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Dabang Hangul 다방 Hanja 茶房 Revised Romanization dabang McCune–Reischauer tabang A dabang refers to a Korean establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee, tea or other beverages. It is called coffee house, coffee shop, dasil, dajeom, or chatjip.
History
As Korea was open to the West in the late period of the Joseon Dynasty, dabang began to emerge. The cafes affiliated to Daebul Hotel, and Steward Hotel established by foreigners in Incheon became pioneering dabang. Though, dabang with modern functions and styles appeared after March 1st Movement in 1919. The first hotel-style dabang of Seoul was housed inside Sontang Hotel built in the neighborhood of Jeong-dong, Seoul in 1902 by Ms. Sontag, German-Russian. The hotel was built to serve foreign diplomats in Korea.[1]
A Japanese ran a two-story salon named "Aokidō" (also called "Cheongmok") in Seoul and Joseon Hotel (Chosen Hotel) established in 1914 served the best hotel and dabang during the period of Korea under Japanese rule. By the time, a lot of the Western culture was distributed, intellectuals who studied in Japan or the West formed their own culture in Korea, so the condition in which dabang could be regularized began to ripen.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b 다방 茶房 (in Korean) Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
Categories:- Coffee houses
- Tea houses
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