Korean Culture (한국 문화)
From Hanboks, to traditional ceremonies in Korea, here are the things to know about Korean culture. (한복에서부터 한국의 전통 의식까지, 여기 한국 문화에 대해 알아야 할 것들이 있다.)
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Traditional Korean Wedding Dress: What Is a Wedding Hanbok?
You might think a Korean wedding dress looks similar to a Hanbok you’d rent in Seoul for photos, but once you step into a real traditional wedding ceremony, you quickly realize, it’s a whole different level. When I began planning our wedding ceremonies (yes, we had two!), the American wedding ceremony being much more familiar was a breeze. The Korean ceremony? I had so many questions. What does a Korean wedding dress look like? What do Korean women wear in a wedding? Is there a traditional Korean wedding dress? Or, do women wear more modern dresses these days? I wanted to be culturally appropriate and we decided to go traditional…
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House of Sharing: A Comfort Women Memorial Near Seoul
If you come to Korea and have the opportunity to learn about the comfort women, don’t pass it up. The House of Sharing was established in 1992, funded privately by Korean citizens and a Buddhist organization, as a home for the surviving halmoni, a respectful Korean term meaning grandmother, who had been subjected to wartime sexual slavery during World War II. The day I visited was filled with testimony, tears, and stories of resilience through an ordeal that would leave anyone searching for words. I have not stopped thinking about it. Today, the House of Sharing operates primarily as the Museum of Sexual Slavery by Japanese Military, a permanent memorial…
