Korean lunar new year 2022 animal series#

If our home had a staple dish, this would be it. Galbi (갈비) are beef short ribs that are braised, Jjim (찜), in a savoury sauce filled with ginko nuts, pine nuts, chestnuts and sweetened with jujubes. It’s delicious and a staple in my home regardless of the moon. Jeon (전) is another dish and technique for either whole or sliced ingredients, coated or combined with a batter and cooked in oil.Īs ambiguous as this sounds and as mysterious as the origins of why we eat it are, it shouldn’t dissuade you from trying this dish. *Add some mandu (만두) to make ddeuk-mandu-guk (떡만두국), for a wish of wealth, as the mandu resembles a traditional coin bag that you would use during Sebae. The type of Ddeuk ( 떡) also represents long life, before being sliced into its classic bias-cut shape.Įating this marks the passing of your Lunar New Year birthday, and as the youngest, I used to eat three to four bowls to try and get older. Taeyoung Chang wearing hanbok as a child (Courtesy Taeyoung Chang) Ddeukguk (떡국)ĭdeukguk is the quintessential dish to ring in the new year.Ī broth of tender meat, thickened with simmered rice cakes, is garnished with an egg, seaweed, and green onions. One of the very few other times I wore a hanbok was during a cultural exchange day in kindergarten, please ignore the Fez.

Korean lunar new year 2022 animal series#

In exchange for a series of deep bows and a hearty s aehae bok mani badeuseyo, (새해 복 많이 받으세요), which translates to “please receive good fortunes for this new year,” your elders would pass on wisdom and some money. Sebae is a ceremony we perform after Charye (차례) and a great time to be the youngest. It’s one of the few times I would ever wear a hanbok (한복), traditional Korean clothes, and lay out a selection of traditional dishes in front of your ancestors. Here are some ways we will celebrate this annual holiday, including how we feast! Charye (차례)Ĭharye, meaning “tea ceremony,” is a time to pray to your ancestors for your family’s prosperity.

Having been born in South Korea but raised in Vancouver, my family celebrates the Lunar New Year by observing traditional Korean customs and their own traditions.Īlthough my family focused more on integrating into North American culture than cultural preservation back in the day, food has always been the vehicle we used to remember our heritage, our past, and the way we celebrate the present and welcome the future. This is one of the most celebrated national holidays in the country, where millions of Koreans return to their hometowns to celebrate traditions dating back to the seventh century. Tuesday, February 1, 2022, marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year and, for Koreans, the centuries-old celebration of Seollal ( 설날). He is a video producer, retired chef, food-waste advocate, and fried chicken eating champion. This article was written for Daily Hive by Taeyoung Chang of Coho Collective.