Archive for January, 2009
New Years Food Posted by Ginny on Jan 3, 2009
Hi everyone! Let’s talk about what Koreans eat on New Year’s Day. The typical day of the New Year starts with breakfast. Breakfast consists of a rice cake soup called ddok-kuk (떡국). Ddok-kuk (떡국) is a soup made of beef broth with thinly shaped oval rice cakes. Actually, I’m not sure why Americans call ddok-kuk (떡국) a…
Yut Nori (윷노리) Posted by Ginny on Jan 2, 2009
Yut nori (윷노리) is a traditional Korean game played on New Years. In Korea, New Years is a holiday that lasts roughly three days. Technically speaking the official New Years is designed as January 26th of this year. That’s because on the lunar calendar, the new year begins on the 26th of January. Sometime during…
Sul (설) Posted by Ginny on Jan 1, 2009
Hi everyone! This is the first post for 2009! Todays is Sul nal (설날) or New Years Day in Korea. The typical phrase you’ll hear is sehe bok mani baduseyo (새해 복 많이 받으세요). Let’s break this phrase down so that we can understand this quirky greeting. Sehe (새해) means ‘new year.’ Bok (복) means…