Don't know how I missed this post.<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+May 9 2007, 09:14 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ May 9 2007, 09:14 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jumong (TV series)
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Anyone watching Korean TV series based on historical records. In 37 BC, Jumong established Goguryeo, and became its first Taewang ("Supreme King")
During that era, culturally, they were completely identical to Hindus, same rituals and customs. E.g Marriage in front of fire, fruit offering, believe in ills of solar eclipse, cremation, wearing white dress during cremation, bowing in front of elders as its done in South India, role of priest/Brahmins.
There is no difference at all.[right][snapback]68459[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Mudy, like you, my mother also watches Korean dramas - she goes to the next-next door neighbour's house on some afternoons just to talk and stays there watching the afternoon dramas. She likes them very much and admires how the women and men are very traditional and "it's a lot like in India".
I've not seen the one you mention, but got glimpses of a handful of episodes of two myself when visiting friends. The two I saw were very popular among Buddhists and other uncoverted Koreans, "because it's about traditional life".
Very, very beautiful people of all ages - grandparents, middle aged people, younger individuals, kids - in these programs, by the way <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> A feast for the eyes.
Actually, because of the dish, they get Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean dramas to watch with multilingual subtitles. No English subs, sadly. They watch the ones about Buddhist and/or other old traditional religious society in these countries, as well as some modern romances that aren't affiliated to any religion (read christianity).
About what you wrote. I concur. There's lots of points of similarity. Some still exist today. Small roadside temples in Japan (and Korea, I'm told) to which people show their respects by bowing, like we do. Puja rooms - Shinto people have this, Korean Buddhists too and I'm told traditional Korean religion does as well. Some cultural similarities too.
What I like is that they have high ethical principles and expect much of themselves, but they don't judge others when others fail to live up to the same standards.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->bowing in front of elders as its done in South India<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Filial piety is a constant throughout Asia. Although Buddhism also stressed it, it was already there in all SE and E Asian nations.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->fruit offering to Gods<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Also existed pre-Buddhism. Koreans and Shinto Japanese have been doing this for ages. For the same reasons we do.
The other similarities you mention are rather incredibly like our own practises.
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Anyone watching Korean TV series based on historical records. In 37 BC, Jumong established Goguryeo, and became its first Taewang ("Supreme King")
During that era, culturally, they were completely identical to Hindus, same rituals and customs. E.g Marriage in front of fire, fruit offering, believe in ills of solar eclipse, cremation, wearing white dress during cremation, bowing in front of elders as its done in South India, role of priest/Brahmins.
There is no difference at all.[right][snapback]68459[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Mudy, like you, my mother also watches Korean dramas - she goes to the next-next door neighbour's house on some afternoons just to talk and stays there watching the afternoon dramas. She likes them very much and admires how the women and men are very traditional and "it's a lot like in India".
I've not seen the one you mention, but got glimpses of a handful of episodes of two myself when visiting friends. The two I saw were very popular among Buddhists and other uncoverted Koreans, "because it's about traditional life".
Very, very beautiful people of all ages - grandparents, middle aged people, younger individuals, kids - in these programs, by the way <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> A feast for the eyes. Actually, because of the dish, they get Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean dramas to watch with multilingual subtitles. No English subs, sadly. They watch the ones about Buddhist and/or other old traditional religious society in these countries, as well as some modern romances that aren't affiliated to any religion (read christianity).
About what you wrote. I concur. There's lots of points of similarity. Some still exist today. Small roadside temples in Japan (and Korea, I'm told) to which people show their respects by bowing, like we do. Puja rooms - Shinto people have this, Korean Buddhists too and I'm told traditional Korean religion does as well. Some cultural similarities too.
What I like is that they have high ethical principles and expect much of themselves, but they don't judge others when others fail to live up to the same standards.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->bowing in front of elders as its done in South India<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Filial piety is a constant throughout Asia. Although Buddhism also stressed it, it was already there in all SE and E Asian nations.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->fruit offering to Gods<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Also existed pre-Buddhism. Koreans and Shinto Japanese have been doing this for ages. For the same reasons we do.
The other similarities you mention are rather incredibly like our own practises.