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South Korea

Traditional Tae Kwon Do (also known as “Korean Karate”) is a Korean martial art
developed over thousands of years. It is intended to develop the person—mind, body, and
spirit—while teaching effective self-defense skills. The N Seoul Tower, officially the Seoul
Tower and commonly known as Namsan Tower or Seoul Tower, is a communication and
observation tower located on Nam Mountain in central Seoul, South Korea. The 236-meter-
tall tower marks the second-highest point in Seoul. A famous tourist spot in South Korea. If
you have traveled to various Asian countries and enjoyed eating food with chopsticks, one
thing strikes you as different in Korea. Instead of chopsticks made of wood, Koreans favor
chopsticks made of metal for eating. Korean paper cutting, or hanji, is the name of
traditional handmade paper from Korea. Hanji is made from the inner bark of Broussonetia
papyrifera, known colloquially as paper mulberry, a tree native to Korea that grows well on
its rocky mountainsides and is known in Korean as dak. The formation aid crucial to making
hanji is the mucilage that oozes from the roots of Hibiscus manihot. This substance helps
suspend the individual fibers in water. South Korea is famous for foods such as Kimchi,
Bibimbap, Tteokbokki samgyeopsal, and Japchae. Korean calligraphy, also known as Seoye,
is the Korean tradition of artistic writing. Calligraphy in Korean culture involves both Hanja
and Hangul. Early Korean calligraphy was exclusively in Hanja, or the Chinese-based script
first used to write the Korean language. Physical Looks in South Korea has a larger and
huskier in stature and light pink to white in skin color.
China

Martial arts figure prominently in many Asian cultures, and the first known traces of
martial arts date from the Xia Dynasty of ancient China, over 4000 years ago; these are the
Chinese martial arts known as Kung Fu. The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications
that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial
China as protection; it is a famous tourist spot in China. Chopsticks, or "kuaizi" in Chinese,
are a pair of small, equal-length, tapered sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating Asian
food. The art of paper cutting in China may date back to the 2nd century CE, when paper
was invented by Cai Lun, a court official of the Eastern Han Dynasty. As paper became more
affordable, paper-cutting became one of the most important types of Chinese folk art. China
is famous for foods such as spring rolls, dumplings, Chinese noodles, and steamed stuffed
buns. Chinese calligraphy, the stylized artistic writing of Chinese characters, is the written
form of Chinese that unites the languages spoken in China. Because calligraphy is
considered supreme among the visual arts in China, it sets the standard by which Chinese
painting is judged. Physical looks in China, China has a smaller face, a skinner stature, and a
light cream to tan skin color.

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