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Hanbok Museum

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Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Hanbok Museum
Phone:
+82 2-734-9477

Address:
74, Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu | Next to Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 110-190, South Korea

A Hanbok or Joseon-ot is a traditional Korean dress for semi-formal or formal attire during traditional occasions such as festivals, celebrations, and ceremonies. It is characterized by vibrant colors and simple lines without pockets. Although the term literally means Korean clothing, hanbok usually refers specifically to clothing of the Joseon period. Korea had a dual clothing tradition in which rulers and aristocrats adopted different kinds of mixed foreign-influenced indigenous styles while commoners preserved a distinct style of indigenous clothing, today known as hanbok.In the East Asian context, hanbok is considered to be hobok , a northern Asian nomadic style clothing derived from the Eurasian steppe tradition. From a Sinocentric point of view, hobok, meaning barbarian clothing, is a type of clothing different from the Chinese Hanfu.In 1996, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism established Hanbok Day to encourage South Korean citizens to wear hanbok.
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