Korean Festivals Korean folk festivals include Yuanri (the first day of the year), Shangyuan (Lantern Festival), Shangsi (the third day of the third lunar month), Cold Food (Tomb-Sweeping Day), Lantern Festival (the eighth day of the fourth lunar month), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) and Liutou Festival (the fifteenth of the sixth lunar month).
January Festival (the first day of the year) is the biggest traditional festival for Koreans in a year.
On New Year's Eve, the whole Korean family stayed up all night with the ancient "Gaqin" and Dong Xiao's music. Every Korean family cleans the house to welcome their descendants or relatives to the New Year. Indoor New Year pictures of mountains, water, rocks, clouds, sun, pine trees, long grass, turtles, cranes and deer are posted. The rooster crows at dawn to worship the ancestors before, and then kowtows to the old people to celebrate the New Year. After breakfast, I will pay a New Year call to my neighbors and the elderly in the whole village. 20 years old, usually eat cakes or rhubarb rice in the morning, and eat all kinds of fish, meat and mountain vegetables. Korean people have been brewing New Year's wine for many years, also known as "Tu Su wine" (medicinal liquor brewed with medicinal materials such as Radix Platycodi, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Fructus Zanthoxyli and Cortex Cinnamomi). People think that drinking this wine on January 1st can ward off evil spirits and prolong life.
In January, every family cooked delicious food, especially the New Year's Eve dinner, which was well prepared. One of the most distinctive is "Degu". This is a kind of cake soup. After the rice noodles are steamed, pound them into big balls, then roll them into round strips, then slice them and cook them in chicken soup (beef soup is also acceptable). Put sesame oil and seaweed when eating. During the day, people in Korean villages hold tug-of-war competitions in "Qi" or natural villages, teenagers shoot arrows or fight "stone battles", girls and women board boats and children fly kites. In the evening, Korean men, women and children often play puzzles all night.
Many places where Koreans live are rich in rice. Koreans take rice as their staple food, and the cooked rice is white, shiny, soft, neither soft nor hard, and full of flavor. The cooking method is: when the water boils, add rice, add water accurately at a time, cook with strong fire first, and then use low fire. Korean Jiong rice cooker is an iron pot with a deep bottom, a closed mouth and an iron lid. Jiong rice does not string cigarettes, does not pinch raw food, and the loss of nutrients is less. Dishes, mainly cold dishes. There are many kinds of cold dishes, such as cabbage, radish, dried radish, green pepper, eggplant and other vegetables, as well as mountain vegetables such as platycodon grandiflorum and children's dishes, as well as raw meat, fish and shellfish, bean products and so on. When the raw materials are ready, marinate them with a little salt, and then add seasonings such as garlic, onion, pepper, monosodium glutamate, sugar and coriander. Cold salad is spicy, heavy, cold and appetizing. Soup is indispensable in Korean diet, and there is soup in almost every meal. Soup is divided into sauce soup and broth.
On New Year's Day, Koreans like to eat their own flavor food:
Korean cold noodles. Mix buckwheat flour or sweet potato flour, press into strips, take it out immediately after cooking, rinse it repeatedly with cold water, and add seasonings such as shredded beef, eggs, peppers, sesame seeds, sesame oil, shredded pickles and apple slices after the noodles are cooled. You can also add pepper and vinegar according to your own taste when eating. Cold noodles taste sour and sweet, spicy and spicy, cool and delicious. There used to be a habit of eating cold noodles at noon on the fourth day of the first month. It is said that eating long cold noodles on this day will lead to longevity, so it is also called "longevity noodles". Now you can eat cold noodles all year round. If you are afraid of cold in winter, you can eat warm noodles.
Koreans make cakes. Every New Year's Day, weddings, funerals and weddings, Koreans have to make all kinds of rice cakes to add festive atmosphere. This cake is made of glutinous rice. Wash the glutinous rice clean, soak it thoroughly with clear water, remove it and drain it, then put it in a steamer and steam it for about half an hour. Put the steamed glutinous rice on a wooden trough or slate, and beat the edge with a wooden hammer. The more uniform the better. Cut the beaten cake into pieces and dip it in red bean paste or soybeans, or dip it in sugar and salt. The cake is soft, waxy and delicious, and its taste is fragrant. In addition to making cakes, Koreans are also good at making all kinds of rice cakes with rice noodles, such as cutting cakes, scattering cakes, cutting cakes and making cakes.
