Description: Korean nationality (朝鲜族) in China, also named “Chaoxian”, mainly distributes in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning. According to the 6th census in 2010, Korean nationality has a population of 1,830,000 in total, among which in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture it amounts to 770,000. The current Korean people in China are primary descendants of those who immigrated from Korean Peninsula between 1860 and 1945.
Language: Korean
Religion: Korean nationality has no unitized religion Some believe in Buddhism, some have faith in Christianity and some believe in Catholicism.
Clothe Character: Korean nationality prefer to white clothes. Traditional Korean clothe is called “Han-bok”. Female dresses short coat and long skirt, while short coat added to a waistcoat and wide trousers for male.
Food Culture: Korean people prefer to light diet with rice and millet as their daily staple food. Kimchi is essential in their daily life. They pickle a variety of vegetable such as Chinese cabbage, radish, cucumber, etc.. Bibimbap, sticky rice cake,soya sauce soup and chili are indispensable to their three means a day.
Festivals: Festivals in Korean nationality is similar to those of Han nationality including the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Day. In addition, they have three “family days”: one-year-old birthday for a baby, people’s 60th birthday and the 60 wedding anniversary.
Custom: Korean people pay more attention to the etiquette and indoor clean. They keep for an universal notion of “men managing external affairs, while women internal”, so men in Korean nationality never go into the kitchen. Korean nationality carries out the monogamy. According to the convention, two person who are close relative, clansman or have the same surname are not allowed to get married.
Arts and Culture: Korean people are all good at both dancing and singing. They like to express the feel by song and dance whether on festivals or in free time. Wrestling is the ancient sport and entertainment. Play football is popular to Korean people. They have their own football team from villages to counties.
Yanbian has became the well-known “home of football”. Playing swing and springboard are favorite entertainment to femel. They attaché importance to education. After the liberation, some folk school organizations were set up one after another. They raised fund by their own to establish hundreds of primary and middle schools.
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