Traditional Attire of Asia – Korea (Part 9)
Korea is a prominent country in South-east Asia, divided into North and South Korea. But the traditional clothing remains the same for both the countries, though they are termed in different names.
The traditional attire of Korea is called Hanbok in South Korea and Choson-ot in North Korea. The dress signifies the culture and identity of the Korean people. It carries with it a huge amount of historical significance.
The design and the colors of the clothing vary according to the social status, religious and festive occasions. They are available both as formal as well as semi-formal attire, worn by both men and women. Myriad variations of color and artistic designs adorn the Hanbok. The Koreans even celebrate “Hanbok Day” to respect their traditional identity, culture, and art.
The dress is a two-piece set. The women wear a long sleeve blouse in the form of a shirt called “Jeogori” with a skirt called “Chima”. The men wear a waist-length jacket accompanied by a loose pant called “Paji”.
The designs on the Hanbok represent the social significance of the Koreans. It is said that the king represented the printed dragon and the queen represented the printed phoenix. Military officials were represented by the tiger designs and civil officials were represented by the crane designs.
Women often wear colorful flowery shoes and the Korean traditional hairpin called Binyeo along with the Hanbok.
It is really wonderful to observe the respect the Koreans offer to their traditional attire. It brings out the integrity embedded within the hearts of the citizens to emphasize the richness and vividness of their culture and heritage.
Beautiful outfits!
The long dresses are just stunning, I love the vivid colors!
Me too love the myriad colors.
We love these traditional attires of Korea! Korea is high on the bucket list for us, hopefully next year!
wow great, would love to see pictures.
You are doing such a great overview of all national costumes! I truly am in love with your posts.
Thank you so much. My pleasure and inspiring.
I love the long and flowing dresses that traditional Korean women where. The beautiful colours and cuts of them are stunning!
Yes the dresses are amazing.
The dresses are so beautiful! I had no idea that there was so much meaning behind them.
I am actually researching to understand the meaning behind them and I am also learning.
My daughters and I always wish to be able to wear Korea’s national attire. I hope it happens soon!
Thats cool. Maybe we wait for the pictures. I am happy for a guest blog.
Those guard outfits are better looking in person than in photos. I personally have seen them and the guards are rocking it
That is great Michael. Happy to learn about your experience.
Very colorful traditional clothing. Korea is one of the countries I would love to visit someday.
True very colorful and lovely.
I have always love the traditional fashion of Korea. Loving the fashion so pretty!
Me too, I really love the dresses
One of my favoritute traditional attire is theone from Korea. I found it so beautiful. And I ahve tried wearing it before when I visit South Korea.
Oh is it, that is great. Happy to hear about your experience.
When my dad lived in South Korea for a year due to being deployed, he got me a Hanbok for my Barbie. It was so pretty. Since then, I really want to wear one!
Oh wow. Yes you must also try, you will also look like Barbie.
Their traditional dresses all look amazing! I would love to experience wearing a Hanbok while visiting a tourist spot that allows rentals of these beautiful dresses.
I love your eagerness. I too often try to do the same when I visit places.
Traditional dresses are really beautiful, especially when the color combinations are so radiant.
Agree with you Samar
Aww love the attire of Korea—so beautiful and feminine! Would love to go too!
Truly the dresses are amazing.
The Korean traditional outfits are so beautiful and I love the colors x
Laura
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Agree with you. Colorful and trendy.
These outfits are stunning. And I really like attire of Korea
Glad Sundeep that you liked the dresses. Even I love them too.
The dresses are so stunning..! They have such a rich tradition when it comes to every thing, nice blog.
Thank you. I am glad you liked it. It is really wonderful to know about the dresses of different countries. I am really enjoying it.
I’ve watched a couple of Korean films and I loved their outfits, especially the colors and fabric. It’s nice to learn that the dressing differs depending on their social ranks.
Yes, I also learn with my research work. I am loving the series myself as I write.
Wow. That’s a new perspective of visiting places.. .. Knowing the culture always has its sweet fruits. Loved reading. .. . ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much. I am glad you liked it.
My mum and sister watch a lot of korean films and are obsessed with the clothes. I never knew there were so many different kinds of attire!
Oh wow they must be knowing better than me.
I really like Korean outfits especially for the women. It is so beautiful and so rich in culture and tradition.
I loved while researching on the series. It was interesting. Glad you liked it.