• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.179-190
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• 1999

this study attempted to analysis the problem of wedding practices prevalent in Korean Society. For this it carried out literary research to understand the continuity and change in wedding practices. It also carried out case studies in order to find content and problems involved in present wedding practices. This study started from the assumption that wedding expenses are subject to parents if they are financially capable of providing their children with wedding expenses. Based on this assumption as a result of investigating wedding expenses and ceremonies depending on the parents in charge of wedding parents who charge of wedding tend to promote the extravagant wedding procedure to keep their needs of material goods which distorts the content and procedure of wedding.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1181-1195
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• 2008

This study based on Sa rye pyun ram(四禮便覽) by Lee Jae which are Chosun Dynasty book about the rules in a wedding ceremony. And the research examine into the understand how to the procedure, the true meanings about korea traditional wedding and general opinion of wedding custom. The instrument is the questionnaires, which is analyzed finally through data processing with 129 of wedding venders. The data analyze by making use of SPSS program were frequency analysis, ANOVA, $x^2$-test, pearson's correlation analysis. The summary of a result is as follows. First, the wedding awareness of wedding venders about Eou hon(議婚) is on a high level but Nab chae(納采) is low. Second, wedding venders are knowing with "Hon suh ji(letter), four season cloth, blue-red satin, shell goods" in a Nab peau(納幣) and with "jujube, beef, chicken, Gu jel pan(accompaniment to a drink), alcohol in a Peau back(幣帛). Third, wedding venders are answered that acceded to "Peau back" and "traditional wedding ceremony' but needed no "gifts & cloths for wedding". Forth, the understanding of wedding procedure (婚禮節次) is on a low, especially Bon ray(本禮).

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.517-527
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• 2002

This study investigated the attitude toward and practices of the wedding foods among housewives. Data were collected from 525 housewives living in areas of Busan and Kyungnam and analyzed by bivariate analyses. Most of the respondents were from Busan metropolitan area (77.9%) and in the age of thirties and forties (66.3%). About the occupation, 43.5% of them were full-time housekeepers and 34.7% were workers. The highest proportion was found in those completed the high school (49.3%), those with a monthly family income of a million won (44.2%), and those from the nuclear family type (66.9%). For the attitude toward the continuity of wedding foods, most respondents (52.1%) had an opinion that the practice of serving the traditional wedding foods should be disappeared in a near future. The respondents had a general attitude that procedures of wedding ceremony including wedding foods should be changed to reflect the degree of modernization. Also, they showed an attitude that one of the wedding ceremonial procedure, Pebaek had to reflect the current custom. The kinds and the volume of wedding foods should be lessened so that the ceremonial procedure should be brief which included only the basic one. Most of the respondents preferred the basic one to the luxurious one. These attitudes toward and practices of wedding foods varied depending on sociodemographic characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.1-13
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to identify variables that influence the family decision-making process when planning a wedding. In this case the planning refers to: the procedure of the wedding: yedan, which means presents for parents and relatives: and yemul, which means wedding gifts. Decision-making was categorized into four types: decisions led by the bride and groom, decisions led by the groom's parents, decisions led by the bride's parents, and co-decisions by the two families. Resource theory was used as a conceptual framework. Data for this study were collected from 305 adults who got married after 1977 and lived in Seoul. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to analyze the data. Variables determining the decision-making of wedding procedure were the groom's age at marriage, the level of familism, and the major source for the wedding expenses. When it came to decisions on yedan, gender, the bride's year of education, and the major source for wedding expenses had significant influence on the decision-making. Variables that affected decision-making on yemul were the bride's year of education, and the major source for wedding expenses. This study suggested the power structure among bride, groom, and their parents through variables which exert influence on family decision-making.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.66 no.3
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• pp.162-179
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• 2016

This study examined the 17th century wedding ceremonies of princes and princesses recorded in the "Garyedeungrok(嘉禮謄錄)". The Joseon dynasty royal weddings were held outside the palace, so it could have influenced wedding ceremonies of commoners. Royal weddings for princes and princesses were considered to be on a level between that of a king and commoners. Wedding procedure of princes and princesses was carried out under the leadership of the royal family who officiated at a marriage with the king's approval. In addition, kindred of the king and high-ranking officials participated as the maid of honor in the wedding parade. This was completely different between the royal wedding and the scholar-gentry ones. A difference between the prince and the princess was that the princess paid her respect to the shrine of the house of her groom after the wedding ceremony. However, there was no process for the prince's bride. There also existed a wide disparity in the wedding goods of princes and princesses. The prince and the king's son-in-law both held a wedding ceremony to wear Chopo, but there was a difference in decoration or quantity of Danlyeong(團領) Cheollik(帖裏) Hoseul(護膝) belts. Only princes were allowed to use the ornamental knife and the embroidered pouch. While both the princess and prince's wife wore No-ui(露衣) and Jangsam(長衫) as the wedding clothes, there was discrimination of position in terms of hair decoration, Hwalhansam(闊汗衫), skirt, Hosu(胡袖) and Ni-ui(裏衣). There was also a difference of quantity of Jeogori and skirts, as well as various styles of gold decorations in order to distinguish the Gongju(daughter of the king) and the Gunju (daughter of the crown prince)'s position.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.45 no.9
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• pp.75-87
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• 2007

