This page presents Korea's tradition and cultural originality through diverse photos. Regarding Korea's clothing, food, and dwelling culture, these photos include representations of Korea's traditional clothing, modern adaptations of Korean clothing, dwelling spaces such as hanok, and Korean traditional foods. Regarding Korea's traditional culture, these photos include cultural items which were enjoyed by a vide variety of social classes, including genre paintings, landscape paintings, pottery, traditional music, etc.
Korean Clothing, Food, and Dwellings as Seen through Images
Everyday hanbok / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization
Woman wearing hanbok / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (IR Studio)
Assortment of kimchi / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization
Court cuisine / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (Kim Ji-ho)
Bukchon Hanok Village (Jongno-gu, Seoul) / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (Kim Ji-ho)
Main gate of Gamgodang House (Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do)
Gamgodang House (Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do)
Gamgodang House (Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do)
Chusa Historic House (Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do)
Chusa Historic House (Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do)
Chusa Historic House (Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do)
Chusa Historic House (Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do)
Chusa Historic House (Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do)
Korean Clothing, Food, and Dwellings as Seen through Images
Five-story Stone Pagoda at the Site of Jeongnimsa Temple, from the later Baekje period (Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do)
Musical instruments used in the Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine
Musical instruments used in the Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine
Musical instruments used in the Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine
Korean drumming performers
White porcelain (Chungju Museum)
Traditional wedding (Chincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do) / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (Hong Sun-su)
Traditional wedding (Chincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (Kim Ji-ho)
Offering table (2013 World Confucian Cuisine Festival) / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (Kim Ji-ho)
Offering table (2013 World Confucian Cuisine Festival) / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (Kim Ji-ho)
Confucian food (2013 World Confucian Cuisine Festival) / Courtesy of the Korea Tourism Organization (Kim Ji-ho)
Kim Hong-do - Ssireum / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea (Gonggongnuri)
Kim Hong-do – Dancing Child / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea (Gonggongnuri)
Kim Hong-do – Arrow Shooting / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea (Gonggongnuri)
Sin Yun-bok – Woman Changing Geomungo Strings / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea (Gonggongnuri)
Sin Yun-bok - Daegwaedo / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea (Gonggongnuri)
Sin Yun-bok – Woman Wearing Jeonmo / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea (Gonggongnuri)
Jeong Seon - 신묘년 풍악도첩 속 금강산 / Courtesy of National Museum of Korea (Gonggongnuri)
Royal Culture of Korea as Seen through Images
Gwanghwamun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Gwanghwamun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Inside Sajeongjeon Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Royal Procession in front of Sajeongjeon Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace \
Changing of the Guard at Gyeongbokgung Palace
Changing of the Guard at Gyeongbokgung Palace
Changing of the Guard at Gyeongbokgung Palace
Changing of the Guard at Gyeongbokgung Palace
Inside Ganghyeongjeon Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Jangandang Hall of Geoncheonggung Palace in Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Geoncheonggung Palace in Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Gyeonghoeru Pavilion of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Geungjeongjeon Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Geungjeongjeon Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Geungjeongjeon Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Inside Geungjeongjeon Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Amisan Hill of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Hyangwonjeong Pavilion of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Injeongjeon Hall of Changdeokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Inside Injeongjeon Hall of Changdeokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Geumcheongyo Bridge of Changdeokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
The back of Donhwamun Gate of Changdeokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
of Changdeokgung Palace (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Jongmyo Shrine (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Jongmyo Shrine (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Jongmyo Shrine (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine
Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine
Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine
Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine
Ancestral Rituals at the Royal Shrine