Monday, November 12, 2018

Food Stories: Food Superstitions

1. Putting a salt bag in front of the door

 
- The reason why salt is put in front of the door is because when you move to a new house and step on the salt bag, you can hope for good things like wealth growth and family health. People also sprinkle salt on the front door to ward off evil spirits.
 
2. Sprinkling red beans
 
 
- It is a similar role to salt, so sprinkling red beans prevents bad energy. It is also said that sprinkling red beans wards off evil spirits because evil spirits hate red color.
 
3. Giving rice cakes to neighbors when people move to a new house
 
 
 
- People usually give red bean rice cake to their neighbors, and the reason was explained before. This is because red beans mean that they drive out evil spirits. Of course, they also give rice cakes to build friendship with their neighbors.
 
4. Eating seaweed soup
 
 
- This is about the test. Eating seaweed soup before a test is said to slip on the test because seaweed is slippery. This means that scores are low. So people do not eat seaweed soup in the morning if they want to do well on the test.
 
5. Eating taffy or glutinous rice cake
 
 
 
 
- This is also about the test. Usually, high school seniors want to get good grades on the CSAT because they go to the university they want. So, it is most popular as a gift for the CSAT.

6. Breaking a walnut
 
 
- People crack hard nut shells like walnuts on the day of the first full moon of the lunar year because when they break the shell, it keeps the family peaceful throughout the year.

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