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Ramadan [a] [note 1] is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (), prayer (), reflection, and community. [5] It is also the month in which the Quran is believed to have been revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is specifically mentioned in four verses of the Qur'an: . O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.
Modern hanbok is the direct descendant of hanbok patterned after those worn by the aristocratic women or by the people who were at least from the middle-class in the Joseon period, [85] [119] specifically the late 19th century. Hanbok had gone through various changes and fashion fads during the five hundred years under the reigns of Joseon ...
Jeogori or tseogori (Korean: 저고리; Korean pronunciation: [t͡ɕʌ̹ɡo̞ɾi]) is a basic upper garment of the hanbok, a traditional Korean garment, which has been worn by both men and women. [1] Men usually wear the jeogori with a baji or pants while women wear the jeogori with chima, or skirts. It covers the arms and upper part of the ...
Sokgot Woman on a nolttwigi: under her chima, layers of sokgot can be seen. Sokgot (속곳) is a collective noun for various types of traditional Korean undergarments.They were worn as part of a hanbok before the import of Western-style underwear.
Contrary to their beliefs, court attire of the women they see there is an import of Korean hanbok, a result of Koryo influence over the Mongol court of Yuan Dynasty. Ordinary women of the Yuan Dynasty wore Ruqun(upper jacket and lower skirt), and garments of Banbei(half sleeves) were also popular.
Before adopting foreign systems, Korea had its own gwanbok system based on indigenous hanbok, mostly rooted in indigenous ranking systems and state religion like Mu-ism. They favoured luxurious clothes like purple clothing for the top ranks and had decorative golden metal crowns and pointy hats called adorned with metal accessories and feathers.
In Fujian's Anxi County, there was a run-down temple which held an iron statue of Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.Every day on the walk to his tea fields, a poor farmer named Wei would pass by and reflect on the temple's worsening condition.