History of the white-clad race and the meaning of white colour

Korean people have been fond of wearing white colour robes and the custom has a historic tradition.

From olden times Korean people have respected white colour and enjoyed wearing white colour robes. People in the Koguryo Dynasty regarded white colour as the holy symbol of authority. Although Korean people’s dressing had changed and the materials of clothes had been varied since Koryo Dynasty and Feudal Joson Dynasty, dressing has retained its original white colour.

Korean people have outstandingly respected the white colour as the colour of the sun and enjoyed wearing the white robes with a great national pride regarding them as the descendant of the Heaven.

The source to the white robes of the Korean people has also been related with their national way of life and emotion directed to the purity and cleanness, and their neat and civilized life manner.