Korean barbecue. On holidays or gatherings of relatives and friends, Koreans entertain guests with barbecues, which can make the atmosphere stronger. So Koreans often call barbecue an atmosphere dish. When barbecuing, everyone sits around the table, with a charcoal fire basin in the center of the table, an iron grill on the fire and a smoke hood on the grill. Put the meat slices on the grill and turn them over until the meat is cooked. After the meat is roasted, dip it in vinegar, soy sauce, onion, garlic, Chili noodles and other seasonings prepared in advance. This dish tastes spicy and unique.
The Spring Festival is held on the first day of the first lunar month and lasts until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. During the festival, the whole Korean village held springboard and tug-of-war competitions together. The stadium is very lively and people are scrambling to watch it; On the fifteenth night of the first month, a traditional rally was held. People selected several venerable old people, boarded the moon-looking frame and watched the bright moon. The local custom is that whoever sees the bright moon first will be blessed, which means that the children and grandchildren will grow up healthily and all the best. Then, men, women and children sang and danced around the lighted "moon-looking frame", drumming long tubes, playing flutes and holding long necks.
Dispersion is a Korean board game. It is usually played from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Now this kind of game is often played at people's holiday parties.
The number of Koreans participating in the competition is uncertain. Generally, four people are divided into two groups. The instruments used in the competition are four semi-circular short wooden blocks, or four big black beans engraved with marks on one side. In the competition, throw the general on the kang or on the table, and Sanqian becomes a "disciple" and gets one point; Two dives and two somersaults "open", scored two points; Three turns and one jump for "Jie", get three points; All converted into "flow", get four points; All for "conspiracy", get five points. According to the score, move the chess pieces on the chessboard, and the chess pieces get out of the chessboard first to win.
Korean Lantern Festival). On the first night, Korean families prayed for a long and safe life. Eat "five-grain rice" and "medicated rice" and drink "Cong 'er wine" on the day of Shangyuan Festival. Five-grain rice is made of glutinous rice, rhubarb rice, rice, millet and Mi Dou. Eating five grains of rice means a bumper harvest
Medicinal rice is made of glutinous rice, red dates and chestnuts, mixed with white sugar, honey and sesame oil. When eating, you should also mix pine nut powder and cinnamon powder, which is colorful and nutritious. In addition, on this day, we also eat jiaozi stuffed with meat and vegetables or make "Degu Pian" with chicken soup. It is said that drinking "Conger Liquor" on this day can make people healthy, clear-headed, free from ear diseases for a year, and often hear good news. Therefore, Korean men, women and children should have a drink regardless of whether they can drink or not.
On the Lantern Festival, Koreans play all kinds of games, such as "Torch Battle", "Car Battle" and "Tug of War". "Torch War" is a flame competition to see whose torch is long. "Car fight" means that two ox carts collide to see which one is stronger. In tug-of-war, people are divided into two groups. Each group holds one end of the hemp rope and drags the other into its own circle to win. When playing games, the whole village goes out together, or participates, or beats drums to cheer, which is very lively. In the evening, entertainment activities such as "welcoming the moon", "stepping on the bridge" and "solving the calendar" will be held. "Welcome to the moon", everyone is holding a torch to climb the mountain to see the moon. It is said that whoever sees the rising moon first this year will be blessed. After welcoming the moon, step on the bridge in the moonlight. It is said that stepping on the bridge in the moonlight on January 1 will not bring harm to Corning within one year.
The North Korean Grain Festival, also known as "Bird Taboo Day" and "Piano Shooting Day", is a traditional Korean folk festival, which is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year.
