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The seasonal customs of Korea are the folk customs of everyday life that have been repeated annually throughout the ages. As such, the residents of a particular community came to share the uniformity of everyday customs by living within the same natural environment and cultural setting. In this regard, seasonal customs are closely related to the rhythms of everyday life, and as the same customs are repeated at the same time every year, they accumulate and shape the common patterns in the people's daily lives. About the author David E. Shaffer graduated from Pennsylvania State University and completed his graduate studies in English linguistics at Chosun University. He has lived and worked in Korea for many years. He is professor of the English Language Department at Chosun University in Gwangju, South Korea, where he has taught since 1976. -preface of the book
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
I. Introduction
1. The Significance of Seasonal Customs
2. The Origins of Seasonal Customs
3. The Characteristics of Seasonal Customs
II. Customs of the Twenty-Four Seasonal Periods
III. The Lunar Calendar and Customs of the Twelve Months
1. The Lunar Calendar
2. The First Month: New Year’s Celebrations
3. The Second Month: Post-New Year’s Activities
4. The Third Month: Spring Flowers and Samjit-nal
5. The Fourth Month: Buddhist Celebrations
6. The Fifth Month: Dano
7. The Sixth Month: Yudu and Dog Days
8. The Seventh Month: Chilseok and Baekjung
9. The Eighth Month: Harvest Moon Festival
10. The Ninth Month: Negative Influences
11. The Tenth Month: National Foundation, Horses, and Sondol
12. The Eleventh Month: Dongjit-dal
13. The Twelfth Month: Seot-dal Rounds Out the Year
IV. Extra Special Days and Months
1. The Twelve Zodiac Days and Related Customs
2. The Intercalary Month
Bibliography
Author
David E. Shaffer 신동욱
David E. Shaffer has lived and worked in Korea for many years. He is a professor of the English Language Department at Chosun University in Gwangju, South Korea, where he has taught since 1976.
Before relocating to Korea in the early 1970s, Dr. Shaffer lived in Pennsylvania, in the northeastern United States. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University and completed his graduate studies in English linguistics at Chosun University. In addition to teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, he has been active in English-teacher training and has authored several English-language instruction books, in addition to The Heavens, the Wind, the Stars and Poetry, a translation of the complete works of the poet Yun Dong-ju.
In the 1990s, Dr. Shaffer was especially active as a columnist for a number of Korean periodicals with nationwide readership. He has written on the English and Korean languages, as well as traditional and modern Korean culture. In 1993, he was the recipient of the Modern Korean Literature Translation award in poetry. Dr. Shaffer has also authored more than a dozen essays on Korea, including 『Sesi Customs』, which appears in the Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (2002), and a guide to learning Korean, Crackin’ the Corean Code (2005).
Dr. Shaffer is an active member of numerous academic associations in Korea, currently sitting on the executive boards of Asia TEFL and Korea TESOL (Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). |
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