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This class is about life of Korean which containes birth, 100th day celebration, first birthday, coming of age, marriage, six-first birthday and last memorial service. These are important ceremony of Korean. There are many reasons that they made this days. And also we can see our ancestors wiseness.
First, the Birth of the baby. In that time when the baby was born, a straw rope was hung over the gate. It says that baby was born so keep away and don`t come. The reason that they do this is to get away from the evil spirit. Because the baby have no strength to get away from evil or sickness. If the other people came into the house he or she might have sickness. For the boy, charcoal, red peper and pine needles. The red peper can protect from the evil spirit because it represent 양 and evil represent 음. So it can protect the baby. For the girl, charcoal, pine needles and white paper. In that time woman represent 음 so they hung the white paper. The white paper is 음 so it can absorb the evil spirit(음).
Second we have 100th day celebration but we don`t think it is important in present. But in that time there are no madicine so it is hard for baby to over 100days. In First birthday it also celebrate the baby to live until this days and pray to live longer. In this day baby do something another. In front of the desk the baby sit and on the desk there are lots of things like string, a writing brush, money and so on. So if baby pick brush he will became a scholar. If baby pick string it says that the baby will live long. And for the last for the money the baby will be rich. Also I pick money at that time so it says that I`m going to be rich.
On the coming of age boy and girl have ceremony. Boy tie their hair into a topknot and wear traditional horsehair hat(갓). For girl they tie their hair back and fix it with long hairpin(비녀). In that time people don`t live long enough like our so they do this when they are 15 to 20.
In the past many people have their marriage on the age of 16 to 20. For the same reason that I said before. Sadly in that time they can`t meet each other unil the marriage. Only the parents can pick the bride or bridegroom.
On their Sixty birthday they also have celebration because of the same reason that I said before. So they have this celebration on he or she`s 61 birthday. They can eat lots of food and their sons and daughters bowed and offerd wine. Now people have this celerbration on the 70th birthday because people longer than that time.
After they are dying their sons and daughters have Memorial service fo them in New years day, Thanksgiving day and the day when he or she died. Today people used this days to have meet with family. Because in present people are so busy that they can`t see eachother.
For this class I learn lots of things and seems to understand about our culture. First I don`t interested about this lecture but now I`m so glad that I have it. |
