Women’s hanbok reflected the Confucian ideal of modesty. Although people generally considered that modesty could be achieved by concealing the female form, the hanbok’s unique design was concealing, yet revealing at the same time. According to Kyung (2010) “the status and rank of their husbands defined the dress of women during the Joseon dynasty” (para. 17). Sumptuary laws mandated that certain fabrics and accessories could be worn only by those who held an appropriate rank. Nonetheless, the
Korean traditional clothes are called ‘Hanbok.’ Post-Joseon dynasty was influenced by the neighboring countries like China, Mongol, and Japan. Thus, Korean cultural clothes before Joseon were not different from Chinese cultural clothes, Hanfu. As Korea became more independent during Joseon, Hanbok was advanced simpler and more convenient. Unlike long one-piece dress from the Chinese Hanfu and Japanese traditional clothes, Kimono, Hanbok has several different types of clothes and was significantly
Unlike Americans, Koreans visits the older person in the family and pays him or her with respect. Then there is another Lunar New Years holiday. It makes all the kids happy because they get money on that day. What they would normally wear is a Hanbok. What a hanbok is a dress or pants that have no pocks and has vibrant colors. It is sometimes used in weddings. It is where the husband and the wife have to wear one. You have to wear it during the second part of the wedding. During the second part of the
Marriage represents that the joining together of a man and a woman as a family. Even though most countries have some form of wedding ceremony, their wedding customs are different in many ways because of different backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures. For example, Korea and Poland have different wedding customs involving symbolic food and drink at the wedding, wedding attrite, and the wedding reception. First difference in wedding customs between a traditional Korea and Polish is symbolic food and
identity – she was taken in and adopted from Korea by a white family from Green Bay Wisconsin, but still used parts of her Korean culture to give account of her life. Through pansori a traditional Korean musical story telling form. Thiele’s version of hanbok, a traditional hand painted Korean dress, is updated with materials that reference the acid washed denim of her childhood. A second more symbolic piece is revealed under black strobe light pictures of leaves (Thiele, Haggerty museum).
Religion or religious belief systems are crucial in determining the people's everyday life, ways of thinking and behaving. Although China is the birthplace of Confucianism, current Chinese scholars admit that Korea preserves Confucian culture the most in Asia. Confucianism tends to emphasize values, called right way and reason, with focus on duties according to social relationships. It does not require the people to worship a monolithic god at church/temple, but each family's ancestor spirits as
and sacrifices herself. She wakes up later in the palace of the Dragon king and sends her back to the surface enveloped in a lotus flower. Fishermen transport the flower to the king, who opens it to see Shim Ch’ong, dressed in an orange and yellow hanbok with white lace patterns surrounding the garment, her hair tied into a braid. Shim Ch’ong is wed to the king and as time passes, she grows worried for her father. The king hosts a feast
INTRODUCTION The era of Japanese colonial rule is a dark part of Korea’s history. Korea had been in political turmoil since King Gojong ascended to the throne in 1863. This political instability heightened when Empress Myeongseong, Gojong’s wife, overthrew Heungseon Daewongun’s, Gojong’s father’s, influence. Heungseon Daewongun had been open to foreign relations; Empress Myeongseong had not. Seeing this turbulence as an opportunity, Japan proposed the Ganghwado Treaty, or the Japan-Korea Treaty
Korea is known as one nation separated by two states. A nation can be defined as a cultural grouping of people who share the same traditions, history, language, and often the same country; whereas, a state is a legal unit with sovereignty over a territory and the residing population. When the country was separated, it was divided along the latitudinal line known as the 38th parallel. Today this border separating the North from the South is called the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and this is where officials
Scenario and background information: Korean pop culture also known as K-pop from South Korea has been on the rising trend and has been very successful in every part of the world. As can been seen in the picture below, the exports of culture are increasing quite steeply throughout. Especially in Asia, the country has become a powerhouse of popular culture (DO, 2012). The entertainment industry of South Korea has also emerged at the same time. It is referred as Hallyu in Korean language; it means