Ed+Lee

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Reading about the Chinese traditional "Filial Piety", I was quite surprised. When I was reading about the Chinese traditions and culture in the other book, "Korea Unmasked", I always had thoughts that I will never understand the Chinese people. However, after reading this "Filial Piety" I learned that Chinese and Koreans share the basic ideas of respect towards the elders. This is because when I read the reading of "Filial Piety" and stories about "Filial Piety" most of the stories felt very familiar. All the actions taken by the characters in the story were very similar to what Koreans would have done. Long time ago, I heard stuffs things from people that most of the Koreans have Chinese people in their ancestors. From this My thoughts about this is quite clear, that culture of Chinese and Korean is not too far away from each other.

Reflection I think Korea should have opened more towards the western influence. It is true that it is best for the country to be conservative about its religion and traditions. However, I strongly believe in order for any countries to improve, they have to go through westernization. As the western countries are getting immensely strong there is no reason not to open up to the western culture. From opening up towards the western culture, the country can develop their own way to improve.