Question about Korean superstition/taboo...

[telophase]

I seem to recall that there's a Japanese taboo against wrapping the kimono with the right side over the left, as that's the way it's done on the dead. Is there an equivalent superstition/taboo in Korea?

Because I'd like to know, if a Korean person saw this man, would they twig that something was up by the way he wears the right side over the left, or would it not matter?







And now to figure out what to go out and get for dinner. :P

Comments

[oyceter]

Nooo... he's not actually wearing really old-fashioned clothing; pre-Goryeo clothing looked a little like a shirt/robe over pants (the robe opens completely like a haori or kimono). I thiiiink that kind of collar is post-left-right-switch, particularly because it's got the white lining sewn on. Aiiiee! Now I wish I had stolen that Korean costuming book from the library ;).

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Curiouser and curiouser! Maybe I should just track down someone literate in Korean and ask the manhwaga! XD

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

And then given it to me. *g*

Was it ILL?

[oyceter]

Hee! Yeah, it was ILL. Do you want me to dig up the title?

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

YES.

[oyceter]

Here you go: Lee Kyung Ja, Hong Na Young, and Chang Sook Hwan - Traditional Korean Costume

Link to my post: http://oyceter.livejournal.com/721845.html