Excerpt from KoreaWith the prettiest and brightest-coloured clothes they can arrd to buy; and their fathers never look so happy as when they walk out with a little son or sons, for there is no denying that in Korea girls are not nearly so much appreciated as their brothers. Almost as soon as he can toddle the little boy is put into the dress Of a man - full White trousers and white or coloured Short coat a longer coat is worn over this for smart occasions. The boy who is neither betrothed nor married wears his hair drawn back from the forehead and plaited into a long pigtail. Boys are married at any time after they have reached seven years, and from that age onwards are considered and treated as men. Their hair is then twisted into a knot on the top Of their heads, and they wear a little hat of pale coarse straw perched jauntily above this. With their long coats, generally of blue or pink, these tiny bridegrooms swagger along, looking as proud as little turkey-cocks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.