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In 2016, a drama called "Hwarang", with a length of twenty episodes, made it possible to discover the universe of Hwarang to a large number of people. Behind the camera: Yoon SungShik and Kim YongJo, and as main actors: Park SeoJun, Go ARa, Park HyungSik, Seo YeaJi, Do JiHan, SHINee's MinHo and BTS' V. But do you really know about the real Hwarang?
To protect the Kingdom of Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE), King Jinheung (reign: 540-576) decided to create an army of elite soldiers. This army was made up of sons of noble families, accompanied by disciples named Nangdo. These soldiers, answering the name of Hwarang, had to fight the invasions of the two other Kingdoms of Baekche and Goguryeo during the Three Kingdoms Era (57 av. J.-C.– 668). The history of Korean combat skills dates back to 5000 years and the Hwarang warrior system developed a particular style of fighting that was unique to the ancient Kingdom of Shilla.
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The term Hwarang meant "flowery knight" to symbolize the beauty of the soldiers and their delicate aspects. Thanks to them, the unification of the Three Kingdoms into one was possible, and their military training was based mainly on academic, martial, and social s
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