#애국가

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Korean call Korean national anthem “애국가”

애국가 (Korean national anthem) means a song that loves the country. Korea doesn’t give 애국가 a special name and use as a national anthem. 애국가 is an official national song that symbolizes Korea and is also a song about loving the country.

애국가 began to be created when our country opened its doors to world powers and encountered new cultures. The period is the Gabo reform(갑오개혁)of 1894. The Gabo reform’s other name is Gao Jingzhang (갑오경장). The Gabo reform was a series of reform movements that were carried out form July 1894 to May 1896.

The lyrics of the national anthem, which is being sung today, were made to encourage our love for our country and our people’s sense of self-reliance as our country was in crisis due to foreign invasion.

After that, it was carried through the hands of various visionaries and contained the current contents. The tune attached to this song was “Auld Lang Syne” of Scottish folk song. 안익태(Ahn lk - tae), a Korean who active overseas at the time, felt sorry for singing a national anthem of another country on the national anthem. So He composed today’s national anthem in 1935.

The song has been sung at official government events since the establishment of the Korean government in 1948. And it was called nationwide as it was published in textbooks.