The existing population in China is 1.921 million. Koreans mainly live in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County, and the rest are distributed in other parts of Jilin and Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and other provinces.
Koreans have their own spoken and written languages.
Some Koreans believe in Catholicism and Christianity, while others believe in Buddhism.
Korean people began to move from the Korean peninsula to the northeast of China in the late 17th century. Especially after the great famine in northern Korea in 1869, a large number of Koreans moved to Yanbian and other places. In 191, Japan annexed Korea, and a large number of Koreans moved to northeast China.
Korean people are mainly engaged in agriculture, and they are famous for growing rice well.
Most Korean villages are located on the flat land near the mountain, with unique houses. The roof is sloping on all sides, and the rooms are separated into single rooms with wooden boards, and there are doorways between the rooms. There is a flat kang in the house, and there is a fire path at the bottom of the kang. Even in severe winter, the room is warm as spring.
short dresses and long skirts are a major feature of Korean women's clothing. Short coat, called "Zegaoli" in Korean, is a kind of clothes with oblique collar, no buttons, knotted with a belt and only covering the chest; Long skirt, called "Chima" in Korean, has fine pleats at the waist, which is loose and elegant. Most of this kind of clothes are made of silk, and the colors are very bright. Korean men generally wear plain jackets with waistcoats and trousers with wide legs. When going out, wear more robes tied with cloth.
Korean people have many traditional foods, the most famous of which are cakes, cold noodles and pickles. Cake making is made of steamed glutinous rice mash, diced, sprinkled with bean flour and added with dilute honey and sugar. Cold noodles are made by adding starch and water to buckwheat noodles, mixing them into noodles, cooling them with cold water after cooking, and adding sesame oil, pepper, kimchi, beef sauce and beef soup. It tastes cool and refreshing and delicious. Kimchi is made by soaking Chinese cabbage for a few days, rinsing it, mixing it with Chili and sealing it in a vat. The longer the curing time, the more delicious the taste.
Korean people are famous for their ability to sing and dance. The famous folk dances include Nongle Dance, Long Drum Dance, Fan Dance and Top Water Dance. The dance is either light and stretching, gentle and quiet, or vigorous and ups and downs, with clarity and implication intertwined, and exquisiteness and generosity. The melodies of Korean songs are smooth, euphemistic, cheerful and clear, such as "Orange Stalk Ballad", "Arirang" and "Noor Riverside". Famous songs include chorus Song of Changbai and solo Song of Daughter. The most famous musical instrument of Korean nationality is gayageum, and gayageum has 12 strings with deep and soft timbre and strong expressive force.
Korean people love sports. Springboard and swinging are traditional sports that Korean women like, while wrestling and football are men's sports. Yanbian is known as the hometown of football.
Korean people attach great importance to etiquette, especially the traditional virtue of respecting the old and loving the young. The younger generation must use honorific words to their elders, and the rest can eat only after the elders move chopsticks when eating. On the 6th anniversary of parents' birthday, women will also hold a "flower banquet" (also called a flower ceremony) for the elderly. At the gala dinner, children and relatives gathered together, and the old couple put on their new clothes and sat in the middle. The children dressed in costumes toasted the old people in order of seniority. After the ceremony, the children warmly entertained their relatives and friends.
Korean people attach great importance to education. In 1949, Yanbian University for Nationalities, the first university for nationalities in China, was established, and more than 1 primary schools were built with its own funds. In 1952, Yanbian popularized primary education, in 1958, junior high school education, and in the 198s, high school education was popularized in cities.