National self-reliance consciousness and national self-respect, love of one's homeland and love of one's nation, arise from deeply cherishing the excellence of one's own nation and from loving and treasuring what is national in everyday life.
 
The traditional living culture and customs of the Korean nation constitute one of the important components of the national tradition that has taken shape and developed throughout history.
 
The traditional living culture and customs of the Korean nation are a customarily standardized way of life that has been created, developed, and handed down together with our several-thousand-year national history; they form a precious foundation for the development of the nation's life.
 
The nation's traditional living culture and customs embody the wisdom and ingenuity, the feelings and emotions, and the tastes of the people, and they vividly reflect the national characteristics of being diligent and sincere, simple and modest, brave and tenacious, harmonious and thrifty.
 
Therefore, actively reviving and promoting the traditional living culture and customs in keeping with the demands of today amounts to safeguarding national identity and upholding the spirit of national self-reliance consciousness, national self-respect, and patriotic devotion to homeland and nation.
 
The book “The Traditional Living Culture and Customs of Our Nation” was compiled in order to help actively carry forward the national tradition in every sphere of social life in the present period.