Why does South Korea use China's Yin and Yang gossip as its national flag?

Because South Korea is deeply influenced by China culture. 1883, when South Korean officials went to China and Japan to learn about international practices, they thought that South Korea should also have its own national flag to meet the etiquette of the two sides. As a result, two officials designed a national flag with Tai Chi and four hexagrams when performing their duties. Neither China nor Korea had national flags in ancient times. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, influenced by globalization, we began to know that the concepts of the world and the country were different. We gradually learned some rules of international law and international order, so the Qing government took Huanglongqi as the national flag.

Today's Korean flag is slightly different from the original design, that is, the shape of yin and yang in the middle is slightly simplified, but the overall concept is still intact, and these allowable changes are almost negligible. Since 1948, the current pattern has officially become the national flag of South Korea, and it has been used ever since. Four of the eight pictures in the Book of Changes are distributed around the pattern of the North Korean flag: the three complete pictures in the upper left corner are the "dry" in the Book of Changes, which can represent heaven, people and resilience. The three broken pictures in the lower right corner are "Kun" in the Book of Changes, which can represent earth, women and softness. This is yin and yang.

In the lower left corner of the national flag pattern, there is an intermittent picture in the middle, and both sides are all "Li" hexagrams, representing the sun, fire and so on. In the upper right corner is "Kan", which represents the moon, water and so on. This is the yin in the yang, the yin in the yang, the divination is just the opposite, and the yin and yang are the opposite. There are eight basic hexagrams in the Book of Changes, and the designer of the Korean flag chose four hexagrams representing "heaven, earth, sun and moon". As for the center of this pattern, it is obviously the deformation of Taiji diagram, which embodies the significance of harmonious balance between Yin and Yang.

Korean people love China culture very much. From academic classics to folk customs, it shows that China's culture is excellent and people will like it. Therefore, we should cherish our Chinese studies and love our country even more.