South Korea with Iris

I love museums! Because they can tell you a lot of interesting historical facts. Also, museums can help people to understand the culture of that country better. And sometimes, nope almost always, you can learn something new, even if you already have been to that museum before. Hangeul means the Korean alphabet, so the museum is dedicated to the Korean alphabet. About National Hangeul Museum The National Hangeul Museum has opened its doors on October 9th 2014. It is an Hangeul Day in Korea. The museum is located in Seoul close to the National Museum of Korea. And there is a park zone around the museum. There are 5 floors in the museum and 3 of them are museum exhibition halls. You know almost every museum in Korea has a kids zone. It can be a special exhibition hall or a playing learning zone. And I think it is really cool! So kids don’t get bored, they can play and they can learn at the same time. Hall with Korean folk songs for children We started our excursion from the top floor, and

Last time I told you about Korean courses , so maybe it is time to talk about the Korean language itself? Korean language… The Korean language was not so popular…before the Korean wave became a worldwide trend. What do you know about the Korean language? Many people think that the Korean language is like the Chinese language, and there is no alphabet, only Chinese hieroglyphs. Today, I will share with you a few facts about the Korean language. Maybe some of these facts are familiar to you, maybe not. First of all, the Korean language or Hangeul (한글) was invented in the XV century by the 4th King of the Joseon Dynasty King Sejong Great. Before it, Korean people used Chinese hieroglyphs. Sejong King tried to make the language easy to study or use by any social level. Because, during the Joseon Dynasty poor people couldn’t even read, so they couldn’t learn about any announcements or news which were published on the board. So, Sejong King invented the Korean alphabet. Each letter was deriv