https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l Made with mirth en-us 2019-03-05 14:38:56 UTC 2024-07-16 13:34:26 UTC hello@padlet.com kaitlyn_hale https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l/wish/337921783 2019-03-05 14:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l/wish/337921783 kaitlyn_hale https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l/wish/337921904 Chosongul is the native alphabet that ruler King Sejong the Great invented in 1443. Known as Hangul Day, the holiday celebrates the alphabet’s invention — which enabled all Koreans to become literate.]]> 2019-03-05 14:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l/wish/337921904 kaitlyn_hale https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l/wish/337922009 2019-03-05 14:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l/wish/337922009 kaitlyn_hale https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_hale/lxh0on5pg43l/wish/337922196 The origins of this custom date back to the late 1800s, when a cholera epidemic ravaged the town. The locals asked the Chinese god of war, Guan Gong, to ward off the disease. On the day of the Lantern Festival, firecrackers were set off along the road in the hopes of inviting Guan Gong to the village. The epidemic subsided, but the tradition continued—and grew.




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