The grid below is an annotated index to part of the Virtual Picture Album compiled and distributed by the Less Commonly Taught Languages Project at the University of Minnesota. The pictures in this section of the VPA are of people, places, and objects in the Republic of Korea. Each of the pictures is represented by a thumbnail-sized image in the grid, and is accompanied by:
There are also suggestions for ways to use certain pairs or groups of pictures.
Due to the number of pictures in this section, the VPA index for Korea is divided into five parts.
| Part 1 | Daily Life: Shopping, Food, Transportation |
| Part 2 | Korea Today: People, Education, Recreation |
| Korea Yesterday: Culture, Tradition | |
| Part 4 | Historic Remains |
| Part 5 | Geography: Landscape, Scenery |
To view or download a full-sized picture from the VPA, click on its thumbnail representation below.
Part 3. Korea Yesterday: Culture, Tradition
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Changsung | Totem pole, Ch'onha Taejanggun (Great general Under Heaven), Chiha Taejanggun (Great Underground general), Chiha Yojanggun (Underground Female General), guardian | Description |
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Korean folk customs | Sonangdang, trees, pavilion, auspicious stones, animism, trees, color, fabric, to hang | Descriptions, color |
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Flat bench, thatched roof | Gazebo, to rest, wooden floor, to sit on, passengers, thatched roof | Descriptions |
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Rural house | Kiwa (tiles), roof, bush, to surround, trees, windows, door, to hang washed clothes, clothes pins, clothes lines, towels, socks | Description, comparisons |
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Korean Folk Village in Yongin | Folk village, hanbok, to sweep, broomsticks, dirt, road, thatched cottage, bush, trees, brown, green | Description, progressive tense, past tense |
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Traditional tea house in Korean Folk Village, traditional tea | Tea, tea house, old house, to drink tea, to order beverage, lanterns, traditional beverage | Description ~o/a issoyo |
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Paper-covered lattice doors and windows | Lattice doors, windows, window paper, wooden floor (planked porch), door-rings | Descriptions |
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Farmer making winnows | Winnow, to toss harvested grains, to carry off chaff, heavy kernels, wings, belly, inward, outward, up, down, farmer, to make, to display | Descriptions, present progressive tense, motion verbs |
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Farmer making bamboo blinds | Blind, to cut, to make, bamboo, farmer, hanbok, sangtu (traditional hairdo for men), to sit on, the wooden floor (planked porch) | Description, past tense |
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A-frame back rack & agricultural appliances | Chige (A-frame back rack), agriculture, appliances, to hang up, mud walls, to carry | Description |
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A-frame back rack carrier in the market | Chige (A-frame back rack), to carry, carrier, market | Description V1-ko V2 |
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Water-carrying yoke | Water buckets, water-carrying yoke, to carry water buckets, earthenware vessels, A-frame carrier, straw, sheaves of straw, mud walls, front, next to, right, left | Locatives, descriptions |
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Storage room in rural house | Wooden door, water, earthenware vessels, mud walls, to hang up, kitchen utensils, broom, gourd dipper, to scoop/dip (with a gourd), winnow, wooden fishing basket, to store, storage room | Locatives, descriptions |
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Traditional kitchen | Wooden door, iron kettle, fire hole, firewood, mud walls, garlic, to hang, to cook, broom | Descriptions, locatives |
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Smoothing clothes | Round clubs for pounding cloth, to smoothen wrinkles, to pound cloth, fulling block of stone, housewife, wooden floor, to sit on, hanbok | Descriptions, locatives |
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Spinning cotton into yarn | Woman's quarter in the house, comforters, chest, to spin, to make yarn | Descriptions, locatives, present progressive, motion verbs |
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Backyard of traditional house | Changtokdae (condiments bay), earthen vessels, seasoning, salt, soy sauce, salt, red pepper paste, yellow bean paste, fermentation, flat bench | Descriptions, locatives |
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Water fountain | Water fountain, earthenware vessels, water buckets, fountain site | Descriptions, locatives |
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Desiccating area in the traditional rural house | To dry, red peppers, garlic, meju (fermented soybean cakes), fish, thatched roof, earthenware vessels, vegetables, bakuni (wicker basket) | Descriptions, locatives |
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Vegetable garden in the traditional rural house | Vegetables, garden, mallow, crown daisy, wooden signs, thached houses, walls | Descriptions, locatives |
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Medical herbs | Ginseng, to grow, green, soil | Descriptions, locatives |
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Dried Ginseng in the Kumsan ginseng market | Ginseng, white ginseng, red ginseng, ginseng market, to buy, medical herb | Descriptions |
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Traditional wedding ceremony | Bride, bridegroom, marquee, wedding table, to bow upon one's knees, to exchange bows, bamboo floor mats | Descriptions, motion verbs |
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Traditional wedding: bridegroom wearing traditional wedding garments | Bridegroom, marquee, wedding table, to stand | Descriptions |
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Traditional wedding: bride preparing a bow | Hanbok, bride, bride's wedding garments, wedding table , to bow | Descriptions, present progressive tense |
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Wedding table | Pine, bamboo, braches, hen, cock, live, candle stand, blue and red thread, rice, apple, pear, chestnut, red bean | Descriptions |
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Nolttwigi (Korean see-saw) | Traditional, folk game, board, jump, women, holiday | Descriptions, motion verb |
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Farmers' band | Performance, farmer's band, festivals, musical instruments, to watch, rhythm, percussion instruments, performers | Descriptions |
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Farmers' band: at a town's festival | Festival, communal activity, celebratory, participants, to watch, to enjoy | Descriptions |
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Flying kites at the town's festival | To fly, kites, participants, people, park, apartments | Descriptions |
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Yut; A traditional board game | Yut board, to toss, sticks, game, traditional holidays | Descriptions |
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Tuho; traditional games | To throw, wooden sticks, game, to compete, participants, children, to count | Descriptions |
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Crafts; Pyrography (Nakhwa) | Designs, letters, wood, pyrography, to display, wood, to hang | Descriptions |
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Pyrography (Nakhwa) | Heated irons, designs, animals, lines, pyrographer, to decorate | Present progressive tense, descriptions |
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National Museum of Korea in Seoul | Museum, entrance, historic artifacts, to view, viewers, displays, stairs, to buy tickets, admission | Descriptions, narrating past events |
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Insa-dong in Seoul | Tourism, antique stores, main gate, wood, directions | Descriptions |
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Antique shop; traditional masks, crafts | Masks, crafts, to buy/sell, store, clerks, customers | Description, number, counting |
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Crafts; shopping | Crafts, to buy/sell, store, clerks, customers, number, money | Description, number, counting |
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King Sejong; Hangul | King, Korean language, to invent, Korean alphabet, Chosun Dynasty | Descriptions, past tense |
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Sokkatap Pagoda in Pulkuksa Temple | Pagoda, stone, legend, Asadal and Asanyo, mason, Muyongtap (Pagoda Without Reflection) | Descriptions |
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T'aptori ritual; Buddhism | T'aptori, to circle pagoda, to pray, to chant sutras, Buddhists, Buddhism | Descriptions |
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Traditional food; rice cake shop | Ttok (rice cake), steamed rice, beans, to display, to buy/sell, to make, to watch | Descriptions |
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Rice cake shop in Chongno street, Seoul | Stores, sings, to read, to buy/sell, to count, to ask, prices | Descriptions, counting, number |
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