Find four words that go together and complete four culture groups. The boards run by difficulty, from familiar daily culture to fine points of history and the arts.
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Easy
30
Concrete culture groups you often meet in daily life, such as food, holidays, hanbok, and transportation
Medium
40
Culture groups you can solve only by telling apart region, period, use, and fine features
Hard
30
Culture groups that need exact background knowledge, such as heritage, craft techniques, government offices, and classical literature
Korean food — A Korean Meal — Start with the big groups that make up a Korean table: rice, soups, fermented sauces, and street snacks.
Holidays — Four Holidays on the Calendar — See how the food and games change from one holiday to the next.
Hanbok — Opening the Hanbok Wardrobe — Tell apart clothes, headwear, accessories, and the little touches that finish an outfit, and the whole hanbok look comes into focus.
Hanok — A Walk Around a Hanok — Learn the structure and living spaces of a hanok, from the roof to the yard, as if you were walking through it.
Seoul — A Stroll Through Old Seoul — Group palaces, gates, mountains, and alleys to see Hanyang, the capital of Joseon, from every side.
Seasons — The Four Seasons of Korea — Connect the plants, weather, scenery, and snacks that each season brings to mind.
School life — A Day at a Korean School — Sort the things, people, subjects, and spaces you meet in a classroom by situation.
Transportation — From the Subway to the Train — Group the facilities and expressions you see on each kind of transport to get ready for real trips.
Eating out — Convenience Stores, Cafes, and Delivery — Learn the vocabulary of four scenes for grabbing a bite and ordering in Korea, all at once.
Jjimjilbang — Exploring a Jjimjilbang — Sort out the baths, sauna rooms, snacks, and items you receive, and you can picture this Korean place to relax.
Rice cakes — Secrets of the Rice Cake Mill — Connect not only the names of tteok but also its ingredients, tools, and dishes made from it.
Regional food — A Tour of Four Cities' Specialties — See how local ingredients and living conditions became distinctive dishes.
Physical geography — Mountains, Rivers, Islands, and Seas — Divide the big natural landforms on the map of Korea into four groups and build a sense of where things are.
Sports — Cheering Day — Tell apart sports scenes in Korea, from cheering in the stadium to traditional sports.
Family — Family Title Puzzle — Tell apart Korean family titles, which change with who is speaking and how people are related.
Etiquette — Etiquette Detective by Situation — Learn the words and behavior expected when greeting, eating, visiting, and being in public places.
Hallyu — A Day in the Life of a Hallyu Fan — Sort the production and viewing terms often used in K-pop, dramas, films, and webtoons.
Shopping — Four Ways to Shop — Learn key words for different ways of shopping, from traditional markets to secondhand trading.
Weather — Decoding the Weather Forecast — Group expressions attached to clear skies, rain, cold, and heat to follow weather news more easily.
Neighborhood life — A Walk Around the Neighborhood — Sort the public, health, financial, and cultural places you visit when you need help.
National symbols — The Day to Hang the Taegukgi — Remember the national holidays and commemorative days, and tell apart the symbols of the flag and the anthem.
Games — Games of the Alley and the Yard — Divide Korean games by the tools, the place, and how people play together.
Korean language — Words You Can See and Hear — Feel how vividly sound words and mimetic words bring a scene to life.
Everyday Korean — Honorific Speech by Scene — Learn polite speech not as one memorized sentence but as groups of phrases that fit each situation.
Restaurant — How to Order at a Korean Restaurant — Learn taste words, request sentences, table tools, and signs as if you were ordering for real.
Urban culture — Seoul at Night — Meet the city leisure scenes that run from the Han River to the singing room, the street tent, and the jjimjilbang.
Meal table — The Everyday Meal Table — Sort staple foods, soups, side-dish methods, and bowls to understand a Korean table setting.
Traditional crafts — Things Born from the Fingertips — Look at materials and tools to tell apart the crafts of hanji, onggi, knotwork, and mother-of-pearl lacquerware.
Traditional performance — First Steps into the Theater — Tell apart by eye and ear the stage elements of storytelling song, masks, percussion, and court dance.
Travel — A Korean-Style Night — Group the spaces and activities that change with each kind of lodging to widen your travel choices.
Kimchi — Opening the Kimchi Jar — Learn how kimchi names and tastes divide by ingredient, broth, and regional preference.
Fermentation — Time in the Jar Terrace — Tell apart the branches of fermentation that lead from meju to soybean paste, soy sauce, and chili paste.
Jeju — Stone, Wind, and Sea of Jeju — Connect the nature of a volcanic island, the life of the haenyeo, stone culture, and local food.
Busan — Busan, a City by the Sea — Learn the many faces of the port city of Busan through its beaches, food, sights, and festivals.
