Korean Clothing and Customs

The Korean people prefer white clothing, to show clean, clean, simple, generous, so the Korean people since ancient times, "white people", called "white compatriots". Women wear short clothes and long skirts, which is also a major feature of Korean women's clothing. Short clothes are called "Zegoli" in Korean, which is a kind of slanting collar, unbuttoned and knotted with a belt, covering only the chest; long skirts are also called "Chima" in Korean, with thin pleats at the waist and loose and flowing. Most of these clothes are made of silk and are brightly colored. Korean men usually wear a short, plain-colored shirt with a shoulder, and pants with wide legs and ribbons. When they go out, they often wear long robes with slanted lapels and knotted cloth bands, but now they wear uniforms or western-style clothes.

The Koreans are known for their good manners and have been called the "Oriental Manners Nation". Many social customs, such as respect for elders, politeness and solidarity within a group, have been the traditional virtues of the Korean people, and they form an important part of the moral code of the Korean people in their daily interpersonal interactions.

On the road, when the juniors see their elders, they must greet and greet them with respectful words, stand respectfully by the side of the road to make way for them, and bow in greeting. When walking with elders, young people should walk behind; if there is an emergency must overtake, must explain the situation to the elderly before overtaking. Especially pay attention to the beauty of language. The younger generation to elders must use honorific language, between peers meet for the first time, to use honorific language to exchange names, shake hands and greetings, in order to show elegance, humility.

Dining, rice, soup, vegetables, must first honor the elderly; some also set up a single table for the elderly, by the daughter-in-law, son of the food respectfully to the elderly in front of the elderly, such as the elderly to raise the spoon on the meal, the whole family can begin to eat. When eating with a guest, the spoon should be placed in the soup bowl, and if the spoon is placed on the table, it means that it has been eaten, so the host should never place the spoon on the table first, or it will be regarded as a serious breach of etiquette, which is tantamount to "making the guest shut up and stop eating".

Smoking and drinking in front of elders is not allowed. If an elderly person meets a younger one who is smoking, he or she generally avoids it, so as not to embarrass the younger one. No matter when and where, even if they do not know each other, are not allowed to borrow a fire from the elderly to smoke, and even more can not take the fire; this behavior is against the etiquette is often considered disrespectful behavior. In the family feast, the father and son are generally different seats, is because the son or the younger generation can not drink in front of the father or the elders of the custom. If they must share the same table, the younger generation should raise their glasses and drink behind the table to show respect. Drinking table according to the age of the size of the pouring of wine, and according to the age of the size of the cup; and older people clink glasses, the younger will be the upper part of their own cups in the other cup of the lower part of the cup, to show humility. In the evening, when they go to bed, the younger generation will lay down the bedding of the elderly, and after the elderly lie down, the family members can go to bed. During the daytime, if the old man is at home, it is considered impolite for the daughter-in-law as well as the juniors to lie down and rest at will.

The Koreans used to have no habit of knocking on the door before entering a room, but they had to cough a few times and wait for the owner of the room to come out and ask questions before having a conversation. Nowadays, it's more common to call out at the door first: "Are you home?" This is when both sides use the honorific...?

The Koreans have a tradition of honoring teachers. Adults, children, and even the elderly must address their teachers as "teacher" and bow to them.

The spirit of mutual assistance in the group, which has been formed gradually over a long period of time, has been precipitated into the excellent group consciousness of the Korean people. As early as in the early days of the migration, the farmers in the rice area spontaneously organized the "Dulie" as an organization for **** and work together. Farmers in the dryland areas formed the "Aradu", where they shoveled the ground together to overcome the grassy wasteland. In addition, there were mutual aid organizations such as the "Pin-Ashi" and "Nong-Mu-Qi," in which people exchanged jobs and helped each other with firewood, house-building, and weaving, etc.

This was the first time that the government had established the "Pin-Ashi" and "Nong-Mu-Qi" organizations.

To help each other in their daily lives, the Korean people have automatically organized various mutual aid organizations called "kyi". For example, the "funeral deed" at the time of burial and the "marriage deed" at the time of wedding feasts, as long as there is something wrong with a family, we will help each other. In terms of cultural life, the Koreans have also set up a "schooling contract", that is, we *** together to try to build a school to educate their children.

Thus, with a strong sense of national consciousness and national consciousness of the Korean people in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, actively participated in the military and fought in the war, and defended their homeland with blood and life. Among all ethnic minorities, the Korean people led the number of participants and sacrifices in the war.