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May 12, 2022

Elementary school students dressed in the traditional Confucian outfits learn to perform soksurye, a ritual from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in which aspiring disciples asked Confucian scholars to teach them.


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Daegu | May 12, 2022

Elementary school students dressed in the traditional Confucian outfits yubok and yugeon on May 12, three days ahead of Teacher's Day, learn to perform soksurye, a ritual from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), at the Confucian academy Guam Seowon in Daegu's Buk-gu District. The practice has aspiring disciples formally asking Confucian scholars to teach them.