Ancient Korean legend A long time ago, there was a king who went hunting in the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in order to sacrifice to the gods. When he wandered into a valley, he saw a crow flying on the flat ground. The king was so surprised that he ordered a soldier to visit. Under the guidance of the crow, the soldier came to a mirror lake. Suddenly, the mountains shook and the lake parted, and a white-haired fairy came out of the lake. The old man drew a book from his wide sleeve and ordered the pawn to give it to the king quickly. When this book was handed to the king, it was written on the cover: "Two people will die if it is torn, and one will die if it is not torn". The king's ministers think that "one person" means "the first person in the world", which means the king. So it's best to tear it down. After the letter was opened, I saw the words 12 written on the white cloth inside: "Go back to the palace immediately and shoot the princess's piano box with an arrow"! The king was so frightened that he quickly dismounted and went back to the palace. He sent three archers to shoot the princess's piano box. I heard someone screaming in the piano box, and the arrow hole was bleeding profusely. It turns out that the princess's lover is hidden in it. They met secretly when the king was out and plotted to hurt him. Then the king executed the princess. Thanks to the help of the crow, the king was saved from being killed. He was very grateful to the crow. Therefore, he designated the 15th day of the first month as a "funeral sacrifice" and ordered his ministers to offer rice sacrifices made of grains to crows, who could choose to eat them at will. Later, the "black crying sacrifice" gradually evolved into a "grain sacrifice" in circulation. On the day of the festival, Korean farmers will cook "five-grain rice" and everyone will eat "five-grain rice". They spread out some grain rice and put it in front of the cow to see which one it eats first, so they planted this crop that year, and it is said that there will be a bumper harvest.
The Korean Cold Food Festival is a traditional festival in Korea from the next day 105.
Legend has it that after Jiezhi helped Jin Wengong achieve great success, Jin Wengong asked Jiezhi to push him out of the mountain. Xie Zhitui refused because he was with his mother. Jin Wengong let Yamakaji go and forced him to death. This is a day when cold food is forbidden, and it is designated as the Cold Food Festival. On this day, Korean folk often hold grave-sweeping activities. If the grave collapses, turf should be transplanted to repair it. The government will go to ancestral temples and cemeteries to burn incense and sacrifice.
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea, Koreans want to eat a cake with rich fragrance. Steam willow buds with glutinous rice, and put the steamed rice in a wooden trough to make cakes. Every household cooks Ai Gao, steamed cakes, adzuki bean buns and other foods, drinks Pu Shui, Mu Yi juice and eats Dragon Boat Festival cakes. Women should wash their faces and hair with Yingpu water. Some women also dyed Cao Pugen red and made it into a substitute as a headdress.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, Koreans also participate in sports competitions such as wrestling and swinging, and perform various national songs and dances. The festive atmosphere is very strong.
Korean Mid-Autumn Festival The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is autumn, which is a folk festival in Korea, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiaxu Festival and Jiayou Festival. To celebrate the harvest, Korean families make cakes and cakes with new rice.
According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, during the Silla period, on the 16th day of the seventh lunar month, the government convened Korean women who knew how to weave in China to compete in weaving in two groups. A month later, on August 15, the loser entertained the winner with wine and food. Participants sang and danced happily, so they were called "outside the home". Later, it evolved into a traditional festival. On the day of "Autumn Evening", every Korean family has to pay homage to their ancestors. Some people also prepare rich wine and food to entertain relatives and friends. During the festival, there will be wrestling, swinging, springboard, various ball games, archery competitions and other folk entertainment activities between villages for several days.
During the winter solstice in Korea, Koreans want to eat red bean porridge. Cooking a large pot of porridge with red beans, rice and glutinous rice dumplings symbolizes wealth and happiness.
Koreans believe that if you don't eat red bean porridge on the solstice in winter, you will soon get old, be haunted by ghosts and get sick.
Korean festival for the elderly is held on August 15. Elderly Day is a festival in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province. 1982, in some places in Longjing, Helong and Hunchun counties (now all changed to cities), Korean elderly people established elderly associations. 1983 August 15, a grand festival for the elderly was held in Sheng Xiang, Longjing County to celebrate the festival for thousands of elderly people over 60 years old in the township. More than 800 children danced and wished the elderly a long and healthy life, and their children and grandchildren presented "longevity wine" to the elderly. Old people are also happy to dance Korean folk group dances with children and young people. Since then, all parts of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture have designated Qiaori in August as the Day for the Elderly, and held various cultural and entertainment activities and "longevity wine" on this day to wish the elderly a happy holiday and a happy old age.
