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Encyclopedia > Chima jeogori
Chima jeogori
Hangul:
치마저고리
Revised Romanization: Chima jeogori
McCune-Reischauer: Ch'ima chŏgori

Chima jeogori is a term for a women's costume consisting of a "chima" skirt and "jeogori" top. Men wear baji jeogori: baji (baggy pants) and jeogori. It is not a national costume per se, but a form of hanbok, the traditional Korean form of dress. Jamo redirects here. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Hanbok is the traditional Korean dress (known as chosŏn-ot (조선옷) in North Korea). ...


In Japan, girls attending schools for the Korean minority wear a uniform that is based on the chima jeogori. At times, such schoolgirls have become the targets for verbal abuse and threats, and their uniforms have been slashed.


See also

The traditional culture of Korea is shared by South Korea and North Korea, but there are regional differences. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

References

  • lifeinkorea.com
  • The Summary Report of The NGOs in Japan

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Hanbok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (628 words)
Some of the basic elements of today’s hanbok, namely the shirt - jeogori and pants - baji, were probably worn at a very early date, but it was not until the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC - AD 668) that the two-piece costume of today began to evolve.
Short, tight trousers and tight, waist-length jackets were worn by both men and women during the early part of the period, as evidenced by ancient tomb paintings.
The skirt chima was shortened as was the shirt jeogori, which was hiked up above the waist and tied at the chest with a long, wide ribbon instead of belted and the sleeves were curved slightly.
Image of Korea-01 (1456 words)
It is often called chima-jeogori, chima being the Korean word for skirt and jeogori the word for jacket.
Young women wore red chima and yellow jeogori prior to marriage and red chima and green jeogori after the wedding when bowing to their parents-in-law and when paying respect to them upon returning from the honeymoon.
With time, however, the jeogori was gradually shortened until it just covered the breasts, making it necessary to reduce the fullness of the chima so that it could be extended almost to the armpits, this remains the fashion today.
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