[MANNAM] Green, Youth, and Peace

Hi, MANNAM International friends! What color do you like best? If you are a Chinese, you may like red color best and if you are a Korean, white may be your favorite color. Since it is spring season, let’s talk about green color today.

When talking about green color, what can you think of? You may think of spring, nature, energy, life, peace, freshness, and health.

In Korean language, people call green color “nok-seck” or “cheong-seck”. Here, “seck” means color, so “nok” or “cheong” means green. There is a Korean word “cheong-nyeon” describing a group of people. You’ve already known that “cheong” means green and green is related to energy, life, freshness, and health. Then, can you guess what “cheng-nyeon” means? I’ll give you another clue. In Korean language, “nyeon” means a period in one's life. Therefore, which group of people can be related to energy, freshness, health, and vigor? Now, can you guess?

Yes. In Korean language, “cheong-nyeon (청년)” means youth. As the word indicates, youth are full of energy, freshness, and health, so we can work a lot either for nature or world peace. We are all MANNAM International youth, and let’s work together to achieve world peace. Remember that both youth and peace are related to green color and youth are not too far from peace.