Korean culture
Vesna Gligorin II4
Filološka gimnazija Beograd
2012/2013.

Index
• History
• Religion
• Clothing
• Music
• Food

History
• In the beginning,
there lived tribal
groups on the
Korean peninsula.
• Over the last 2,000
years, the Korean
peninsula has been
wracked by eight
major invasions and
countless smaller
wars and

Prehistory and Myths
• Traditional myths of ancient Korea tell that
over 4,000 years ago Hwanung, the King of
Heaven, came near a Tan tree on Mt. Taebak
in North Korea.

Religion
• Historically, Koreans lived under the
influences of Shamanism, Buddhism, Daoism
or Confucianism.

Clothing
• Hanbok

Music
• Two distinct musical cultures exist in Korea
today: traditional music (Gugak) and Western
music (yangak).

Food
• Korean food is based upon rice, vegetables,
and meats.