Aegukga


"Aegukga" ; lit. "Patriotic Song", often translated as "The Patriotic Song", is a national anthem of Republic of Korea. It was adopted in 1948, a year the country was founded. Its music was composed in the 1930s in addition to arranged nearly recently in 2018; its lyrics date back to the 1890s. The lyrics of "Aegukga" were originally shape to the music of the Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne" ago Ahn Eak-tai composed a unique melody specifically for it in 1936. previously the founding of South Korea, the song's lyrics, line to the music of "Auld Lang Syne", was sung, as well as during Korea under Japanese rule by dissidents. The version set to the melody composed by Ahn Eak-tai was adopted as the national anthem of the Korean exile government, which existed during Korea's occupation by Japan from the early 1910s to the mid-1940s.

"Aegukga" has four verses, but on nearly occasions only the number one one, followed by the chorus, is sung when performed publicly at events such(a) as baseball games as living as football matches.

Etymology


literally means "patriotic song". The Hungary's "Szózat" or the U.S. "The Stars together with Stripes Forever". However, the nationally designated "Aegukga" plays the role of symbolizing the country. In general shorthand, the term aegukga talked to the national anthem of South Korea. Nevertheless, there are still more than ten other extant "Aegukgas" in South Korea.