Behaviors generated from culture

An interesting scene common in our school is Korean people sitting around the table and keep their feet on the chair. I thought I know the answer of this scene and tried to exaplain it to my American classmates and co-workers. The reason is, Korean people do not use chairs in their traditional culture. Why? Because they do not have a structure that needs chair. Their wooden floor is a few centimeters above the ground, and they sit and lie on the floor instead of sitting on chair and sleep in bed. Therefore, their way of "sitting" is generated from their culture, more specificlly, it is generated from their way of sitting at home.

 

Although the tradition is well maintained in the youths' behaviors, some later generations and young families began to westernize in living customs, which is an important part of the national culture.