Silla — Meeting Silla in Gyeongju — Look at the layers of Gyeongju, the thousand-year capital, through royal tombs, Buddhism, scientific relics, and people.
Jeonju — Taste and Style of Jeonju — Travel through the places, food, sounds, and experiences of the Hanok Village in four groups.
Andong — Andong's Scholars and Masks — Read regional culture by grouping Hahoe Village, Confucian culture, local food, and mask-dance drama.
Gangwon — Mountains, Sea, and Winter in Gangwon — Connect the regional image of Gangwon through its mountain terrain, the East Sea, buckwheat and potato dishes, and winter festivals.
Namdo — Flavors of Four Namdo Cities — Feel how food differs by sea, market, and local ingredients even within the same southern region.
Chungcheong — Exploring Four Chungcheong Cities — Learn the character of the Chungcheong cities through places, from Baekje ruins to modern culture.
Ancient capitals — Names of Old Capitals — Connect the way kingdoms moved their capitals through place names, palace cities, and mountain fortresses.
Ancient figures — Finding People of the Three Kingdoms — Group kings, generals, monks, and scholars by kingdom to build a map of the people of ancient history.
Joseon kings — Four Groups of a King's Policies — Group policies, inventions, and institutions by king to remember the flow of Joseon politics.
Independence movement — Four Scenes of the Fight for Independence — Tell apart declarations, a government, battles, and social movements to see the many paths of the independence movement.
Record culture — Reading Korea Through Books and Records — Sort history, royal court, map, and practical science records by their nature.
Palaces — Name Tags for Palace Buildings — Read royal spaces by connecting halls with the same function across the palaces.
Temples — Past the Gates of a Temple — Tell apart entrances, halls, symbols, and practice spaces by order and function.
Confucian education — How to Study at Seowon and Hyanggyo — Look at the places of learning in Joseon by grouping institutions, buildings, people, and activities.
Printing — The Old Book Workshop — Follow the process of stationery, woodblocks, metal type, and binding to learn how a book was born.
Ceramics — Reading the Ages in the Color of Clay — Tell apart the keywords of earthenware, celadon, buncheong, and white porcelain along the flow of the ages.
Minhwa — Hidden Meanings in Folk Paintings — Group the animals, flowers, books, and natural objects in paintings by the wishes they symbolize.
Traditional colors — Four Lights That Guard the Four Directions — Connect the four directional colors of the five cardinal colors with seasons, elements, and guardian animals.
Wedding — The Code of the Traditional Wedding — Read the meaning of the ceremony by sorting the clothes of the groom and bride, the objects on the ceremony table, and the steps of the wedding.
Costume — Rank and Style on the Head — Divide headwear for royalty, scholars, women, and going out, and the uses of traditional dress become clear.
Gugak instruments — The Materials of Instrument Sound — Classify gugak instruments by strings, wind, and striking, and by their distinctive court tones.
Samulnori — The Speed of Samulnori — Knowing the performers, rhythms, and movements as well as the four instruments makes the performance look three-dimensional.
Pansori — The Long Story of the Sorikkun — Understand the pansori stage by connecting works, performance elements, singing terms, and characters.
Mask dance — The World Behind the Mask — Read the satire and community spirit of mask dance by connecting regions, characters, props, and themes.
Court arts — The Stage of Court Music — Look at the makeup of royal rites and banquets by separating pieces of music, dances, instruments, and ritual line dances.
Traditional songs — Four Branches of Song — Tell apart the names of jeongga, folk songs, japga, and Buddhist music by the use and regional character of the sound.
Seasonal games — A Closer Look at Holiday Games — Find the games behind familiar holidays and their meanings of warding off bad luck and praying for a good harvest.
Solar terms — Reading the Sun's Path Through the Solar Terms — Group the solar terms, the markers of farming and the changing seasons, into spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Markets — Stepping Into the Five-Day Market — Feel the liveliness of an old market by grouping the people, units, goods, and sights of the market.
First birthday — A Baby's First Birthday — Read the wishes contained in the time after birth, the foods on the birthday table, the objects of the grab ceremony, and the clothes.
Table settings — The Table Shows Your Place — Learn how the purpose of the food and the table setting changes with daily meals, feasts, tea snacks, and ancestral rites.
Rites — The Order of Charye and Jesa — Understand the function of ritual terms by sorting procedures, foods, objects, and actions.
Farming — From the Rice Paddy to the Granary — Connect the seasonal order of rice farming with its tools, cooperation, and the steps after harvest.
Fishing — Living by the Sea — Learn the life culture shared with the sea by separating haenyeo, fishing gear, boats, and rituals.
