Korea's historic clans : family traditions of the jongga.

A jongga is a family that can trace its line of progenitors back to a single distinguished ancestor. The eldest living son of this main lineage is the jongson, and his wife is the jongbu. This couple is charged with performing numerous ancestral rites and entertaining the numerous guests that visit...

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Corporate Author: Han'guk Kukche Kyoryu Chaedan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seoul, Korea : Korea Foundation : Seoul Selection, 2014.
Series:Korea essentials ; no. 19.
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