Last Sept, 15th Korean Celebrated the one Of Korean biggest holiday called 추석 (Chuseok).
Chuseok is also referred to as Hangawi (한가위). Han means “big” and gawi means “the ides of the 8th lunar month or autumn.” According to the lunar calendar, the full harvest moon appears on the 15th day of the eighth month. It is similar to Thanksgiving Day.
You can read complete information about Chuseok from this link
Holiday but not much we can do because usually the store and famous places closed during Chuseok, it's only historical tourist attraction like a palace or theme park is open during Chuseok.
Because Chuseok is a traditional cultural holiday for Korean, I want to try some Korean-culture related things, so I came to one-day Hanbok rental.
What is 한복 (Hanbok)?
Hanbok is the traditional attire of the Korean people. Worn daily up until just 100 years ago, these days it is only worn on festive occasions or special anniversaries. It is a formal dress and most Koreans keep a hanbok for special times in their life.
Nowadays Hanbok became one of hot-fashion item. The designer often uses the idea of Hanbok to make design for modern clothes. While the traditional Hanbok was beautiful in its own right, the design has changed slowly but surely over the generations. The core of Hanbok is its graceful shape and vibrant colors, which have had a major impact on the modern fashion industry.
It is hard to think of Hanbok as everyday wear, but it is slowly being revolutionized through the changing of fabrics, colors and features, reflecting the public's desires. Many aspiring Hanbok designers have altered Hanbok for everyday wear with traditional elements at the basis of the garment but having a distinct modern feel.
It is hard to think of Hanbok as everyday wear, but it is slowly being revolutionized through the changing of fabrics, colors and features, reflecting the public's desires. Many aspiring Hanbok designers have altered Hanbok for everyday wear with traditional elements at the basis of the garment but having a distinct modern feel.
This is my second time wearing the Hanbok. I picked the soft color match with pastel pink and pastel purple. Want to create a good ladylike image. ;p
I rented the hanbok at a store called 오늘하루한복 (Today One-day Hanbok), this store has 3 branches and You can find the complete information :
https://m.facebook.com/
(I can't found the English website)
Operation hour : Everyday from 10.00-20.30
Price : 4hours for 14.000₩ 28hours for 28.000₩.
That day I rented for 24hours just for 16.000₩ because Chuseok's special price.
You can pick your own style and color of the Hanbok, and you can walk around the area (Samcheongdong area) and take a lot pictures of that!
And I went to 경복궁(Gyeongbokgung). Gyeongbokgung Palace is arguably the most beautiful, and remains the largest of all five palaces. The very famous Korea historical sites! You definitely need to travel there if you come
to Korea.
How to get there:
Subway :
- Gyeongbokgung Palace Station (Line 3) Exit 5.
- Gwanghwamun Station (Line 5) Exit 2.
For more information http://www.royalpalace.go.kr/
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Detail clothes:
Like I said I picked pink top and bottom purple for my Hanbok. The top surrounded by beautiful, colorful flower embroideries.
For hair used like a pink ribbon to complete my braid hair plus some cute headband. And the beautiful flower pouch. :)
And I paired with Blue tank-top from Uniqlo and Abstract Tank from Forever 21.
After walking around for 4-5 hours + drenched with sweat, we back to the rental shop and after exchanging the clothes back, we continued to walk around the area called 삼청동 (Samcheongdong).
Samcheongdong is a quite popular street area, along with traditional-look restaurant, cafe, store. You can enjoy the Korea modern-contemporary atmosphere here while shopping or just simply walking around and there are a lot Cafés and restaurant you can enjoy also. With Beautiful mural painting and relax atmosphere, Samcheongdong is the right place to spend time with family and friends.
And I uploaded my pictures from my first Hanbok-wearing experience. :)
What I love the most from Korea is about their endless love to their own cultural and histories. The time between the modernization and history, they still remember and respect their history in the middle of the craziness modernization lifestyle. And I want to be person whose proud and respected my own country's history.
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The Hanbok Clothing is a beautiful and traditional clothing worn in Korea. It is usually made of a light fabric such as silk and is often brightly coloured. The Hanbok consists of a jeogori (a jacket with long sleeves) and a chima (a skirt).
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