Kimchi, a staple in Korean cuisine, is a traditional side dish made from salted and fermented

vegetables, most commonly napa cabbage and Korean radishes, with a variety of seasonings, including
gochugaru, scallions, garlic, ginger, and jeotgal

Samgyeopsal, fatty slices of pork belly grilled before your nose is a South Korean foodie favorite.
A few slabs of this ultra-tasty pork along with garnishes of lettuce leaves, garlic and chili paste,
and you’ve got a flavor to cherish.

Pork Bulgogi or they called Daeji Bulgogi, Another famous Korean specialty barbecued meat
is known as Bulgogi. While it’s normally made from beef, bulgogi can also be made with thin
strips of pork or chicken. Before the meat is grilled, it’s marinated in sweet soy sauce with lots
of garlic and sesame oil.

Bibimbap is essentially a bowl of mixed ingredients including, but not limited to, rice, namul
(seasoned and sautéed vegetables), mushrooms, beef, soy sauce, gochujang (chili pepper
paste), and a fried egg. The ingredients found in bibimbap vary by region, and the most
famous versions of the dish are found in Jeonju, Tongyeong, and Jinju.

Ddukbokki, also spelled tteokbokki, is a common spicy Korean food made of cylindrical rice
cakes, triangular fish cake, vegetables, and sweet red chili sauce. It is often sold by
pojangmacha (street vendors). People enjoy ddeukbokki for the combination of spicy and
sweet flavors.

 Japchae (stir-fried noodles)

 Seolleongtang (ox bone soup)
 Sundubu-jjigae (soft tofu stew)
 Haemul Pajeon (seafood vegetable pancake)
 Hobakjuk (pumpkin porridge)
 Naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles)
 Soondae (blood sausage)

The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 years ago. The legend
of Dangun, the mythical founder of Korea, makes an impact upon Korean culture to this day.
Add to that the profound impact of Shamanism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and
Christianity, and it yields the varied and colorful culture that is Korea. Although Korea today is
divided North and South, the roots of their traditional culture remain the same. Their political
ideologies are far less powerful than their cultural and historical common ground. Korea is a
country where all the world's major religions,Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism and
Islam, peacefully coexist with shamanism. But most of them are non-religious people.
 Traditional Korean houses have an inner wing (anchae) and an outer wing (sarangchae).
The individual layout largely depends on the region and the wealth of the family. Whereas
aristocrats used the outer wing for receptions, poorer people kept cattle in the sarangchae.
The wealthier a family, the larger the house. The Korean government forbade any family
except for the king to have a residence of more than 99 kan, kan being the distance
between two pillars used in traditional houses.

The traditional dress known as hanbok (known as joseonot in the DPRK) has been worn since
ancient times. The hanbok consists of a shirt (jeogori) and pants (baji). The traditional hat,
called gwanmo, has special meaning is attached to this piece of clothing. According to social
status, Koreans used to dress differently, making clothing an important mark of social rank. The
ruling class and the royal family wore impressive, but sometimes cumbersome, costumes. They
used jewelry to distance themselves from the ordinary people.

DON”T

1. Don’t sit on empty chairs instantly when your dining in like with your family or friends
or whatever. Wait until the eldest is seated first.
2. Don’t leave any food on your plate. Try to finish as much as you can. When you’re
done, have your chopsticks rest on table.
3. Don’t point your chopsticks. This is considered rude and really bad manners.
4. Don’t Write Names in Red! Writing a person’s name in red ink means that
he or she is deceased, and if he or she is still alive, it means that the
person who wrote your name wishes that you were dead.

Do not blow your nose in public.

5. Don’t talk on train
6. Don’t receive things in one hand
7. Don’t refuse if someone offer you a drink

Do

1. Do come bearing gifts. When you’re invited to a home its respectful to give a gift like
flowe and chocolates, Don’t buy gifts that too much expensive
2. Be open-minded. It’s always nice to try new things, especially things you thought you
would never try before
3. Take off your shoes when you entering the house
4. When you meet someone, it is polite to bend slightly to greet him.
5.
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (/ˈhɑːnɡuːl/ HAHN-gool; from Korean 한글 Korean
pronunciation: [ha(ː)n.ɡɯl]) has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the
15th century by Sejong the Great.

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (/ˈhɑːnɡuːl/ HAHN-gool;[1] from Korean 한글 Korean
pronunciation: [ha(ː)n.ɡɯl]) has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th
century by Sejong the Great.[2][3] It may also be written Hangeul following the standard Romanization.
It is the official writing system of North Korea and South Korea. It is a co-official writing system in
the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County in Jilin
Province, China. It is sometimes used to write the Cia-Cia language spoken near the town of Bau-
Bau, Indonesia.
The alphabet consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels. Its letters are grouped into syllabic blocks,
vertically and horizontally. For example, the Korean word for "honeybee" (kkulbeol) is written 꿀벌,
not ㄲㅜㄹㅂㅓㄹ.[4] As it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, it has
been described as an "alphabetic syllabary" by some linguists.[5][6] As in traditional Chinese writing,
Korean texts were traditionally written top to bottom, right to left, and are occasionally still written this
way for stylistic purposes. Today, it is typically written from left to right with spaces between words
and western-style punctuation.[7]
Some linguists consider it among the most phonologically faithful writing systems in use today. One
interesting feature of Hangul is that the shapes of its consonants seemingly mimic the shapes of the
speaker's mouth when pronouncing each consonant.[5][7][8]
Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and
sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's 1,500 years of literary history, it was written
in Hanja. It is commonly divided into classical and modern periods, although this distinction is
sometimes unclear. Korea is home to the world's first metal and copper type, the world's earliest
known printed document and the world's first featural script.

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