Q.
Are there any special dishes in your country that are eaten on special days?
A.
South Koreans have tteokguk, or rice cake soup, on Lunar New Year’s Day. In the past, rice cake was not a common food, because rice was so scarce. People only had hard-to-come-by or expensive food on special occasions, such as birthdays and holidays. The main ingredient of tteokguk is white rice, which has the meaning of purity and cleanliness. It symbolizes a fresh start for the new year. The round rice cakes resemble the old Korean coin currency and symbolizes prosperity. Therefore, having one bowl of tteokguk in the new year represents good luck and the addition of one more year to a person’s age.
Lunar New Year
in the past
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scarce
hard-to-come-by
special occasion
ingredient
purity
cleanliness
symbolize
resemble
currency
prosperity
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addition
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