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Gijang Culture and Etiquette School to demonstrate Korean traditional wedding ceremony

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The Gijang Culture and Etiquette School, located at Weolnae-ri Jangan-eup, Gijang County will perform a traditional Korean wedding ceremony on November 12. Among the Korean wedding ceremony procedures -‘Uihon’(the process of marriage negotiation), ‘Napchae’(sending of the prospective groom’s ‘saju’, or birth details, to the bride’s family), ‘Nappae’¹, ‘Chinyeong’(Jeonanrye, Gyobaerye, Hapgeunrye and Seonghonrye), and ‘Pyebaek’² , ‘Pyebaek will be performed.

 

Two couples among some visiting delegates from Bungo-ono City in Oita Prefecture, which has sisterhood ties with Jangan-eup, plan to wear ‘samogwandae’ (the traditional wedding outfit of the groom) and ‘wonsam’ (the bride's wedding costume), and then act out the roles of bride and groom at the wedding ceremony. In addition, various other aspects of traditional Korean culture, such as natural dyeing, Kimchi-making and rice cake throwing will be shown to visitors. 

 

Furthermore, the school hopes to hear from couples who didn't have a chance to experience a fully fledged ceremony when they got married, and from multi-cultural families, to make a wedding ceremony for them from next year.

 

For more information, please contact the Gijang Culture and Etiquette School at 051)728-8020.

 

¹. On the day prior to the wedding, the groom’s family sent presents called ‘Honsu’ and a wedding paper called a ‘Honseo’ to the bride and her family in a box called a Ham.

². ‘Pyebaek’ is the name given to the bride’s first greeting to her new parents-in-law and to other members of her husband’s family, treating them with utmost courtesy as she officially becomes a member of her husband’s family.