After the wedding ceremony, a wedding party would be held and they would pass the first night at the bride's home. Two or three days later the groom and his bride would return together to his home and the bride would make her first formal greeting bows to her husband's parents called gugorye after which she would begin life at her husband's family's home. In older days there were not many people who lived to their sixtieth birthday. When a hwangap or 60th birthday arrived, the entire family celebrated the long life of their parents and hold as attribute to their labors during that long time. This symbolized wealth and long life.
People prepare for death someday.
In Korea a parent's funeral was orchestrated in grand style. The choice of a propitious grave site was the best filial duty to be obeyed. Nowadays, however, a funeral is commonly held for only three days. In the cholla region, the evening before the deceased is brought out of the home, a tent is erected in the yard. After the dead is placed in the center of it, ritual offerings are made and a mudang or shaman exorcist consoles the spirit of the dead and the bereaved family according to tradition.