Family Project: 2011-2012 famILY: I Love You
The flag of South Korea, also known as
Taegeukgi, is composed of various parts. It has a white background in addition to a red and blue taegeuk in the center. The white background is suppose to represent
purity and the “cleanliness of the people” as where the taegeuk represents
the origin of all things in the universe. Together, they portray a
continuous movement within infinity, the two merging as one.
Additionally, there are four differing
black trigrams at each respectable corner:
geon 건 (upper left), ri 리 (bottom left), gam 감 (upper right), gon 곤 (bottom right). Each of these trigrams can represent various themes including nature, seasons, cardinal directions, four virtues, family, four elements, and different meanings.
Nature was selected to be the motif of the KSA Family Project.
Sun Family:
Sun 일 correlates with
ri 리 represented on the bottom left of the Korean Flag.
Sky Family:
Sky 천 correlates with
geon 건 represented on the upper left of the Korean Flag.
Earth Family:
Earth 지 correlates with
gon 곤 represented on the bottom right of the Korean Flag.
Moon Family:
Moon 월 correlates with
gam 감 represented on the upper right of the Korean Flag.