Korean folk custom

family life

The traditional family in Korea is usually a big family with three to four generations living under one roof, because it was the custom in Korea at that time to like the prosperity of the family. However, with the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization and the establishment of population control policy in 1960s and 1970s, the traditional extended family culture gradually disappeared. By 1980, the average number of children per household has decreased to 1 or 2. But there are still traces of son preference, such as putting the eldest son first and the son first. In order to get rid of this concept, the government legislates that men and women enjoy equal inheritance rights.

Now, almost all young Koreans have liberated from the extended family system and established their own small families. At present, the family form in Korea is mainly a small family centered on husband and wife.

(full name)

Kim (265,438+0%), Lee (65,438+04%), Park (8%), Cui, Zheng, Zhang, Han and Lin are the most common surnames of Koreans, and most of them are surnames and disyllabic names. Korean women do not take their husbands' surnames after marriage, but their children must take their fathers' surnames.

marry

For Koreans, marriage is an important ceremony in life. Although statistics show that the divorce rate in modern Korea has soared, divorce is still a disgraceful thing for the parties and their families. South Korea's wedding style is different from the past: the bride and groom wear white wedding dresses and tuxedos to hold western-style ceremonies in the wedding hall or church, and then move to the room called the "money room" to put on gorgeous traditional wedding costumes and perform traditional wedding ceremonies. Coin silk can be understood as a tradition in Korea, which refers to the custom of the bride and groom to salute the relatives of the man's parents at the wedding. It is the ceremony for the bride to formally meet the relatives of the man for the first time. )

Ancestor worship (ancestor worship)

In the traditional belief of Koreans, there is a soul after death. Therefore, in addition to the death of ancestors, in traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, future generations will summon the souls of ancestors through worship. Koreans believe that through this special ceremony, they can reunite with their deceased relatives and pray for the protection of their ancestors in heaven.

Warm kang

The most representative feature of Korean residential design is the [Ondol] heating kang. It turns out that the whole room is heated by the hot air generated by burning firewood in the kitchen or outside the house through the pipes under the house. [Ondol] The style is warm, warm in winter and cool in summer, which is good for health. Therefore, [Ondol] heating with modern heating equipment is still used in high-grade apartment buildings or buildings in modern cities.

Korean traditional clothing

Hanbok is a traditional costume of the Korean nation from ancient times to modern times. The lines of Hanbok are both curvy and straight, especially the tops and long skirts of women's Hanbok, which are thin and thick, dignified and elegant. Nowadays, most people are used to wearing suits, but many people still like to wear traditional national costumes on festivals such as Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival or weddings. Women's hanbok is a short coat (jeogori) with a flowing long skirt (Chima); The man wears a short coat with trousers, and his wide trouser legs are tied with Nim. Tops and long skirts are colorful, and some even add bright and gorgeous brocade.

Korean traditional residence

Traditional Korean-style houses have not changed much from the Three Kingdoms period (57-668 BC) to the late Korean dynasty (1392- 19 10). Only slightly improved in some aspects to adapt to the different climates of cold in the north and warm in the south. The main materials for building traditional houses are mud and wood. Soil separates indoor heat from outdoor heat. Black tiles for roofs are made of clay. It's usually red. Moreover, the frame of Korean residence is supported by wooden stakes, not nails. A simple traditional house has a rectangular floor with a kitchen and a bedroom on one side, thus forming an "L" shape, and later a "U" shape or a square with a yard in the middle. The upper-class residence consists of several independent buildings, one for women and children, one for men and their guests in the family, called "wing rooms", and one for servants. All this is in the fence.

Korean folk custom

In Korean traditional customs and habits, like many other countries, the first day of January is the beginning of the New Year. Korea has used the lunar calendar since ancient times. However, since the end of19th century, due to the influence of foreign culture, it has evolved into a New Year in which people can choose the solar calendar or the old calendar. The solar calendar 1 month 1 day has three consecutive days off, and the lunar calendar 1 month 1 day has also been designated as a holiday, with two consecutive days off. Every new year, every family should prepare dishes and put on new clothes, and the whole family get together to pay homage to their ancestors. This is a New Year greeting. On the 14th day of the first lunar month, every household in Korea will cook a large number of "five-grain rice" and dishes mixed with various miscellaneous grains to entertain nearby tourists and villagers, so as to enhance mutual friendship and strengthen unity among villagers and pray for another bumper harvest year. The eighth day of the fourth lunar month is the birth day of the Buddha, so this day is called Buddha's birthday or Buddha's bathing day. Many Buddhist believers are tired of wishing and praying in temples all over the country. At the same time, many lanterns are hung by believers. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival. Besides wrestling, there are also women's swings. The fifth day of May in the solar calendar is Children's Day. In order to encourage children to thrive, sports meetings or entertainment programs are usually held on this day.

The fifteenth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar is called Liutou Festival. People wash their hair in the clear river flowing from the east to drive away the summer heat and wash away the bad luck for a year. During this period of summer vacation, people can take a temporary vacation and sing poems and have fun at the banquet on the first day of summer. In the hot dog days, people must eat chicken soup made of roasted rice, glutinous rice and chicken to curb the hot summer. This custom has spread to this day and is very popular in many parts of the country. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is called Tanabata, and some families also worship the Big Dipper on this day to seek children for infertile women. August 15th of the lunar calendar is autumn (Mid-Autumn Festival).

Koreans have attached great importance to autumn evening since ancient times. After the harvest, they will prepare many sacrificial dishes for their ancestors. Winter solstice means the arrival of winter, which is characterized by the most obvious day, short day and long night in a year, while summer solstice is just the opposite of winter solstice. The solstice in summer is the longest day and the shortest night in a year. On the solstice of winter, every household in North Korea eats red bean glutinous rice porridge. According to the traditional Korean custom, ghosts hate red, so jiaozi porridge with red beans is used as a sacrifice to drive them away and prevent ghosts from intruding in the long night.

The last day of December in the lunar calendar is New Year's Eve. On this day, young people at home should bow down to their elders to show their blessings. This custom and etiquette is called "New Year greetings". On this day, in order to keep the old away from ghosts, the kitchen stove should be on all night. In addition, the whole family should clean up to welcome tomorrow's New Year.