Korean culture

Korea has its own characteristics in literature and art, and Koreans are famous for their love of music and dance. Korean modern music can be roughly divided into "national music" and "western music". National music can be divided into "elegant music" and "folk music". Korean dance is rich and colorful, centering on folk dance and court dance. Korean dramas originated from religious ceremonies in prehistoric times, mainly including masks, puppet shows, folk art, singing operas and dramas. Among them, the mask, also known as "mask dance", is a symbol of Korean culture and occupies an extremely important position in Korean traditional drama. Main item: Korean

North Korea borrowed Chinese characters as a writing tool before the19th century. /kloc-In the 5th century, King Lee Sejong of South Korea sent someone to complete Correcting People's Voice, and created a brand-new phonetic proverb with reference to the appearance of Chinese characters. At that time, officials, nobles and official books of Korean upper class still used Chinese, so proverbs failed to become official texts for centuries. Proverbs are mostly used by Koreans who have no formal education, so they are resisted by Class Two. It was not until Korea was annexed by Japan in the early 20th century that proverbs gradually became the main writing tool for Koreans. After the end of World War II and the split between Korea and Korea, South Korea once abolished Chinese characters (national language purification movement), but due to the inconvenience caused by pinyin, it resumed the basic education of Chinese characters to distinguish the different meanings of homophones.

In Korean, about 65,438+00% are Korean words, about 69% are Chinese inflections, 65,438+00% are English inflections and the rest are other languages. Korean and Korean are basically the same, but slightly different in pronunciation, loanwords, grammar and usage of some words, especially in pronunciation and loanwords. Because of political reasons, the Korean peninsula has been divided for a long time after the civil war, which has led to the differences between North and South languages, mainly in accent and writing. Korean food is characterized by kimchi culture, and three meals a day are inseparable from kimchi. Traditional Korean dishes such as barbecue, kimchi and cold noodles have become world famous dishes.

There are all kinds of diets in Korea. Because it used to be an agricultural society, rice has been the staple food since ancient times. The Korean diet consists of all kinds of vegetables, meat and fish. Various fermented pickled foods such as kimchi (fermented spicy cabbage), seafood sauce (pickled seafood) and soybean sauce (fermented soybean) are famous for their nutritional value and special taste.

Korean diet includes daily diet that is repeated every day, food that must be placed in ceremonies throughout life, food for harvest festivals and fish festivals to pray for good harvest and good fishing, tribal sacrificial food to pray for tribal peace, and sacrificial food to mourn the dead. At the same time, it also uses the food at that time to make seasonal dishes according to the different seasons. 65438+1 October1,New Year's Day (Chinese New Year).

1.2 is a public holiday stipulated by the state.

On the first day of the lunar calendar, Folk Day is also called Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.

March 1, the anniversary of the Korean independence movement. Commemorate the March 3, 20091day movement against Japanese colonial rule.

April 5, Arbor Day. On this day, government officials, teachers, students and thousands of Koreans all over the country plant trees according to the government's afforestation plan.

April 8, Sakyamuni's birthday. Buddhists and other citizens celebrate this festival to commemorate the birth of Sakyamuni.

May 5th, Children's Day. On this day, children will hold various celebrations and play with their parents.

May 8, Parents' Day. This day is a festival for parents, which was established to inherit and carry forward the traditional filial piety.

May 15, Teachers' Day. On this day, students will send flowers or other small gifts to their teachers or invite them to have dinner together. On this day, teachers will receive special respect from society.

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Dragon Boat Festival. Influenced by China's culture, South Korea also has the Dragon Boat Festival. The customs of Dragon Boat Festival in Korea are mainly sacrifice, performance, entertainment and so on, with distinctive national characteristics. Among them, "gangneung danoje festival" is the most complete preservation. In 20051October 25th, 165438, "gangneung danoje festival" was designated as the oral and intangible heritage of mankind by UNESCO.

August 15, Guangfu Festival. 1on this day in 945, the Korean peninsula was liberated from 35 years of Japanese colonial rule and gained independence.

August 15th of the lunar calendar, Mid-Autumn Festival (or Harvest Festival). In China, this is one of the most important national festivals in a year. On this day, there will be a banquet, families will hold a memorial ceremony in the family cemetery, and they will enjoy the moon together at night.

The third day of October in the lunar calendar is the day to celebrate the opening of the business. This day is the legendary day when Dangun established Korea in 2333 BC.

65438+ 10 9, Korea Festival. It was established to commemorate Li Mao, Sejong of Korea, who promulgated the official pronunciation of the people in 1446 and promoted the national language of the Korean Peninsula.