First Nam Family of Korea./Korean/Chinese/Japanese/Asian/World/History/Nam Family/Shrine/Lineage

Ok, I'll work on it. It saids that first person with the last name Nam was a Chinese diplomat sent to Japan.On his way back to China, his boat ended up in the Shilla Kingdom in Korea because of a hurrican.This was back when the Korea was divided into three Kingdoms.The diplomats name was originally Gim(Kim), but the Shilla King gave him the name Nam meaning south because he comes from the south. Since he was a Chinese diplomat, the Shilla King gave him land to govern for him and he stayed in Korea ever since. There is alot more, but I'll sub title it later.

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[yongnam367c]

In Korea we learn Korean and write in Korean, but we do learn a certain amount of Chinese characters.

[lixzx007]

so funny u should keep using chinese!

[yongnam367c]

@lixzx007 Tradition! Before our most famous King (King Sejong) made the Korean alphabet, we used Chinese characters. We also kept using Chinese because they were our strongest allies.

[joonbug730]

That was very informative. Not to pry too much, but I'm curious why your Grand fathers, grandmother is buried in another area.

[yongnam367c]

@joonbug730 That is a very good question!!! Back in the days and somewhat even now, Korean's were very into what fortune tellers would say. So my Oldest Uncle went to some well known person about placing Grandma next to Grandpa and the person said because Grandma's lineage and character or something like that was so strong that it is not a good idea to place them next to each other because it will hamper the next generation of Nams. LOL Korean tradition can be weird! LOL

[JustBeingRandomx3]

@michellekiki214 so today they still know chinese words??

[michellekiki214]

bout 60 or 100 years ago korean still writing chinese kanji..

[michellekiki214]

japanese , chinese and korean are from the same many years ago .they are from the same family .

[michellekiki214]

yes they still learning chinese kanji..

[JustBeingRandomx3]

so now Korean still learning both korean and chinese ? can someone reply me ?? thx