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The South Korea Flag is known as the Taegukki which means, "Great Extremes". South Korea Flag has a red and blue Yin-Yang symbol where the red (Yang) is at the top, blue (Yin) is at the bottom, in the center of a white field. The central circle is surrounded by four sets of three long and short black bars which are known as Kwae. Adopted in the year 1950 on 25th January, the height to the width ratio of South Korea Flag is 2:3.
The South Korea Flag has its origin in old oriental philosophical theory of Um-Yang. The white part of South Korea Flag stands for peace and purity and the Yin-Yang symbol represents the contrasts or opposites. The South Korea Flag is a philosophical one and the Yin-Yang symbol represents the idea that all things in the Universe have two opposite and contrasting aspects and one cannot exist without the other. The center of the South Korea Flag is divided into two separate parts, the Red part represents the Cosmic force of Yang which is positive, bright and hot and the lower part which is blue in color represents a Cosmic force of Yin which is negative, dark and cold. This indicates at the concept of continuous movement, balance and harmony which characterizes the sphere of infinity.
There can be many different states of the Kwae but four basic Kwae are used in the South Korea flag.
The Trigrams that surround the circle symbolizes the four elements of the Kon meaning earth, Yi meaning fire, Kun meaning heaven, and Kam meaning water. Each one of these symbols stand for a different state of movement.
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