1. Korean Traditions By: Eric Lim

2. KoreanCelebration Hanbokis a Korean traditional clothes. Korean people wore Hanbok everyday in the olden days. However, Koreans in nowadays wear Hanboks ona Korean carnival, celebration, wedding days or when we worship the dead that is in our family (제사). Korean people celebrate Korean New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving Day the most. On Korean New Year’s Day, we bow down to the elderly to show respect and to wish them for a healthy long life. Then elderly gives us well-wishing remarks and some pocket money after.

3. Steps to bow down for boys The first thing to do is put your left hand on top ofyour right hand. Put your hands on your chest (do not change the positioning of your hands). Bend your left leg first, then bend your right leg. Put your palm and you elbows to the floor and keep that pose for 5 seconds or so. Then you stand up with your left leg first, then your right leg. Finally, you bow then it is all over (with respect). Men

4. Steps to bow down for girls Firstly, put your right hand on top of your left hand. Put your hands on your forehead (do not change the positioning of your hands). Bend your left leg first, then your right leg. Put your right foot below your right foot and sit down on your foot. Then bend your body 45 degrees forward and then put your elbows and hand on the floor. After 5 seconds or so, stand up right leg first then bow (with respect). Women

5. Korean traditional food Korean people just love having all sorts of food. But, the most favourite foods for Korean people are sushi (kimbab/김밥), seaweed soup (미역국), rice cake soup (떡국), bulgogi (불고기) and many more.

6. When do we eat these food? We eat rice cake soup in Korea on New Year’s Day, which is according to the lunar/moon calendar, otherwise you won’t be able to get 1 year older (Korean traditional culture). When it’s somebody’s birthday and he or she is in your family, you’ll get to eat the seaweed soup. Also, every woman in Korea, eats the seaweed soup after giving birth to a baby. Also, kimbab and bulgogi is food that Korean people enjoy eating in daily life. Kimbab is made with vegetables, meat, eggs and some rice, which is all rolled up into a cylinder shape by using a dry, long seaweed. Bulgogi is marinated beef which is very delicious.

8. 5000 years of history. Korea has been

9. developed in the based of Confucianism.

10. We respect elderly people and think that

11. family is the most important thing in life.