Traditional Games

Yut-nori is one of Korea's traditional games. Unlike other folk games, it has many similar elements to modern board games, so it is a game enjoyed by many people even when it is not necessarily Lunar New Year. It is also the most popular play these days due to its advantages such as reasonable play time. The rule is that players throw the yut to move their markers according to the combinations of sticks (do, gae, geol, yut, and mo). The goal is to throw the yut to move the piece and go around the game board.

Jegi is a toy made by wrapping a coin in cloth, tying it with thread, and then stretching the loose part of the cloth into various branches. The goal is to kick the jegi up as many times as possible without dropping it. It may sound easy, but kicking the jegi is more difficult than you think, so it is not easy for people who are not good at sports to even kick it twice. The method of jegi kicking is to kick the jegi upward while holding one foot in the air without putting it on the ground. In the end, the person with the highest number of kicks wins.

Kite flying is a Korean folk game that involves making a kite and flying it. What is interesting here is that kites were initially made for military purposes during war, but are now a representative folk game in Korea.