Way way waaaaay back in ancient Korea, before Korea became unified and was still split into smaller kingdoms, Chinese culture had a BIG influence because these kingdoms paid tribute to China as an ally and as an extortion fee. Through this there was a one way exchange of fashion, literature, religion, and etc. So don't be surprised if you see Chinese influences.
I see now!! thank you, so china culture did have a big influence in korea, I knew little about it so I was really lost about hanfu bc I assimilate them totally to china, I learned smth today!
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I am sorry to ask this but is this why hanja has Chinese letters?
Yes. Hanmoon or hanjja is made up of Chinese characters, but Korean pronunciations. WAY later on King Seojung realized most of his people were illiterate and only the upperclass had access to learn all those characters, so for the rest of his reign he committed his life to creating hangul, the Korean alphabet which was made up of consonants and vowels and way easier to remember and use.
Wow you're quite knowledgeable abt this.... by any chance are u Korean?
Thanks for the info btw
Yup! Even though I was born in the USA, I learned to read and write hangul, so I get the perspective of 2 different "worlds," and can better explain it to my non Korean friends. My dad is also an amateur ancient Korean history buff, so I've been learning this from him since I was little, while my mom has traditional Confucius values, sprinkled with some knowledge of country Korean shamanism...even though she's a Christian...lol!
Wow!! I had least expected to met a Korean person on mangago ntmy
So, we do agree it's a manhwa? then from what I see the clothes they're wearing are hanfu right ? so does that mean hanfu exist in korean culture or I'm missing smth ?
It's just a innocent question, I'm curious!