Culture

Korea has a long and distinguished cultural history.

The Koreans are one of ethnic family speaking one language.

Linguistic and anthropological studies as well as legendary sources clearly distinguish Koreans from the Chinese and the Japanese.

Koreans were a homogeneous people by the beginning of the christian era.

The Korean people struggled successfully for millennia to maintain cultural and political identity despite the influence of neighboring countries.

Koreans all speak and write the same language , which has been a crucial factor in strong national identity .

Korean arts possesses several distinguishing characteristics that create a unique style of its own.

Korean art respects nature .

In traditional korea , the typical family was large with several generations usually living together.

With modernization , however , such large families are disappearing.

Koreans have traditionally believed that a man must first cultivate himself and manage his family properly before he can govern the nation.

Order at home is maintained through obedience to superiors that is , children obeying parents, the wife the husband, the servants the master, and so on.

This Confucian decorum has dominated Korean life and way of thinking over the centuries and is still respected in all forms of human relations.

Koreans still place great emphasis on filial piety to parents and ancestors, fidelity to spouse and faithfulness to friends, loyalty to the ruler and respect for teachers.

Korea's most ancient religions are Shamanism, Buddhism and Confucianism.

All these played an important role in the country's early cultural development and have greatly influenced thought and behavior.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the Korean people were actively acquiring classical cultural traditions of both the East and the West.

Confucianism and Taoism were being introduced from China, and Buddhism from far away as India and Central...