Traditional Korean medicine — Drawers of a Herbal Medicine Shop — Look at traditional medical culture by sorting medicinal herbs, treatments, medical books, and tools.
Fortresses — How to Guard a Fortress Gate — Understand how old cities defended themselves by grouping mountain fortresses, town walls, defensive structures, and signal systems.
World Heritage — The World Heritage Sorting Room — Sort UNESCO World Heritage sites by context: royal, Buddhist, ancient remains, and living spaces and nature.
Intangible heritage — Heritage That Lives On Without a Form — Divide the domains of intangible cultural heritage into sound, ritual, community customs, and traditional skills.
Documentary heritage — Four Shelves That Keep Memory — Learn the breadth of record culture by sorting records of the state, writing, modern society, and individuals by their nature.
Ancient artifacts — Ancient Treasures in the Museum — Group the artifacts of prehistory, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla precisely by kingdom and period.
Goryeo celadon — The Celadon Appraiser's Drawers — Read the aesthetics of Goryeo celadon closely by telling apart color, decoration techniques, patterns, and vessel shapes.
Joseon white porcelain — Variations on the White Vessel — Appraise Joseon white porcelain by decorating pigments, vessel shapes, painted subjects, and special uses.
Buncheong ware — The Hand-Made Feel of Buncheong Surfaces — Build an eye for telling apart the techniques, vessels, and patterns of coating with white clay and decorating.
Buddhist art — Reading Buddha Statues by Their Hands — Read the figures and symbols of Buddhist art by sorting buddhas, bodhisattvas, hand gestures, and guardians.
Buddhist painting — Reading the Paintings on a Dharma Hall Wall — Understand the role of paintings by sorting the themes, guardian beings, materials, and symbols of Buddhist painting.
Hanok craftsmanship — A Hanok Carpenter's Blueprint — Read the principle of a house built without nails by sorting roofs, bracket sets, lattice, and timber joinery.
Joseon bureaucracy — The Organization Chart of the Joseon Court — Connect the supreme decision-making body, the working offices, the watchdog bodies, and the body that handled royal orders, each with who made it up and what it did.
Civil service exam — Up to Top Honors — Learn the structure of the civil service examination by separating the types of exam, the stages, the documents of passing, and the schools.
Local administration — The People of a Joseon County — Read the structure of rule outside the center by connecting administrative units, magistrates, government offices, and clerks.
Sejong's science — Sejong's Science Workshop — See the science projects of Sejong's reign in three dimensions by connecting instruments, books, scholars, and spaces.
History of writing — Before and After Hangul — Understand the turning point in the history of writing by separating borrowed-character notations, the people who created it, early texts, and syllable terms.
Honorifics — Reading Relationships from Sentence Endings — Tell apart by form the levels of Korean speech style, which change with the listener and the scene even for the same meaning.
Dialects — A Tour of the Peninsula's Speech Flavors — Compare the flavor of well-known dialects while remembering that expressions can differ even within a region.
Idioms — Idioms Attached to the Body — Group expressions in which the eyes, hands, feet, and ears stand for attitudes and situations rather than the actual body part.
Mimetic words — Staging a Scene with One Word — Feel the fine differences of laughter, steps, light, and feeling through groups of mimetic words.
Classical literature — Sorting the Classical Literature Shelf — Sort hyangga, Goryeo songs, sijo authors, and pansori novels by period and form.
Classical novels — Classics with Mixed-Up Heroes — Restore the plot by sending the characters, places, and symbols of four stories back to where they belong.
Founding myths — Stories of a Nation's Birth — Group the key figures of founding myths by kingdom, such as heavenly lineage, an egg, a song, and marriage.
Folktales — The Storeroom of Old Tale Props — Match the plots by grouping characters, magical objects, and helpers by story.
Folk religion — Beings That Guard Villages and Homes — Sort village boundaries, household gods, ritual tools, and community rites by function.
Temple life — A Day in a Mountain Temple — Read the time and sounds of a temple by grouping practices, monks' belongings, the four instruments, and rites.
Confucian rites — Rites of the Royal Shrine and Clan Houses — Sort royal ancestral rites, seowon ceremonies, the order of a rite, and food names by context.
Military technology — Manual for Defending a Fortress — Read the defense system of Joseon by grouping walls, gates, gunpowder weapons, and beacon signals.
Traditional crafts — Four Workbenches of the Master Craftsman — Sort the materials and detailed techniques of mother-of-pearl, horn painting, metal inlay, and knotwork by workbench.
Mask drama — Roll Call of the Mask Stage — Tell apart the characters and stage structure of regional mask dramas, which are similar yet different.
Final challenge — Final Curation of Cultural Heritage — Sort recent World Heritage, intangible heritage, documentary heritage, and representative artifacts correctly all at once.