Korean Culture And TraditionsBlending the old with the new

History 1

Famous Places 2

Dress 3

Customs 4

Tradition5

Today we will explore...

• There is a rich and deep history of Korea.• Significant impact continues in present Korea... One example is celadon pottery• Invasions by other peoples have influenced the country.

The Mongols invaded Korea in 1231, and later the Japanese

• Beliefs of long ago rulers still impact the countryIn 1392 Yi, a Korean general, setup his own dynasty and adopted Confucianism

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• Korean rulers tried to prevent foreign trade from Japanese and Western traders by closing its

borders in the 1800s• Japanese began forcing a series of trade agreements beginning in 1876

• Japan took more and more of Korea’s resources, including its people, to feed its imperial war machine.

• Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945, causes the peninsula to come under divided rule: the USSR occupied Korea north of 38th parallel,

while The U.S. occupied the southern section

• 25 June 1950 Kim Il-Sung orders the invasion of South

Korea (38th Parallel)• General Douglas McCarthur

holds off the Communists at Pusan while planning an amphibious landing at Inchon

• Marines move into/take Seoul;• Conflict ends in 1953

• Currently the Chairman of the PRK, Supreme

Commander of the Korean People’s Army, and

General Sec. of the Korean Worker’s Party.• Background:

– Educated in China– At the age of forty assumed the title “Dear Leader”

in which case a personality cult was built around him.

– Father died in 1994, Jung Il assumed control.

• Population: 50.2 million (July 2013)• GDP: $ 1.12 Trillion US Dollars (2011 Est.)• It is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. • South Korea has almost no natural resources… • Relies on exports

– Electronic equipment– Vehicles– Heavy machinery – Plastics– Optical, medical, technical apparatus– Ships and boats– Organic chemicals– Steel products

• Seoul is the largest city and the capitol. More than 10.44 million people live in Seoul!

• Gyeongbokgung Palace • The most beautiful and remains the grandest of

all five palaces. • The National Palace Museum of Korea is located south of Heungnyemun Gate.

Namdaemun is one of the Eight Gates in theFortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea. This wall surrounded the city in the Joseon Dynasty. This gate is located near Seoul Station near the24 Hour Namdaemun Market. This gate is designated as the First National Treasure.

Highest observation point in Seoul. It has 360 views of the city.

The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. It cuts the Korean peninsula roughly in half. It was created as part of the Korean Armistice Agreement between North Korea, the People's Republic of China, and the United Nations command forces in 1953.

• Haenyeo or “sea woman” also nicknamed the Amazons of Asia• Free-diving in icy water as deep as 40 feet • Use only flippers and goggles-no breathing equipment to scour the

bottom of the sea for abalone, conch and octopus • Women chief bread winners • Symbol of female independence and strength- island has changed

from “island of sea women” into an island for honeymooners • Very dangerous job that is dwindling- 40 divers have died since 2009

•Jeju is a volcanic island formed during the Pleistocene period of the Cenozoic era. It is often called “the island of rocks” due to having so many pyroclastic materials at it’s surface•Jeju is the nations largest island

• On special occasionspeople wear traditional

Korean outfits called Han-boks.

• For men a han-bok is a loose fitting tunic with trousers. Women wear a colorful, often multi layered dress.

When inside a Korean house, it is customary to take off your shoes. When we visited the Kindergarten school, we took off our shoes and wore special slippers.

• Greetings – Korean Words

안녕하세요Annyeonghaseyo

– Say "anyoung" among friends. This is the most casual way of saying "hey" or "hi."

• Use this greeting with friends and relatives who are your age or younger. It is considered a very casual, informal way of greeting someone, so you can only use it with people you are on familiar terms with.

• Avoid using this expression with people who are in a position of authority over you, such as an instructor, supervisor, or elder. You should also avoid saying it to a stranger.

• -Greeting others with business cards.

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•kamsahamnida – Thank you

Korean drums play an important part in traditional Korean music, ranging from folk music to royal court music. The drums are in a variety of shapes and sizes and they are for accompanying other instruments and in special drum performances.

One type of special Korean drum is the Korean Barrel drum.

A South Korean playing a pungmul-buk.-a special type of buk .

Buk - Double-headed shallow barrel drum used in folk music and played with one stick or one hand and one stick

Janggu- A double-headed hourglass-shaped drum generally played with one stick and one hand

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Pungmul is a Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing, and singing. Most performances are outside, with dozens of playersall in constant motion. It was originally played as part of farm work, on rural holidays, at other village community-building events.

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Buchaechum is a traditional form of Korean dance also called a fan dance. The dancers represent shaped images using the fans e.g. birds, flowers, butterflies and waves.They wear brightly colored hanboks, the Korean traditional dress.

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Korean no-rae-bong- A noraebong translates to “singing room,” and that’s exactly what it is: a single room for you and your friends to wail away in, behind closed doors, where you don’t have to worry about making a fool of yourself in front of total strangers!

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