Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

전통

/jeontong/Roman

English meaning: Tradition

Korean Definition

(한국어)

전통은 세대를 거쳐 전해 내려오는 관습과 믿음이다. 한국의 전통에는 추석(한가위), 설날, 유교적 제례의식, 판소리, 태권도 등이 포함된다. 유네스코는 많은 한국 문화 전통을 무형문화유산으로 등재했다.

English Definition

Customs and beliefs passed through generations. Korea's traditions include Chuseok (Harvest Festival), Seollal (Lunar New Year), Confucian ancestral rites, and traditional arts like pansori singing and taekwondo. UNESCO has inscribed many Korean cultural traditions as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Example

추석은 한국의 가장 중요한 전통 명절 중 하나입니다.

In English: Chuseok is one of Korea's most important traditional holidays.

Synonyms

  • 관습
  • 유산

Antonyms / Opposites

  • 혁신
  • 근대화

Literary Heritage

땅은 사람의 어머니이다. 땅을 잃은 사람은 뿌리를 잃은 나무와 같다

/Ttangeun saramui eomeoida. Ttangeul ilheon sarameun ppurirul ilheon namuwa gatda/

The land is the mother of people. A person who loses the land is like a tree that has lost its roots.

Pak Kyongni · Novelist · 20th century CE

Toji (The Land)

Toji, Volume 1, Part 1, 1969

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