Koreans have always had a tradition of respecting the elderly. As early as Lee's Korean period, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month was a day to comfort the elderly, which has a history of more than 300 years. At that time, the imperial court will hold a banquet, inviting the elderly over 60 years old and officials above the third grade to the banquet, wishing the old people health and longevity. In the folk, the younger generation must use honorific words to their elders, and smoking and drinking are not allowed in front of them. If they have to drink, they should also drink from behind. No matter when and where, even if you don't know each other, you are not allowed to borrow the fire from the old man. It is the biggest disrespect for the elderly to light a cigarette and smoke it with fire. Don't swear in front of old people. When eating, you should respect the elderly before serving, soup and food. Someone even set a single table for the elderly, and the daughter-in-law and children respectfully served the food to the elderly. Delicious food should be placed in front of the old people, and younger generations should not eat it before the old people move chopsticks. Young people should not walk in front of old people when they go out, but take the same road as familiar old people. If they are in a hurry, they should respectfully explain the reasons to the elderly before they can get ahead. On the road, when an old man comes face to face, young people should stand by respectfully, make way and kowtow to meet them. When the old man goes out or travels far, the whole family will bow to see him off. Children should say goodbye to the old man before going out and say hello to the old man immediately after coming back. People who abuse the elderly are regarded as barbaric and will not be tolerated by everyone. In different areas inhabited by Koreans, almost all people celebrate the festival for the elderly.
During the festival, Korean villages beat gongs and drums, beaming, and people dressed in national costumes blessed the old people. Korean clothing has a unique style. Because they advocate white since ancient times and like to wear plain white clothes, they are called "plainclothes people" and "white compatriots". It not only reflects the clothing hobby of Koreans, but also profoundly reflects the aesthetic concept and life interest of Koreans. Because white has the symbolic meaning of purity, nobility, kindness and sacredness, and is closely related to the customs of Shang Jie, South Korea, Koreans like white, so shoes and socks from headdress to feet should be consistent. This is especially true on the Day of the Elderly. The man wears a white coat and white fat pants, which looks solemn and simple. Women wear white short skirts and long skirts, showing pure and elegant style. Its coat is said to be high-lined, with sloping lapels, no buttons and tied with cloth. Some also put colored satin edges on cuffs, skirts and armpits, and make long ribbons with colored satin, which is more chic and beautiful. The length of the skirt changes with age. Young girls' skirts reach to the knees, while middle-aged women's skirts reach to the feet. There are many folds in the waist of the skirt, fluttering in the wind, graceful and very moving. The star of this day is of course the old man, who is wearing new clothes. All the children snuggled up to the old man and enjoyed family happiness with him. They sing and dance with the old people and let them watch activities such as stepping on the springboard, wrestling, playing ball games and swinging. Especially when old people catch up with flowers, their descendants, relatives and friends and the whole village will come to celebrate their birthdays. The birthday celebration was very lively. People who come to celebrate their birthdays are dressed in festive costumes, and the elderly who have passed the "flower armor" sit in the middle of the banquet in new clothes, accompanied by the elderly in the neighborhood on both sides. After the birthday, from the eldest son, his wife to his grandson, he poured wine in turn and bowed down to the old man, thanking him for his hard work and wishing him a long and healthy life and happiness in his later years.
On this day, the younger generation will prepare a sumptuous banquet for the elderly, including specially brewed "magali" rice wine, as well as traditional foods such as rice cakes, cold noodles, dog meat and miso soup. It is worth mentioning cold noodles and rice cakes, which are unique and favorite foods of the Korean people. The raw materials, ingredients and production of cold noodles are all exquisite. They are made by mixing buckwheat flour, flour and rice flour in a certain proportion. Seasonings such as sesame oil, pepper, pepper and monosodium glutamate should be put in the noodles, and apple slices and pear slices should be put when eating. Sweet, sour and spicy, cool and refreshing, with excellent taste. In the past, Koreans had the custom of eating cold noodles at noon on the fourth day of the first month. It is said that it can make people live to be 100 years old, so it is also called "longevity noodles". Whenever there is a festive festival or wedding, cold noodles are the best for the host to entertain guests, and this symbolic food is naturally indispensable to the banquet of the elderly. In addition, rice cakes are also one of the essential foods for the elderly. The rice cake is made by putting steamed glutinous rice or millet into a wooden trough or mortar, breaking the cake made of hardwood into pieces, then cutting it into pieces, adding some bean paste noodles and dipping it in white sugar or honey. It tastes cool, soft and sweet, and has a special flavor.
