Korean Traditional Games

Yut
-  called cheok-sa  or  sa-hee  or  Yunnori-  Four wooden blocks game is the most popular folk game in the middle of Korea society which entertains everyone, regardless of age, occupation and gender.-  The board and the game have a special function that are known to have been used in fortune telling, particularly in mountain areas and small farming villages, but this function is no longer practiced.-  The board (mal-pan, 말판) of yunnori is normally made of stitched cloth. There are two different kinds of the yunnori games broad. The modern board is a rectangular shape, but historically there was also a round variation. There are four straight courses and two diagonal ones. Each of the straight courses comes with five stations, the diagonal ones have five stations, too, but one is shared. This brings the number of stations to twenty-nine in total. The board is also known to be drawn onto the floor.




Yeonnaligi / Flying Kite  

Popular within Koreans, especially during the Lunar New Year holiday.The Korean kite is designed so as to give confidence to the kite flyers to demonstrate their skills in flying a kite high, and the bend ability of its frame leaves room for the employment of various flying skills.Silla General Kim Yu-sin hung a burning straw scarecrow from a kite and launched it in the night sky over Kyongju. The kite was sent it sailing into an enemy barracks to win a battle.


Jegichagi

   Jegichagi games was similar to an Asian games name Ti Jian Zi.It requires the use of people's foot and Jegi, an object used to play this jegichagi.The most basic rule of the Jegichagi was players kick the jegi (paper shuttlecock) into the air using instep of the foot. The winner of the game is the player who kicks jegi the most times without letting it fall.

6 kinds of single or multiplayer Jegichagi game 
1. Putting into the target
2. Kicking far
3. Putting in a basket
4. Running while kicking
5.  Jegichagi with performance
6. Jegi volleyball










Neolttwigi

The jumping game is similar to a Western seesaw.The Korean version is made by placing a rolled-up straw mat under a long board called a "neol."Commonly played on New Year’s Day, Nolttwigi is a popular “seesaw like” game for women.A wooden board, approximately 3 Meters long, 30cm wide and 5 cm thick, is placed with its center over a bundle of straws.It requires special skill in balancing oneself

Kuneon Tano

On this fifth day of the fifth lunar month, women and children in new clothes flock together in search of amusement.Among the amusements of this day, the greatest is swinging.Often a contest begins where those who fly up the high stand and are able to kick a bell hung on a pole are declared the winners.




Spinning Top

-  Children all over the world enjoy spinning tops, and Korea's kids are no exception.
-  Traditionally, tops were spun in an enclosed box, with points scored for various actions.
-  Also popular is fighting tops where players try to knock their opponents' tops out of a designated area.




Paduk

Called Go in Japan, paduk has a very large following in Korea. Played on a 19x19 line checkerboard, two players alternate placing their pieces on the board to try to surround their opponent.




Chang-gi (Korean Chess)

-  It was very similar to Western chess, Chang-gi has a slightly different playing board, pieces, and rules.
-  This Korean chess was resultant from Chinese Xiangqi because of that this game was looks very similar to Chinese Xiangqi, such as starting position of pieces, and the 9 x 10 point board, without the Chinese river in the middle