Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Korea's Traditional Clothes


We need clothes to live in this life. We are warm, and protect from for bees or other things through the clothes. Each country they have own their traditional clothes. So, I'll introduce about Korea's Traditional Clothes. You will very surprise about our traditional clothes when you saw it.

Our country, the Korea's traditional clothes was diffrent in each era. In Period of Three Country, we wear the clothes similar with the Chinese's one. But to pass the time, people in the Korea thought that their clothes and their clothes was changed little bit. And to reach in the Joseon Dynasty, it changed lot then the Period of Three Country. 0h, I don't mean that Period of Three country's clothes are not unconfortable. I mean that clothes is changed lot when time was passed. You know, clothes have trend at that time. It is the same principle. So, I'll say about to Joseon Dynasty's clothes. In Korea we wear the Joseon Dynasty Clothes in the traditional holiday then the Period of Three Country. Today I'll write about scientific facts about the Traditional clothes and I'll write about the kind of clothes next time.

1. The Scientific Fact About the Traditional Clothes
"Joseon's clothes are not practical. They wear hemp clothes when the winter winds are strong, and they wear white clothes like Arabian. Outer clothes is storting with
nettle fiber durumagi(it is meaning the Korea's Traditional out clothes). Mens, they are wear the accesories in their hair, and they make topknot in their horsehair wove band which made with the bamboo. Womens, they wear the skirts which clearstarch in their clothes and wear the jeogori(it means that Korean's traditional jaket)."
It is the speech that say in the <> that authour named Georges Ducrocq that France's diplomat in 1901. But when I read that speech, I was very angry and disappointed about that. Our traditional clothes is very scientific. Many people they says that Western's clothes are confortable than our traditonal clothes. But our traditional clothes are most confortable and fitable clothes in the world.

Traditional clothes are file in the box and western clothes are file in the hanger. Many people are didn't sence about this fact, but file the clothes is Korea's traditional clothes's strcture is diffrent with western's clothes.
Traditional clothes is flat structure. To design the clothes and complete clothes, it is flat. So, like the suit, it cannot be worry about to wrinkle and file in the hanger. Because it can be file in the box like the paper expect the padded clothes.
Traditional Clothes is flatland but when we wear, it become to three dimensions. To make like this clothes, Korean put the wrinkle in the clothes. Wrinkle, it can be cover our three dimension body to more easy and proper.In fact, Joseon Dyansty's military officer they wear the clothes that look like the skirt. Because to fight to ride the horse in the war, it is confortable then wear the official uniform.

Nowadays, in korea we make the wedding dress like the Korean traditional clothes`-hanbok. To see the clothes fact, I think our traditional clothes is very beautiful!!