After a lively banquet, Korean girls dressed in colorful costumes and innocent and lively boys sang happy birthday songs, then girls in long skirts danced with drums, and men joined in the dance, singing and dancing, enjoying the joy. Special birthday parties will also be held in various places, inviting people over 60 to sit on the stage, wearing big red flowers for them and accepting the blessings of the younger generation in the village. The old people are all members of the rural elderly association, and many of them are good consultants in production and good in-laws who get along well with their daughters-in-law. At the birthday party, we should also commend the good daughter-in-law who respects the elderly and loves the young after selection and appraisal. The song "Mom, I wish you a long life" specially written by the composer for the festival of the elderly has been sung all over the country. This song embodies the traditional virtues of the Korean people to respect and love the elderly.
In addition, the festival for the elderly also arranged a variety of cultural and entertainment activities, and the elderly can watch programs such as stepping on the springboard, wrestling, playing ball games and swinging. Wherever they go, they can experience and feel the respect and care of the younger generation for the elderly, intoxicated in a happy and beautiful atmosphere.
Wrestling is not only an ancient entertainment event of the Korean people, but also one of the traditional sports events of the Korean people. Korean wrestling is generally divided into three levels according to age: juvenile, youth and prime of life. Every official competition begins with juvenile wrestling. As long as you come to the wrestling field, anyone can take part in the competition and compete for strength and skills. Korean wrestlers use waist and leg straps. During the competition, both sides lean forward slightly, with their right knees on the ground, their left knees bent, and their feet lightly buckled on the ground. After that, hold each other's right shoulder, hold each other's belt with the right hand, and hold each other's leg belt with the left hand. When the referee blew the whistle, both sides stood up to play. During the game, don't twist your opponent's neck and arms, and don't hurt your opponent with your head or fist. Generally, the game is decided by two wins in three wars. Men like to compare skills and strength best to see who is stronger. During the competition, both sides go all out, like lions and tigers. They rolled into a ball and were inseparable. The old man who watched the game cheered as if he had returned to his youth.
Swing is the favorite traditional sport of Korean women. It has a long history. In the past, swinging activities were mostly held around the Dragon Boat Festival, so when it comes to swinging, people will think of the Dragon Boat Festival. Now, every time during festivals and slack seasons, Koreans have to erect a high swing frame, and women in colorful clothes float around in the air like a beautiful butterfly, adding to the festive atmosphere of the festival. When the swing swings greatly, the dress of the swinger flutters with the wind, like a fairy descending to earth, like a crane spreading its wings, until it meets the bell line crossing the highest place, and every round trip becomes a beautiful fan, forming a beautiful and moving picture.
Swing can be divided into single swing and double swing. The way to decide the outcome is to hang it with branches as the target. In the competition, Koreans won by kicking with their toes or holding the target with their mouths. Or hang a hanging bell in front of the swing and kick it to the height of the bell to decide the outcome; There is also a rope marked with size tied to the pedal of the swing to measure the height of the swing, and the highest one wins.
Springboard competition is equally thrilling. Korean women who participated in the competition constantly displayed various graceful postures in the air, sometimes like swallows in the air and sometimes like flying cranes. Especially when drilling and jumping the color circle, at the moment of volley, the contestants put the color trap on their feet, crossed their bodies and held it in their hands, which was thrilling and amazing.
