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The korean people with excellent cultural heritage have created various kinds of musical instruments.

Kayagum



Kayagum is one of the most representative national instruments national instruments of korea. It was invented by Uruk 1,400 years ago. he was born in the kaya era and distinguished himself as a talented musician and a famous composer.
When u play the kayagum the head of it must always be placed on the lap of it's player amd it's tail on the floor. Secondly, the kayagum is played with bare fingers. The sound is so delicate and soft that it can express the character of korean music.The kayagum is one of the most cherished and loved national instruments of Korea.

Yanggum



Yanggum is a percussion string instrument which sounded by chae, a bambooo made , thin plactra.
The name of this instrument actually means the western harp. Most traditional string instryment of korea use silk strings, but the Yanggum uses steel string. Yanggum is very soft and clear in sound and can be called a versatile instrument.
Today, yanggum is widely played in solo, duet and in orchestras because of its great compass and penetrating sound!

Cho




Chokte, a korean flute has a embouchure, 6 holes for sound and one more hole as a half tone device. There are 3 kinds of chokte, tae ham( big flute), chung ham( middle flute) and ho ham 9 small flute). Chokte is played with its head to put to the mouth of the player parallel; and air inbreathed into the embouchure; fingering on the holes involving pitch and ttimbre flunctuations, but ost notable is the rendition of ronggu which means a rendition with the simultaneous use of the head and shoulders to give traditional colour to music.

Haegum

Hanegum is a percussive bow instrument which is very popular in korea today. Haegum resembled chinese Ho Gung in its structure and rendition. Haegum is made up of 2 strings and played by a bow with the instrument placed on the player's knee. The bow has a string of horse tail hair and is held by the right hand, therefore it is called the two string harp. The peculiar sound from the resonance drum sounds like a nasal human voice.

Piri and Senap



Piri and senap are well-known doubled reed-wood wind instruments among traditional korean musical instruments. Senap distinguished itself from the other instruments in it's volume. Senp is also called Tae pyong so or nal ra ri. Senap is generally a wind instrument with a copper-made trumpet attached to the wooden tube and was used by military bands,
spread to the public. It can be played with its's rich power of expression.

cuisine(:

Korean cuisine is probably well known for kimchi, a side dish which uses a distinctive fermentation process for preserving vegetables, most commonly cabbage. It is healthy as it provides necssary vitamins and nutrients.

Other popular dishes include bibimbap which literally means"mixed rice" and naengmyeon (cold noodles). A common snack in korea is kimbab, which is rice mixed with vegetables and meat wrapped in seaweed. While an increasingly wide variety of ingredients are used in kimbap, fich in either raw or cooked form is rarely used.

Culture and arts^^

Korean festivities often showcase vibrant colours, which have been attributed to Mogolian influences, they are bright red, yellow and green often mark traditional korean motifs. These bright colours are sometimes seen in the traditional dress known as hanbok.

The history of korea(:

Korea is located on the korean peninsulain North east asia.

Unlike most ancient mountains on the mainland, many important islands

in korea were formed by volcanic activity in the cenozoic orogeny.

Jeje island, situated off the southern coast, its a large volcanic island

whose main mountain Mount Halla( 1950m) is highest in south korea.