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The Korean Traditional Dress, 'Hanbok'
Have you ever seen dramas based on Korean history? The interesting part that catches our eyes in most of these kinds of dramas is that all the characters are wearing different clothes from us who are living in 21st century. What they are wearing is called 'Hanbok', the Korean traditional dress. It's a special dress that exists only in Korea and its well known for its beautiful color and shape. Even though today we aren't wearing 'Hanbok' anymore, except on special occasions, it is still our one of proud tradition that we should acknowledge of.
'Hanbok' is the Korean traditional dress. This dress is famous for its various colors and simple lines without pockets. 'Hanbok' has different style for women and men. For women, traditional women's hanbok consists of jeogori, which is like a blouse shirt or a jacket these days, and chima, a long, full skirt. Underneath jeogori, women wear inner jeogori which is white long, full skirt underneath chima. Similiar to women's traditional hanbok, men's hanbok consists of jeogori and baji, a baggy pants. Inside jeogori and baji men also wear inner jeogori and pants also. Jeogori is the basic upper part of hanbok which both men and women wear. It covers the arm and upper part of the women and men's body. It also has two flat string attached to it on the outer side, so that it can be tied into a neat ribbon. Chima is a long and full skirt which is worn by women. The length is very long; it starts from the upper body where the chest is and to the foot. It is usually decorated with patters of butterflies and flowers which make it very fancy. Also, there are no pockets and it's very full when worn. Baji is a baggy pants which men worn beneath jeogori. It is very baggy which make it easier to sit on the floor. Even though hanbok looks very beautiful on the outside it's not very smooth to the skin when worn. It feels usually itchy when hanbok touches the skin therefore, not really comfortable to wear. Moreover, it's not easy to move around in hanbok especially in women's hanbok. The skirt is too long so it touches the floor and too full to move quickly. The jeogori is also uncomfortable when you move your arms since the sleeves are very wide and the total length of jeogori is very short.
Even though there are some inconvenience about 'Hanbok', it is famous globally for its diverse colors and simple line fit on human body. Its colors vary from black to white, almost every colors that exists in the world. Moreover, its simple line fit which contain Asian beauty that the world praise about is very simple but unique. Hanbok's smooth, glowing colors and tidy sewed patterns also make it more unique and fabulous. It is very impressive that our ancestors made this traditional dress. It is very outstanding design and our tradition that we should be proud of. |
Sunday, October 3, 2010
pg 49 essay first draft 200800759 Kim Ju Yeon
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From Noh Young Sun to Kim Ju Yeon
ReplyDeleteAssignment page49 first draft/ Korean tradition
I like the way you described Hanbok in great detail in the second paragraph. Even for foreigners, who do not know anything about Hanbok, I think they could easily picture how Hanbok looks like just by reading your essay^^
2. The main point of the this essay seems to be that Hanbok , which is well known around the world for its simple ,yet beautiful silhouette and vivid colors is a tradition that we ,Koreans, should be proud of.
3. I really like this line" Hanbok's smooth glowing colors and tidy sewed patterns also make it more unique and fabulous.", because of the choice of words. I think this is a very picturesque description.
4. Everything' clear.
5. I have one suggestion. You wrote towards the end of the second paragraph that Hanbok is a bit uncomfortable to wear. I would also write about simplified versions of the traditional Hanbok , just to let the readers know that they have other options.
To Kim Ju Yeon From Kim Si eun
ReplyDeletep.49 first draft/korean tradition
1.what i like about this piece of writing is your introdution. you can hook your reader and strat with your own topic.
2.Your main point seems to be Han Bok and its' beuty and inconveinece.
3.'It is very impressive that our ancestors made this traditional dress' I also absolutely agree to you.
4.None
5.The one change you could make that is from introduction, i think you only write about Hanbok's positive things. but in the body paragraph you also detail negative things. How about mentioning negative things about Hanbok in introduction?
pg 49 essay second draft 200800759 Ju Yeon Kim
ReplyDeleteThe Korean Traditional Dress, 'Hanbok'
Have you ever seen dramas based on Korean history? The interesting part that catches our eyes in most of these kinds of dramas is that all the characters are wearing different clothes from us who are living in 21st century. What they are wearing is called 'Hanbok', the Korean traditional dress. It's a special dress that exists only in Korea and its well known for its beautiful color and shape. Even though today we aren't wearing 'Hanbok' anymore, except on special occasions, it is still our one of proud tradition that we should acknowledge of.
'Hanbok' is the Korean traditional dress. This dress is famous for its various colors and simple lines without pockets. 'Hanbok' has different style for women and men. For women, traditional women's hanbok consists of jeogori, which is like a blouse shirt or a jacket these days, and chima, a long, full skirt. Underneath jeogori, women wear inner jeogori which is white long, full skirt underneath chima. Similiar to women's traditional hanbok, men's hanbok consists of jeogori and baji, a baggy pants. Inside jeogori and baji men also wear inner jeogori and pants also. Jeogori is the basic upper part of hanbok which both men and women wear. It covers the arm and upper part of the women and men's body. It also has two flat string attached to it on the outer side, so that it can be tied into a neat ribbon. It feels smooth when worn except the neck part which is a little bit itchy when touched to the skin. Moreover, it usually have big and fancy patterns sewed on the arms part or on the chest part of Jeogori. The patterns vary from flower, butterflies to Korean traditional patterns. Chima is a long and full skirt which is worn by women. The length is very long; it starts from the upper body where the chest is and to the foot. Due to its length, Chima usually touches the floor. Its is usually simple compared to Jeogori; it doesn't have any patters sewed in, just simple. Also, there are no pockets and it's very full when worn. The simple lines of Chima falling from the chest to the floor is said by experts that it makes women look more feminie. Baji is a baggy pants which men worn beneath jeogori. It is very baggy which make it easier to sit on the floor. On the ankle part it narrows up and is made to tie Baji around the ankles so overall its baggy on the upper part but narrowed on the lower part.
'Hanbok' is famous globally for its diverse colors and simple line fit on human body. Its colors vary from black to white, almost every colors that exists in the world. Moreover, its simple line fit which contain Asian beauty that the world praise about is very simple but unique. Hanbok's smooth, glowing colors and tidy sewed patterns also make it more unique and fabulous. It is very impressive that our ancestors made this traditional dress. It is very outstanding design and our tradition that we should be proud of.