A District Office of Bucheon City hosts Korean Traditional Games for Local Residents

A District Office of Bucheon City hosts Korean Traditional Games for Local Residents

The Residents’ Center of Simgok-sam-dong in Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City hosted the Korean traditional games, a game of ‘Yut’, celebrating the First Lunar Full Moon Day of New Year and wishing to get along with neighbors, on Feb. 18th 2013 at the town office of Simgok-sam-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City, South Korea.

<photo 1: People watch the player tossing wooden sticks during a Korean traditional game, Yutnolee, celebrating the First Full Moon Day of New Year on Feb. 18th 2013 at the town office of Simgok-sam-dong, Bucheon City, South Korea.>

The game of ‘Yut’, ‘Yutnolee’ is a Korean traditional game. Koreans play it on Korean tradition holidays such as Korean Lunar Thanksgiving days, Korean Lunar New Year, and First Lunar Full Moon day of New Year. It’s similar to a western board game with a dice but they use four wooden sticks which have two different sides, round face and flat one, instead of a dice. They move forward the four horses, actually small stones with different colors, on the board on which several paths painted according to the numbers of flat sticks after a player tosses the sticks over a small pad.

<photo 2: Koreans play a game of Yut. A player tosses four wooden sticks over a small pad. He can move forward his horse on the board as many points as the numbers of flat sticks.>