Korean customs
Hanguk cultural practices
Korean customs refers to the traditional practices, social conventions, and cultural norms of Korea and Korean people.
These include rituals around respect for elders, gift-giving etiquette, dining practices, and ceremonies marking life events like weddings and ancestral rites.
Learning Korean customs helped me navigate my first visit to Seoul.
The phrase also refers to the government agency controlling imports and exports at Korean borders: We were delayed at Korean customs for an hour.
- banchanKorean meal accompaniments
- bowingBending forward in deference
- formal bowCeremonial forward bend
- honorificsRespectful name additions
- respect for eldersRegard for senior generations
ceremonial robes · filial piety · tea ceremonies · ancestral rites · seating arrangements · gift-giving · rice bowls · table manners · greetings · communal dining · hair ornaments · removing shoes · hanbok · kimchi · ancestor veneration · storytelling traditions · Confucianism
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