Korean Shamanism - Korean Shamanism There are a number of shamanistic practices that are developed in Korea. They have deep roots and been influenced by Buddhism. Even though belief in Korean shamanism is not considered widespread these days, the practices are kept alive. In the past such shamanistic rites have doubled as agricultural rites, such as prayers for abundant harvest. With a shift away from agriculture in modern Korea this has been completely lost. The rites themselves underwent a number of changes through the Silla and Goryeo periods. Even during the Joseon Dynasty which was Confucian in every way, shamanistic rites were allowed to continue. Korean shamanism is distinguished by its seeking to solve human problems through a meeting of humanity and the spirits. This meeting is mediated by.
Korean mythology - Korean mythology Korean mythology consists of national legends & folk-tales which come from the all over the Korean penninsula. Considering the size of the area there is a remarkable ammount of variation which has occurred. Even so it is possible to make some generalisations. The original religion of Korea was a form of the Eurasian Shamanism, though it shows some similarity with the original religion of China & Taoism. There has been a mass conversion to Christianity occur amongst the population since the Korean War. After the Korean War Koreans became embarrassed about their own mythology and though many figures are still alive in the consciousness of the general population, much of the oral tradition about the relationship between the mythological figures has been lost. While.
Traditional Korean thought - Traditional Korean thought Traditional Korean thought There are a number of religious and philosophical thought-systems that have influenced life in Korea. The following articles discuss various important movements that have shaped Korean life and thought over the millennia. Korean Shamanism Korean Buddhism Korean Buddhist Temples Korean Confucianism.
Demographics of North Korea - Demographics of North Korea The Korean Peninsula was first populated by peoples of a Tungusic branch of the Ural-Altaic language family who migrated from the northwestern regions of Asia. Some of these peoples also populated parts of northeast China (Manchuria); Koreans and Manchurians still show physical similarities. Koreans are racially and linguistically homogeneous. Although there are no indigenous minorities in North Korea, there is a small Chinese community (about 50,000) and some 1,800 Japanese wives who accompanied the roughly 93,000 Koreans returning to the North from Japan during 1959-62. Korean is a Ural-Altaic language and is related to Japanese and remotely related to Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, and Mongolian. Although dialects exist, the Korean spoken throughout the peninsula is mutually comprehensible. In North Korea, the Korean alphabet (hangul) is used.
Dangun - 646 Dangun Mamul BC 646-BC 590 Dangun Damul BC 590-BC 545 Dangun Duhol BC 545-BC 509 Dangun Daleum BC 509-BC 491 Dangun Umcha BC 491-BC 471 Dangun Uleuji BC 471-BC 461 Dangun Mulli BC 461-BC 425 Dangun Gumul BC 425-BC 396 Dangun Yeoru BC 396-BC 341 Dangun Boeul BC 341-BC 295 Dangun Goyeolga BC 295-BC 237 Origin of the myth Dangun has never appeared in Chinese documents, even though they record other legends like that of Jumong (the legendary founder of Goguryeo) in detail. In addition, the Samguk Sagi--the oldest existing history book in Korea--makes no mention of Dangun, leading some people to theorize that the myth was formed some time between the 10th and 13th centuries. According to such a theory, repeated invasions by the Khitan and Mongols would have.
South Korea - 민국 大韓民國) in Korean) is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the peninsula of Korea. To the north it borders North Korea with which it formed a single nation until 1948, while Japan lies across the East Sea (Sea of Japan; see Notice on Talk page) and Korea Strait to the southeast. The Korean name of the country means "Great Han Republic," and comes from Daehan Jeguk (대한 제국; 大韓帝國; "Great Han Empire"), the official name of Korea from the 1890s until the Japanese occupation of Korea. The country is commonly called Namhan (남한; 南韓; "South Han") in South Korea and Namchosŏn (남조선; 南朝鮮; "South Chosŏn" (McCune-Reischauer (MR))/"South Joseon" (Revised Romanization (RR))) in North Korea. 대한민국 / 大韓民國 Daehan Min-guk (In Detail) National motto: None Official language.
