Natural Environment -Seasons and Geography and administration

20 Março 2019, 10:00 • Eunhee Choi

1. 봄 / spring

  - 꽃놀이(Picnic for blossoming)

  - 꽃샘추위(kkotssemchuwei) : a cold weather in the blooming season

  - 황사(hwangsa) : yellow dust wind

  - 미세먼지: fine dust

2. 여름 / summer

  - very hot and humid

  - way to avoid hot : going to a beach or valley, water park

  - mud festival

  - 장마 / rainy season

  - 태풍 / typhoon

  - 파전(pajeon) / green onion pancake 

  - 동동주(dongdnongju) / rice wine

  - 삼복(초복, 중복, 말복) / Sambok(chobok, jungbok, malbok) : the three most hot days

  - 이열치열 (yiyeolchiyeol):  you forget the heat by eating hotter food on hot days

  - 삼계탕 / samgaetang  

  - 냉면 / nangmyon and 빙수 / bingsoo  

3. 가을 / autumm

  - leaves are changing the color

  - 천고마비(cheongomabi) : the sky is high and horses get fat

  - Season of harvest

  - Rice festival

4. 겨울 / winter

  - 군밤 / roasted chestnuts and 군고구마 / roasted sweetpotatoes

  - 호빵 / hobbang

  - 산천어 축제 / Sancheoneo Ice Festival

5. 봉숭아 물 들이기 / balsam coloring : Coloring one’s fingernails with crushed balsam flowers, alum and salt

6. Thinking further

  1) Talk about a season that is the most like in Korea and the reason.

  2) Talk about the seasons on Portugal. (Make a comparison with the seasons in Korea.)

3. geographical location

4. square kilometers and population

5. mountain ranges and rivers

6. 9 provinces

7. 6 metropolitan cities

8. Thinking further

  1)Talk about the feature of Korean geography and administration.

  2)Talk about the similar things and different things with Portugal’s cities.

-Bibliographe

ChoYounghee, “Korean culture in 100 Keywords”, Paju, South Korea, Darakwon, 2017.

ChoiYungon, jeonChorong, “K-Culture 10”, Seoul, Hankookmoonwhasa, 2016.

YangSeongkook, “ Korean Culture for foreigners”, Seoul, Pagijong Press, 2014.

ParkHana, “ Korean Culture for Curious New Comers”, Seoul, Pagijong Press, 2014.