Springboard, also known as "board dance", is a full-body exercise characterized by jumping, which is deeply loved by Korean women. Koreans have various legends about the origin of springboard. According to legend, in ancient times, two people were imprisoned, and their wives took turns flying to see their relatives in order to see their husbands in prison. There is also a legend that ancient Korean women took action to resist the feudal ethics that they were not allowed to leave the courtyard casually. It is difficult for them to leave the gate, so they have to set up a springboard at the foot of the courtyard, watch the scenery outside the wall and broaden their horizons. It can be seen that springboard sports are good for health.
Springboard diving is usually held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the fifth day of May and the fifteenth day of August. Now it has developed into one of the events of the Korean Games. The making of springboard is relatively simple. It is made of a wooden board about 3 meters or 5.5 meters long with a "board pad" in the middle. A "mat" can be a log, tied with straw, or bagged with straw. The height of the "board pad" is about 30 cm. There are generally two ways to compete in springboard: one is to draw a line, and the victory or defeat is determined by the length of the line drawn around the ankle by the athlete within the specified time. The other is an exhibition competition, in which athletes jump straight, bend their legs, scissors, spin and somersault in the air when they fall together on the springboard. The referee scores the contestants according to the difficulty of their movements, the quality of their completion and the degree of their graceful posture, so as to decide the outcome.
Huatu is a card game loved by the Korean people, especially the elderly. On holidays, people always like to get together and play with flowers. Flowers are similar to poker. A flower picture has 48 cards. Winning numbers is painted with plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum, peony, cherry blossom, bright moon, pine, rain and maple leaf 12 patterns, and every four cards are the same pattern. Cards are divided into scoring cards and non-scoring cards according to pictures. 5 points for flowers with blue and red ribbons, 10 for flowers with animals such as phoenix, crane, deer and spiny fox, and 20 points for flowers with the word "light". Only flowers and plants without other patterns are not allowed to be divided. When playing cards, decide how many cards to keep according to the number of participants, and keep the cards for eating. The number of participants should be more than 2. After the cards are drawn, everyone draws the cards again, and then divides them into the same pattern and two patterns. If you have four cards with the same pattern, add 20 points. Finally, the outcome is decided according to the score.
Korean nationality has a long history and developed culture, and it is the tradition of Korean nationality to respect and love the elderly. Every Korean has to be influenced by this special cultural atmosphere in the process of growing up in order to become a member of a big family. The festival for the elderly is the best classroom for parents to educate their children on self-cultivation etiquette and carry forward the oriental virtues of respecting and loving the elderly.
Korean Baby's Day Baby's Day is held on the baby's first birthday and belongs to Korean family festivals.
In the eyes of Koreans, marriage, the birthday of the elderly and the baby's first birthday are all important events in every family, so they attach great importance to the baby's first birthday and celebrate it as a family holiday. Here, I will focus on the grand occasion of the first anniversary party.
As soon as a child is born, many ethnic groups have the habit of "making a full moon" for their children. For Koreans, the birth of a baby will bring great joy to a family. The newborn's birthday is the happiest day for parents. On this day, the mother should dress up like the original bride, and the children should also dress up to be lovable. Children should wear fine national costumes. Generally, boys wear colorful silk jackets and jackets. Girls wear short coats and skirts with ribbons to make children more handsome and innocent.
The Korean people's grasp of Zhou is the most lively scene of the festival. On this day, all relatives, friends and neighbors are invited to get together and watch the children's scratching performance at the birthday party.
After dressing up, take the children to the birthday table. There are various items on the table, such as cakes, sweets, pens, books, abacus, toys and other symbolic items. Children choose what they like from these varieties. No matter what the child picks up, people will clap their hands and applaud as if they have discovered some mystery, and praise the child with one voice for being smart and smart, and he will certainly make great achievements when he grows up, and so on. If children catch books and pens, people will praise them for studying hard and getting good grades in the future. Grasping the abacus, people say that they can write and calculate, and they have a future; People will say that the child is lucky and greedy, and he can get a strong body if he catches cakes and sweets. In some places, the old man will put a simple white thread around the child's neck, expressing the hope that the child will be a pure person like the white thread and live as long as the thread. Visiting relatives and friends, parties, dinners, banquets, gathering for the children's first birthday all day, until sunset, Koreans did not say goodbye one after another.