List of Chinese ethnic groups - of resentment against the majority. Other groups such as the Zhuang, Hui Chinese, and ethnic Koreans are well integrated into the national community. In order of population these are: Han (汉族) Zhuang (壮族) Manchu (满族) Hui (回族) Miao (苗族) (Hmong) Uighur (维吾尔族) Yi (彝族) Tujia (土家族) Mongol (蒙古族) Tibetan (藏族) Buyi (布依族) Dong (侗族) Yao (瑶族) Korean (朝鲜族) Bai (白族) Hani (哈尼族) Li (黎族) Kazakh (哈萨克族) Dai (傣族, also called Dai Lue, one of the Thai ethnic groups) She (畲族) Lisu (傈僳族) Gelao (仡佬族) Lahu (拉祜族) Dongxiang (东乡族) Wa (佤族) (Va) Shui (水族) Naxi (纳西族) (includes the Mosuo (摩梭)) Qiang (羌族) Du (土族) Xibe (锡伯族) Mulam (仫佬族) Kirghiz (柯尔克孜族) Daur (达斡尔族) Jingpo (景颇族) Salar (撒拉族) Blang (布朗族 Bulang) Maonan (毛南族) Tajik (塔吉克族) Pumi (普米族) Achang (阿昌族) Nu (怒族) Evenki (鄂温克族) Gin.
List of Korea-related topics - - T -U - V - W - X - Y - Z Talk and meta pages Other Wikimedia sites Naming conventions Note on romanization 1 38th parallel - 88 Olympic Expressway - 1988 Summer Olympics - 2002 World Cup: see Football World Cup 2002 A Administrative divisions of Korea - Amnok River - An Jung-geun - Arirang - Asian financial crisis - Asian Theatre of World War II - Asiana Airlines B (See also P) Baduk: see Go (board game) - Baekje - Barhae - Battle of Yalu River (1894) - Battle of Sarhu - Battle of Yalu River (1904) - Boeun-gun - Buddhism: see Korean Buddhism) - Bulguksa - Busan - Buyeo (County) - Buyeo (Kingdom) C (See also J) Leonard Chang - Changbaek Mountains - Changwon - Cheongju.
Kim (Korean name) - Kim (Korean name) Kim (김 金) is the most common family name in Korea. In South Korea in 1985, out of a population of between roughly 40 and 45 million, there were approximately 8.8 million Kims--roughly 20% of the population. The name is also common in North Korea. The name is very occasionally also transliterated as Gim. Famous Kims in Korean history have included the politican Kim Ku, the North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il, the South Korean presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung, and the fashion designer Andre Kim..
Korean language - Korean language The Korean language is spoken primarily and officially in Korea (South Korea and North Korea), also in the People's Republic of China (Yanbian). Worldwide, there are around 78 million Korean speakers, including large groups in the former Soviet Union, the United States, Canada, and Japan. Korean is considered by many to be a member of the Altaic family, but its proper classification is not universally agreed on. The native Korean writing system, the Hangul is alphabetic and phonetic. Along with Sino-Korean characters (Hanja), well over 50% of the Korean vocabulary comes directly or indirectly from from Chinese. Korean Spoken in: Korea Total speakers: 78 Million Ranking: 12 Genetic classification: Language isolate Official status Official language of: North Korea South Korea ISO 639-1: ko ISO.
Korean War - Korean War The Korean War, from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between communist North and anti-communist South Korea. It was also a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Principal combatants were North and South Korea, the United States and the People's Republic of China, although many nations sent troops under the aegis of the United Nations. The Soviet Union also supplied combat advisors and aircraft pilots, in addition to arms, for the Chinese and North Korean troops. In US parlance Korea was officially a police action, not a war. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins 2 The War Begins 3 Western Reaction 4 Inchon Landing 5 Entrance of the Chinese 6 Stalemate 7 Legacy 7.1 Korea 7.2.
Korean reunification - Korean reunification Korean reunification refers to the unification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government..
