Dangui
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| Hangul | 당의 |
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| Revised Romanization | dangui |
| McCune–Reischauer | tangŭi |
Dang'ui (Korean pronunciation: [daŋɯi]) is a type of upper garment for women in hanbok, Korean traditional clothing, which was worn for ceremonial occasions during the Joseon Dynasty. It was worn as a simple official outfit or for small national ceremonies while court ladies wore it as a daily garment.Dangui was also called dang-jeogori (당저고리), dang-jeoksam (당적삼), or dang-hansam (당한삼).
It is theorised dangui dates back to the Korean Three Kingdoms period (57 BC - 668 AD) when a clothing system of China was introduced to Korea. The letter, dang () refers to Chinese Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), so dangui may have been adapted from its clothing along with other ceremonial robes such as hwarot and wonsam. Whether the theory is probable or not, it is certain that dangui was worn during the Joseon period, based on historical documents and remains. The scholar, Yi Jae (李縡 1680 ∼ 1746) mentioned dangui in his book, Sarye pyeollam (literally "Easy Manual of the Four Rites") which defines four important rites based on Confucianism. In the chapter, Gwallyejo (冠禮條) on coming-of-age ceremonies, samja (衫子) is commonly called dangui and its length reaches to the knees and its sleeves are narrow. It is also a woman's sangbok (常服), daily garments when working.
The queen consort, the king’s concubines, sanggung (court matron), and yangban women (nobility) wore the garment over a short jacket called jeogori. According to color, there were yellowish green, purple, navy, and white-colored dangui and others, but yellowish green colored one was the most commonly worn dangui during the time.
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