KOREA ANCESTRAL RITES

Jose
Yujin

CONFUCIANISM
Why we do this?
We can interpret this with a political
aspect. We call this CONFUCIANISM.
In Korea past, we believe that family`s
repesentative person live well, it can be
affected to their descenant.
So we respect our ancestor even after
they died.

FUNERALS
Korean funerals generally last three
days. When a person dies, first the
body is set in a straight position and
covered in a white sheet. Then it is
put behind a partition.
In front of the partition, a small table
is set up with a photo of the
deceased and incenses. Then the
persons death is announced.
Official notice of the funeral is sent
out, and a sign is hung on the front
door of the house.

 On the second day, the body is

cleaned and dressed. There is a
traditional garb for the dead, but
suits are commonplace in modern
Korea.
After the body is dressed, it is put in a
casket. The casket is again set
behind a partition or a black curtain,
and a table with the photo of the
deceased, candles, and incense is
set up. A black ribbon is put on the
photo at this time.

 On the morning of the third day, the

casket leaves the house. Before it
leaves, a short ceremony is held in
the honor of the dead. If you were
trying to find one ceremony called
funeral in a Korean death ritual, this
would be it.
Tha casket is then taken to a
prearranged burial ground, which is
near other family members burial
sites. The Korean himself already
knows where he will be buried when
he dies.

 A little mound is built on top of the

grave. The mound is then covered
in grass. On the right bottom side of
the mound, a small stone with the
name of the dead is buried so that
the grave can be identified even
though the mound is eroded away.
The tombstone is set up in front of
the grave, and brief ceremony is
held once again.
After 49 days, a memorial
ceremony for the dead is held, and
the funeral is finally over.

PERCEPTION/BELIEFS
Koreans who observe ancestor
worship believe that death is not a
final termination but a
transformation.
In Korean folk belief, death means
a departure from this world to the
"otherworld." Death is thought to be
a rite of passage, and the dead
are generally considered to be
similar to the living. Elaborate
ancestor-worship rites, offering
various foods as to a living person,
spring out of these beliefs.

ANCESTRAL RITES PROCESS

We memorial ancestors in specific
days.
We call this ceremoney as Jae-sa
Korea has a two big holidays in the
year.
1. New-year
2. Korean thanks-giving day.
We do this ceremoney both these
two days, and additionally in the
day of death.

TOOLS
wooden vessel
Put food on wooden vessel

It has different vessel sizes

depends on the food size.
For candel, and
spirit tablet made
of paper used in ancestral rit
es in Korea

WAY TO PUT FOOD

Put folding screen in the back
First line: Rice and soup,
candel and spirit tablet
Second line: Meat and fish,
vegetable pancake
Third line: vegitables and
source
Fourth line: Fruits

HOW TO DO
Usually family`s repesentative
person progress this
ceremoney.
Female family members are
stand the side of the place.

Thank you!