Korean Air Flight 7 - Korean Air Flight 7 Korean Air Flight 7 (KAL007, KE007) was the flight number of a civilian airliner shot down by Soviet fighters on September 1, 1983, after flying over Sakhalin Island. The USSR called the flyover a violation of its airspace and declared that such a violation justified shooting down the plane and killing its 269 passengers and crew. The policy of the United States (prior to September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks) and most other countries is not to shoot down errant civilian airliners, even if they fly directly over a military base. Accordingly, the shoot-down attracted a storm of protest in the United States and from many people in Europe. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Chronology 2 Theories 3 See Also 4.
Korean - Korean Korean is: A person from or something related to Korea (See also Famous Korean people) The Korean language Korean Chinese, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Korean name - Korean name Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Current names 1.1 Family names 1.2 Given names 2 Historical names 2.3 Native names 2.4 Mongolian names 2.5 Japanese Names 3 References 4 See also 5.
Korean American - Korean American A Korean American is a person of Korean ancestry who was either born in or is an immigrant of the United States. Korean immigration to the U.S. is widely accepted as having started Jan 13, 1903, when laborers arrived on Hawaii to work on sugar plantations. As of 2000 Korean Americans numbered some 1.1 million, with large concentrations in California, New York, and New Jersey. For some notable Korean Americans, see List of famous Korean Americans See also: Koreans Asian American Demographics of the United States.
Korean War order of battle - Korean War order of battle This is a Korean War order of battle. It is a list of units and commands that took part in the Korean War from 1950-53. On this page are listed the major commands that took part in operations. Subsidiary commands are listed on sub-pages of this, as to list all subsidiary commands on one page would be too complicated. Where no date is shown for a command, assume it present at the start of the war, on June 25 1950. General Headquarters United Nations Command - Formally activated 10 July 1950, before then Allied forces were formally under American operational control. US Army Forces Far East US Eighth Army US X Corps September 15 1950-December 24 1950 Republic of Korea Army.
Korean Workers' Party - Korean Workers' Party The Korean Workers' Party (조선 로동당 ; 朝鮮 勞動黨) is the current ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It is led by Kim Jong Il. In theory, the national party congress is the supreme party organ. The party congress approves reports of the party organs, adopts basic party policies and tactics, and elects members to the KWP Central Committee and the Central Auditing Committee. The election, however, is perfunctory because the members of these bodies are actually chosen by Kim Jong-Il and his few trusted lieutenants. When the party congress is not in session, the Central Committee acts as the official agent of the party, according to Article 14 of the party rules. As of September 1992, the KWP had.
Korean-Japanese disputes - Korean-Japanese disputes South Korea, North Korea, and Japan have had disputes concerning many things. Korea and Japan hadn't have a friendly relationship in history, even today; however, the countries are trying to maintain cooperation and friendship. These below are some of the issues that are still argued about. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Corea/Korea 2 Dok-do/Takeshima 3 East Sea/Sea of Japan 4 Hangeul/Jindai-Moji 5 Korean Government Policies 6 North Korean nuclear weapons claims 7 North Korean kidnapping of Japanese citizens Corea/Korea Some South Koreans claim that Japanese intentionally promoted the spelling of Korea instead of Corea during the colonial era, the reason being that K comes after J in the Latin alphabet. In 1594, the map created by Petrus Plancius of the Netherlands is known to.
Korean Buddhism - Korean Buddhism Since Korean Buddhism has come to the attention of Western scholarship rather late compared with Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, it still lies, with its deep store of untouched resources, almost fully open for exploration. And while early ignorance regarding the Korean Buddhist tradition lent to some degree of uninformed glossing over from preconceptions drawn from models in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, scholars of East Asian Buddhism nowadays are generally becoming aware of the important role of Korean Buddhism in the East Asian religious/philosophical sphere. The most distinctive general characteristic that can be seen in the Korean Buddhist tradition is the tendency for its most noted thinkers to be holistic in the interpretation of doctrine and to be exasperatingly thorough in the resolution of doctrinal.
