A full mailbox is a happy mailbox! World through postcards, postcrossing and covers

Thursday 29 March 2018

0153 South Korea Flag of country FOTW93

Sent: 21.06.2017
Received: 03.07.2017
Travel time: 13 days

Sender: Daniel Eastwood from South Korea





The flag of the Republic of Korea, also known as the Taegukgi (also spelled as Taegeukgi, literally "supreme ultimate flag"), has three parts: a white rectangular background, a red and blue Taeguk, symbolizing balance, in its center, and four black trigrams selected from the original eight, one toward each corner.
The flag's background is white, a traditional color in Korean culture. White was common in the daily attire of 19th-century Koreans, and it still appears in contemporary versions of traditional Korean garments, such as the hanbok. The color represents peace and purity. 

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