This study was conducted to determine what information regarding wedding services are most important to consumers, and the most common methods by which consumers gather this information so that wedding directors can disseminate information regarding wedding services effectively. In addition, this survey also evaluated the amount of information required by wedding directors so that they can best serve consumers. To accomplish these goals, a questionnaire survey was conducted between January 25 and February 27, 2007. A total of 290 questionnaires were used for the final analysis, which indicated that: 1. The needs for information related to wedding services was very high as index value 4.41. 2. Most consumers acquire information regarding wedding services while attending other wedding ceremonies and consumers value the advice of families, friends and relatives over information they obtain from the internet. 3. Consumers would like a wedding director to manage the wedding schedule and arrange the wedding procedure.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.111-124
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of generation on consciousness toward wedding ritual and to compare the difference in their consciousness between the young and the old. Data were obtained from 489 individuals living in Seoul. OLS regression analysis was used to identify the effect of generation on consciousness toward wedding ritual. The effect of generation was significant in the consciousness of wedding procedures, while it was not significant in the consciousness of wedding expenditures, holding other factors constant. [t was also found that procedure-important style was associated with more expenditures on wedding. The findings of this study suggested that the materialism had an important effect on the consciousness of wedding procedures for both generations. Understanding these factors is useful for family resource management professionals and educators who develop educational programs to build desirable wedding culture in Korea.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.23-32
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• 2012

Korean traditional wedding ceremony was conducted with some regular procedure and there were used some Gyubang crafts for wedding ceremony. But perhaps there has not been systematic information about them. Nowadays there is common the western style wedding ceremony instead of traditional style in Korea. So the decrease in the use of them have being appeared. Purposes of this study are to organize the resources about them systematically data of Gyubang crafts used traditional wedding ceremony, and to investigate characteristics of them for propose some idea of application them in the life of today. The results are as follows : Gyubang crafts used traditional wedding ceremony can be separated roughly into four types in use : wrapping clothes, cloth bags, ornaments and items related to sewing. They were apt to be traditionality, symbolic meaning and shamanism, and were superior in aesthetic sense, the effect of decoration and technical skill than other Gyubang crafts. There'll be some follow-up studies on ideas for preserving and appling in modern life.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.57-71
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions and awareness of traditional Korean wedding ceremonies. For this purpose, I began a literature review and investigated the consciousness about traditional Korean wedding ceremonies among unmarried people. As a result, I discussed the future of Korean wedding culture. Data were analyzed from the sample of 206 unmarried people collected from April 20 to Jun 13, 2009. The data were analyzed by making use of the SPSS program and included Frequency analysis, ANOVA and the $\chi^2$-test. The summary of these results was as follows. First, unmarried people want a special wedding ceremony. They think the appropriate age of marriage is between their 20s and mid-30s. The traditional wedding ceremony is changing, but they think that the meanings behind them will continue. If they married a foreigner, they would want to have a modem wedding ceremony and each of their traditional wedding ceremonies. Second, they have no educational experience about traditional wedding culture(85.4%). Some people who have educational experience learned about traditional wedding culture from their parents or grandparents. Third, most traditional wedding procedures were influenced by Korean customs. Most men did not know about traditional Korean wedding procedures. But if they get married, they will follow traditional wedding procedures (M=3.35). In the future, we will have to succeed Korean wedding culture, for example, Peau back(幣帛), Ham(函), and traditional wedding ceremony.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.205-216
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• 2012

Korean traditional wedding ceremony was conducted with some regular procedure and there were used special Gyubang crafts for wedding ceremony. Nowadays there is common the western style wedding ceremony and then the use of wedding Gyubang crafts have being decreased. Purposes of this study are to investigate characteristics of and to propose some idea of preservation and application them in the life of today. The results are as follows; Wedding Gyubang crafts can be classified Bojagj(wrapping clothes), Jumeony(cloth bags), ornaments, items related to sewing and others. They were apt to be traditionality, symbolism and shamanism, and were superior in aesthetic sense, the effect of decoration and technical skill. So there was needed preservation them. Some way of preservation and applications them were suggested ; alternation in keeping with modern needs, use of ornament, alteration in present-day life, application their image to Korean cultural products, textile design and so on. Several works were developed by ways suggested and exhibited in order to arouse new understanding Wedding Gyubang Crafts to public.