Talk:Myeonbok

Not Unique to Korea

This article is completely Korea-centric. It uses the Korean pronounciation "Myeonbok" of the Chinese characters 冕服(pinyin: miǎn fú) as the title and describes the costume as "traditional Korean". In fact, this costume originated in China, and was used by monarchs of Japan, Ryukyu and Vietnam as well. The Myeonbok wore by Kings of Korea (before the Korean Empire) was a standard dress of all princes and kings of tributaries of the Ming Dynasty. After Gojong made himself Emperor of Korea, he wore a new Myeongbok (as shown in the picture in the article) designed after the Miǎnfú of Ming emperors.The article should be re-written to cover other East Asian countries.--203.188.73.51 (talk) 01:36, 21 May 2014 (UTC)