Can you tell me what religion does Koreea have ?Are there Christian churces in Korea?

Question

And can you tell me what does China , Korea and Japan have in common?They look as if a chiness is a japonise and a korean is a chiness ..Thank you..I am from Europe .

Answer 1

alot of the country ...maybe 40%? is catholic and alot of the other 60% is christian or buddhist, almost no jews

Answer 2

South Korea's main religious affiliations are non-religious (35%), Christian (32%) and Buddhist (24%). North Korea's main religious affiliations are non-religious (64%), traditional ethinic religions (16%) and Chondogyo (13.5%). The two countries are very different indeed - South Korea contains 10 of the largest 11 christian church congregations in the world in the one city (Seoul), while North Korea is ruled by the erratic Kim Jong Il. The world's largest church is in South Korea, Yonggi Cho's Full Gospel Yoido church which had 750,000 people last time I heard.

China, Korea and Japan are different countries, and it's wrong to assume they're all descended from the same people. There is possibly a vague link, but it's not as if they're all originally from China or something, no way. The Japanese are said to have consisted of two main people groups, the nothern Ainu people (who probably have some islander and Malay blood in them and look tall and hairy and nothing like the typical Japanese look), and the Yamato people who have all but dominated the islands of Japan. The Ainu descendants today are very small in number and facing extinction as a people.

The Koreans have been a resilient people who have withstood conquest from China as well as Japan, but they are different people. China is different again. The evidence can be seen in their languages. Chinese uses logographic script where each one is a different representation; Korean uses Hangul script, where combinations of simpler symbols are combined to form logographic characters and bear no relation to Chinese. Japanese have three main scripts - some chinese influence means they do use kanji which is very much the same as that used in China but they multiple pronunciations depending on context - some follow the Chinese pronunciation and meaning but others have the native japanese pronunciation. They also use hiragana for connecting kanji in sentences and katakana which is usually reserved for foreign-introduced words. The Japanese had no writing system when chinese came to Japan, so they adopted the chinese script but then put their own language onto a lot of the characters and then developed the kana.

You can possibly tell the difference visually between the peoples of these three countries, but even for me (and I'm cantonese) I can't always tell them apart. Some of them look distinctively more Japanese (possibly the puffier eyelids) while others look more Korean (some have this longer face and distinct eyes) while others look more Chinese (smaller eyes???). I'd rather wait till they say something, then I can work it out. But I've seen people from each of these countries that look like they're from other countries - I've been mistaken for being Japanese or Korean for example.

cheers,

RF !^)

Answer 3

There are many Christians and Christian churches in Korea. Historically, Koreans were either followers of The Buddha or Lao Tse - depending upon the whim of the King, but most often were Buddhists. The Roman Catholic Church has a number of Korean Saints (Saint Andrew KIM and about 100 of his followers, who were killed during the Yi Dynasty). Presbyterians and Unitarians were active as missionaries in the late 1800s. The Catholic Cathedral in Myongdong (Seoul) is beautiful. One of the largest Christian churches in the world is on the island of Yoido in the Han River at Seoul. Even small villages have Christian churches.

There is an element of Shamanism in Korean culture. Even today, a mudang (the closest term in English might be "witch doctor" - but usually female) may be seen driving out evil spirits at business openings.

As to your second question: Koreans "look" different from Chinese and from Japanese, in general. It is hard to describe "Chinese" since there are many racial minorities. Some of the Chinese near Korea are hard to tell from Koreans. In general, Koreans look different from Japanese by having more pronounced facial cheek bones and being taller/more robust (at least, historically). There are many mixed marriages among Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese - so generalities are hard to define.

By the way, my Korean friends tell me it is hard to tell an Englishman from an Italian from a Mexican - you get the picture.

Answer 4

For your first question - there are numerous religions in South Korea.

Christian
Catholic
Presbyterian
Baptist
Buddha
Shamanism

To name a few.

For your second question - yes, there are Christian Churches in Korea. The biggest Church/Congregation is located in Seoul, location of Yoido Island.

The name is Yoido Full Gospel Church. Pastor name is David Yonggi Cho. You can find information on the Internet.

People often confuse Asian people as either Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc., when in fact they are from a different country.

Living here in Korea over the years, I have finally learned the subtle physical differences that distinguishes what country a person comes from.

Answer 5

Korea is mostly Buddhist. During last 250 years, Christianity has made mentionable inroads. It is understood to have a mosque also near Seoul, but what is the size of Muslim population - no idea. Then there is Confuciunism, which is not an organized religion in that sense, but has clearly distinguishable character.

Coming to difficult part of question, China is a big country and being such has much more racial, regional and giographical diversity. It has Budhhists, Christian, Muslims, Confuciunism, Taoism. Dominant group is chinese which has originated centuries ago in north east, which has spread and forced kind of homogeneity within china, however, it is still diverse in many pockets.

Korea also has its origin around the same north-east geographical area, therefore, it is logical to deduce that China and Korea are two very similar groups, which moved in different directions.

I have read in a book by Jared Diamonds that Japan has its linkages with a splinter Korean klan around that point of time only. So you can see, they are really similar, it is separated living during all those years that they have adopted diverse social behaviour.

Answer 6

I live in a tiny town outside of Taegu and within 1 km from my home there are 2 Buddhist temples ,1 Catholic church, 1 Baptist church, 1 Christian church and 1 Christian meeting hall....you get the picture . Koreans themselves are mainly Christian or Buddhist, But with all the different cultures here ( military, teachers, working visa's and etc) there are many different places of worship.

Answer 7

While there are Christians in all three of the countries you mention, the largest religion that they all share in common is Mahayana Buddhism.

Answer 8

yes they are known for Christan's and Buddhist there are alot of christain churches.

Answer 9

Yes but I think it's mailnly Bhuddist