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What are the clans in Korea?

Most Koreans talk about "clan"

The following is the information:

In Korea, the clan family is a family system inherited from ancient times and is connected by certain blood relationships. The ancient clans have always been some nobles at that time. They all had certain official ranks in the court (it was impossible for businessmen to organize clans) and could support their families with their own salaries. They were the ruling class at that time, not only having high officials but also senior officials. wages, and can rely on their own rights to collect social wealth, so they can support a large family. Nowadays, it is impossible for a clan to have the same social status as at that time. Although it is a clan, everyone still lives in their own way. They only rely on some family etiquette and traditions (such as sacrifices) to maintain each other. Although he can inherit the family, he cannot continue to work and can only be the formal representative of the family. All family expenses are provided separately. Korean clans have an organization called Menzhong, which is composed of the elders of the clan and is responsible for supervising the clan's grandchildren and managing clan affairs. The money provided by each family is also discussed and used by the family for various expenses.

The principles of Korean family (clan) structure are as follows: First, Korea is a direct family, and members exist as an undifferentiated "we". Korean families and clan organizations (or clan organizations within the party) are formed by the spread of blood relationships. In particular, adopted children can only be adopted among members of the same clan. Second, because a direct family is formed based on blood, paternal authority and patriarchal authority are consistent. The patriarch centralizes all authority and power. Because the eldest son of the family is congenitally a direct descendant and can inherit the family property, authority and power are concentrated.

Even though the head of the family can restrain the eldest son to a certain extent, a group dominated by the eldest son is still formed (especially a typical group dominated by the eldest son of the family). Third, the eldest son priority system is adopted in family property. The relationship between brothers is an unequal sequential relationship. Especially in Korea, there is a distinction between concubine and concubine. Fourth, the main family and the family (or within the party) are groups established for the purpose of offering sacrifices, and their ancestors are crowned with a certain "black gauze hat" as their ancestors. Fifth, the principle of overlapping and singular authority is formed based on the sense of sequence in this family, so it is a structure that can easily form a partisan structure.

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