North Korea's Hui Jia Festival and Hui Jia Festival are commemorations for the 60th birthday of the elderly and the 60th wedding anniversary of the husband and wife, and also belong to the traditional festivals of the Korean people.
At that time, children, relatives and friends and neighbors should wish the elderly a happy life and enjoy the beautiful years on earth.
Korean claimed that the word "Korea" first appeared in Guanzi, Shan Hai Jing and other books in China ancient literature. There are some sentences in Guan Zi Zhuan Du Guangjia, such as "Send a message to North Korea", "Send a message to North Korea but not to North Korea" and "Send a message to North Korea from eight thousand miles away". In Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Bei Jing, there are records such as "North Korea is in the east of Lieyang, south of Haibei Mountain, and Lieyang belongs to Yan". Later, the word "Korea" was frequently recorded in Dialect, Biography of Shangshu, Huainanzi, Historical Records, Hanshu, Wei Lue and other historical documents.
When Koreans moved from the Korean peninsula to the northeast, they brought the name "North Korea". Why use "Korea" as the surname? Scholars at all times and all over the world have given many explanations and different opinions. To sum up, there are the following statements:
Koreans are named after water. For example, "Historical Records Biography of Korea" said: "The Yin Chao Dynasty was arrogant and rebellious, and it was fresh and immortal. Because Shantou had water, it was named." There is a similar saying that Le Lang and North Korea are named after wet water, exemplary water, tidal water and chaotic water.
Koreans are named after mountains. It is believed that "Korea" represents the East, "Xian" represents Xianbei Mountain, and "Korea" is the East of Xianbei Mountain.
Koreans are named after their pronunciation. It is considered that "North Korea", "Xi God", "Su Shen", "Zhu God", "Nuzhen" and "Zhu Lizhen" are all homophones. "Sent to North Korea" in Guanzi and "Caution in Li Ji" refer to the same nation.
Koreans are named after totems. It is believed that: "the clan totem of ancient Korean nation originated from aquatic creatures, just like Goguryeo's ancestors had frogs, because of the fusion of clan and aquatic totem of six animals." According to Shuo Wen Jie Zi, "Fresh, famous fish, leaving the country. It can also be said that ancient Korea was a fresh clan and a fish totem. "
Koreans are named after the rising sun. It is considered that North Korea is "the place of sunrise in the East" and "called North Korea in the early Ming Dynasty." "In the name of North Korea, the ancients thought that the land was close to the valley, so it was called the DPRK, and it was clear when it came out." "The name of the Korean nation comes from the ancient Korean nation, which means the land of sunrise and light. The names of ancient Korean nationalities first appeared in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. After the Han Dynasty destroyed ancient Korea, the name of ancient Korea was completely out of the history books. It was not until 1392 that Li Chenggui destroyed Koryo and built Lee Koryo that the word' Koryo' began to recover and is still in use today. " Ancient Koreans took Japan as their totem.
Among the many explanations of Korean names, the one named after "Chaoyang" is more extensive.
Koreans are called "people in white" because they like the custom of wearing white clothes. According to Shan Hai Jing Overseas Western Learning Jing: "The country of white people, in the north of Yulong, is white." According to Shan Hai Jing Ye Dong Jing: "A country with white people ... white people sell their surnames." In ancient Goguryeo, the slave-destroying department was the king, and other tribes were slave-destroying departments. It can be seen that Koreans enjoy the custom of white clothes for a long time.
Korean men's shirts are short with satin vests. Pants are loose and fat, so you should wear a slanting robe and a hat when you go out. Korean women wear lantern sleeve tops, as short as breasts and skirts. There are many kinds of skirts, including tube skirts, wrap skirts, long skirts and short skirts. Generally, Korean elderly women love to wear long skirts that reach their feet and are used to covering their heads with white cloth. Wearing a woolen vest in winter looks sedate. Middle-aged women wear short skirts, which makes them look solemn and generous. Girls wear short skirts just above their knees, which makes them look lively. Korean children's clothes are brightly colored and usually sewn with colored satin. Girls wear skirts, boys wear jackets, vests and trousers. Koreans believe that the rainbow is a symbol of light and beauty. They make clothes for children with colorful satin, which means beauty and happiness.