Tiger's Nest

Q. If you don’t mind me asking, can you recommend some good sageuks?

Well, I don’t know what kind of Korean historical drama/movie you would like. (Trendy? Traditional? Political? Romantic? Timeslip?) So, I made the following list of Korean Sageuks (mostly since 2000~) in chronological order. You can pick up anything you want. :)

★ = Good for beginners (You don’t have to know much about Korean history in advance) ◯ = Daebak (popular in South Korea. More than 30% viewership ratings on TV, or over 7 million tickets at the box office.) ◉ = Hallyu hit (popular in foreign countries) ↗ = Timeslip genre ♡ = Romance-centric, or Erotic ◀ = My favorites

Title in Bold + Italic  = My recommendation

■ Pre-History 선사시대

2019 tvN  Arthdal Chronicles 아스달 연대기

■ Ancient Joseon 고조선 시대 古朝鮮 (2333 BC ~ 108 BC) 

▣ Gojoseon / Ancient Joseon 고조선 高朝鮮  (2333 BC – 108 BC) 

2007 MBC  The Legend / The Story of the First King’s Four Gods 태왕사신기 太王四神記 (374~412) ★◯◉

■ Three Kingdom period 삼국시대 三國時代  (37 BC - 668 AD)

▣  Goguryeo 고구려 高句麗  (37 BC – 668 AD)

2006 MBC  Jumong / Prince of the Legend 주몽 朱蒙 (BC 58~ BC 19) ★◯◉

2008 KBS  The Land of the Winds 바람의 나라 (AD 4~44)

2009 SBS  Princess Ja-Myung / Ja Myung Go 왕녀 자명고 自鳴鼓 (?~32) ♡

2007 MBC The Legend / The Story of the First King’s Four Gods 태왕사신기 太王四神記 (374~412) ★◯◉

2011 KBS  Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror 광개토태왕 廣開土太王 (374~412)

2006 SBS  Yeon Gaesomun 연개소문 淵蓋蘇文 (603~666)

2013 KBS  The Blade and Petal 칼과 꽃 (618~642)

2018 Movie  The Great Battle 안시성 安市城 (645)

▣  Kaya 가야 伽倻 (42–562)

2010 MBC   Kim Su-Ro, The Iron King 철의 제왕 김수로 金首露 (42~199)

▣  Baekje 백제 百濟 (18 BC – 660 AD)

2010 KBS  The King of Legend 근초고왕 近肖古王 (285~375)

2013 MBC  King’s Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang 제왕의 딸 수백향 (501~523)

2005 SBS  Song of the Prince / The Ballad of Seodong 서동요 薯童謠 (580~641)  ★◯♡◀

2011 MBC  Gye-Baek 계백 階伯 (?~660)

▣  Silla 신라 新羅 (57 BC – 935 AD)

2016 KBS  Hwarang : The Poet Warrior Youth 화랑 花郞 (526~576)  ★♡ 

2010 MBC  Queen Seondeok 선덕여왕 善德女王 (576~647) ★◯◉♡◀

2012 KBS  King’s Dream 대왕의 꿈 (604~661)

▣  Unification of Three Kingdoms 삼국 통일 (660~668)

1992 KBS  The Tales of Three Kingdoms 삼국기 三國記 (576~668)

2011 MBC  Gye-Baek 계백 階伯 (607~660)

2012 KBS  King’s Dream 대왕의 꿈 (604~661)

2003 Movie  Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield 황산벌 荒山伐 (660)

2011 Movie  Battlefield Heroes 평양성 平壤城 (668)

Warrior Culture : Various Subculture : Archer

The invention of the bow drastically changed the shape of not only warfare but the world. Introducing range to warfare and hunting the bow made for perhaps the most cutting edge peice of equipment in its time. Allowing archers of every culture to kill the enemy from a hundred or more paces brought both a safety and a lethality that had not previously existed on the battlefield.

Music of the Ainu (True Native people of Japan). The original people of Japan.  What they sing I have not a clue. I know they are Ainu from their clothing.

A tatara (鑪) is a traditional Japanese furnace designed for making steel. It was with this method that the great katana (刀、日本刀) were forged.

A clay vessel if first constructed for each individual job. After the clay tub has dried, it is fired until dry. A charcoal fire is started inside, and the smelter will wait for the fire to reach the correct temperature before adding sasetsu (砂鉄), which is the sand from which the iron will be taken. This will be layered with more charcoal and sasetsu over the next 72 hours.

centrists when theres no rick and morty mcdonald sauce:

Ladakh (“land of high passes”) is a region in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Kunlun mountain range to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet. Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture.

A perak is a headdress typically worn by the old aristocracy in the Himalayan Ladakh region of Asia. It is composed of a strap of leatherstudded with semi-precious stones, such as lapis lazuli and turquoise.

The perak is a symbol among the Ladakh of the rank and economic status of the woman wearing it. Traditionally, the number of front-to-back rows of turquoise signified the status of the wearer: nine rows for the queen of Leh (the Ladakh capital), seven rows for the more modern aristocracy, five for the marvels, and three for the lower ranks.