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Zedrich O.

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COUNTRY CAPITAL TRADITION

The flag of South Korea features Seoul is South Korea's Capital City Korea is greatly influenced by the
four colors: white, black, red and located along the Han River. Seoul Chinese and Japanesecultures.
blue. The white background is a was also the capital of Korea as This influence can be seen by
traditional color in Korean culture from 1394 before the formal Confucianism, which established
that symbolizes purity and peace. division in 1948 when it became the many traditions that can be seen in
The color of black is used for the official capital of South Korea. It modernKorea today.
four trigrams, each representing a covers an area of about 234 square These traditions include the
different virtue. The yin-yang in the miles. The city was constructed ethical code of conduct in social
middle is half red and half blue, along the Han River and almost at life and showing respect to the
with blue symbolizing negative the center of the Peninsula some elders andfamily.
cosmic forces, while red represents sixty kilometers from the yellow sea.
positive cosmic forces.

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