If a board piece lands on a space occupied by an opponent, it is returned to the start and the player goes again. A player achieving a yut or mo is allowed to roll again. Five combinations are possible with yut sticks: do, gae, geol, yut and mo. Each stick has two sides (round and flat), which makes the stick roll. Each player (or team of two players) takes turns throwing yut sticks. Yutnori, a board dice game with four wooden sticks, is one of the most popular traditional games of Korea and usually played on the first day of the New Year by two players (or teams). The games are related to the four seasons. Most games (such as Tuho, Ssireum and kite flying) are played with the hands or feet (Jegichagi, Taekgyeon) and do not require equipment or a specific play area. Under Japanese rule, nearly all traditional games in Korea disappeared. In Gyeonggi-do, Gonu is called 'Gonu, Goni, Ggoni'. The names and rules of the games differ by region. Although many folk beliefs have disappeared, the games continue to be played. Traditional games developed during this early period.

Exorcisms were performed to increase crops and animal well-being singing and dancing were popular activities. The peninsula has been agrarian since ancient times, and Koreans have believed in gods who protect nature and their lands. Korean traditional games originated from folk beliefs.

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