South Korea and North Korea have some shared cultural elements but also differences reflected in their national symbols. Some common Korean cultural heritage sites featured traditional architecture, landscapes, and royal tombs. Traditional Korean clothing included hanbok for everyday wear and ceremonial garments like dangui. Korean folk traditions featured musical instruments, dances, and cuisine like bibimbap. Shamanism was the original religion of Korea and still survives today alongside influences from Buddhism, Confucianism, and newer religions. These traditions have long coexisted and remain an important part of Korean culture and people's spirituality.

1. South Korean
Flag or Taegukgi

2. National Animal
of South Korea
(Tiger)

3. Hibiscus
-National Flower
in South Korea

4. Korean People

5. Korean People

6. North Korea

7. North Korean
Flag

8. Magnolia
-National Flower
in North Korea

9. National Bird
(Korean Magpie)

10. HERITAGE
SITES
IN KOREA

11. Seoul
Changdeokgung
Palace Complex

12. Hwaseong
Fortress
Gyeonggi Province

13. Jeju Volcanic
Island and
Lava Tubes
Jeju Province

14. Royal Tombs
of the Joseon
Dynasty
Gyeonggi Province and Seoul

15. Seokguram
Grotto
and
Bulguksa
Temple
North Gyeongsang Province

16. Jeongbang
Waterfall onJeju
Island

17. Standing stone
Buddhas of
Paju

18. KOREAN
CLOTHING

19. Dangui is a female
upper garment worn for
ceremonial occasions
during the Joseon
Dynasty.
Dangui was also
called dang-
jeogori, dang-jeoksam,
or dang-hansam

20. Gwanbok is a Korean
general term referring to
all business attires of
government officers given
by government, with Rank
badge on them to
distinguish hierarchies.

21. Dopo is a variety
of po (an overcoat)
mostly worn by
male Confucian
scholars
called seonbi since
the mid Joseon
period.

22. Hanbok is the
traditional Korean
dress

23. A display of models
wearing hwarot, Korean
traditional costume for bride.
Crowns called jokduri on the left
model's head and hwagwan on
the right.

27. Korean sword dance-Jinju geommu

28. Traditional band of Korea playing a music with
instruments.
Korean folk
musics
are Pansori pe
rformed by one
singer and one
drummer.

29. Korean cuisine-Bibimbap

31. Shamanism (/ˈʃɑːmən/ SHAH-mən or /ˈʃeɪmən/ SHAY-mən)
is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered
states of consciousness in order to encounter and interact
with the spirit world and channel these transcendental
energies into this world.[2] A shaman is a person regarded
as having access to, and influence in, the world
of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters
into a trance state during a ritual, and
practices divination and healing.[3]

32. The original religion of the Korean people was Shamanism, which though not as
widespread as in ancient times, still survives to this day. Female shamans
or mudang are often called upon to enlist the help of various spirits to achieve various
means.
Buddhism and Confucianism were later introduced to Korea through cultural exchanges
with Chinese dynasties. Buddhism was the official religion of the Goryeo dynasty, and
many privileges were given to Buddhist monks during this period. However, the Joseon
period saw the suppression of Buddhism, where Buddhist monks and temples were
banned from the cities and confined to the countryside. In its place a strict form
of Confucianism, which some see as even more strict than what had ever been adopted
by the Chinese, became the official philosophy.
Throughout Korean history and culture, regardless of separation, the traditional beliefs
of Korean Shamanism, Mahayana Buddhism and Confucianism have remained an
underlying influence of the religion of the Korean people as well as a vital aspect of their
culture. In fact, all these traditions coexisted peacefully for hundreds of years. They still
exist in the more Christian South and in the North, despite pressure from its government.