dialect of Koryo-saram. All productions are in Korean, with simultaneous translation into Russian. Description The theatre is located around 30 minutes from downtown by car. They have a Seoul Metropolitan Government–branded bus used to shuttle audience members that was donated to them by the mayor of Seoul (and later president of South Korea) Lee Myung-bak. , the theatre employed 96 people, around half of whom were performers. A traditional Korean performance was held every Satur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnowing Basket
The Winnowing Basket mansion (箕宿, pinyin: Jī Xiù) is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Chinese constellations Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese ''xīng guān''). The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic t .... It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon. Asterisms References {{DEFAULTSORT:Winnowing Basket (Chinese Constellation) Chinese constellations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic of Korea) comprising its southern half. Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula. The peninsula is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea). During the first half of the 1st millennium, Korea was divided between three states, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, together known as the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In the second half of the 1st millennium, Silla defeated and conquered Baekje and Goguryeo, leading to the "Unified Silla" period. Meanwhile, Balhae formed in the north, superseding former Goguryeo. Unified Silla eventually collapsed into three separate states due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jung-sook
Kim Jung-sook ( ko, 김정숙; born 15 November 1954) is a South Korean Classical music, classical singer who served as first lady of South Korea from 2017 to 2022, as the wife of the 12th president of South Korea Moon Jae-in. Overview Kim's parents ran a ''hanbok'' shop at Gwangjang Market, Gwangjang market in Seoul, but later moved to Ganghwa Island. She graduated from the Sookmyung Girls' High School, Sookmyung Girls' Middle and High School. Kim also holds a Bachelor of Arts, BA in Vocal Music at Kyung Hee University. She was a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Chorus from 1978 to 1982. Kim met her future husband, Moon, during their university years at Kyung Hee University. Their relationship began to develop after she took care of Moon when he had been knocked out by tear gas during an anti-Park Chung-hee protest. Moon and Kim married in 1981 when Moon was studying at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, after Kim proposed marriage to Moon in an act that was virt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Economic Daily
''The Korea Economic Daily'' (nicknamed ''Hankyung'' (from ''han'' - South Korea and ''kyung'' - business)) is a conservative and business daily newspaper in South Korea. It is the largest business newspaper by revenue in South Korea. It was founded on October 12, 1964, as the ''Daily Economic Newspaper'' and took its current name in 1980. '' Bloomberg Businessweek
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Chuseok
''Chuseok'' (; , literally "autumn evening"), also known as ''Hangawi'' (Hangul: ; ; from archaic Korean for "the great middle (of autumn)"), is a major mid-autumn harvest festival and a three-day holiday in South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon. In North Korea, they only celebrate for the day of chuseok. Like many other harvest festivals around the world, it is held around the autumn equinox, i.e. at the very end of summer or in early autumn. It is the biggest traditional holiday in South Korea. As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as ''songpyeon'' (), ''yakgwa'', fruits like Asian pear and '' hallabong'', and rice wines such as ''sindoju'' (). and ''dongdongju'' (). There are two major traditions related to Chuseok: ''Charye'' (, ancestor memorial services at home, also known as Jesa), and ''Seongmyo'' (, family visit to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arirang
"Arirang" (; ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "''Arirang, arirang, arariyo'' ()". It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old. "Arirang" is included twice on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. South Korea successfully submitted the song for inclusion on the UNESCO list in 2012. North Korea also successfully submitted the song for inclusion in 2014. In 2015, the South Korean Cultural Heritage Administration added the song to its list of important intangible cultural assets. The song is sung today in both North and South Korea, and represents the symbol of unity in the region that is divided by the Korean War. History Origin and etymology It is believed that "Arirang" originated from Jeongseon, Gangwon Province. "Arirang" as a term today is ambiguous in meaning, but some linguists have hypothesized that "Ari" (아리) meant "beautiful" and "rang" (랑) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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