Tteokguk
kJ)[1] | |
Other information | related to Korean New Year |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 떡국 |
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Revised Romanization | tteokguk |
McCune–Reischauer | ttŏkkuk |
IPA | [t͈ʌk̚.k͈uk̚] |
Tteokguk
History
The origin of eating tteokguk on New Year's Day is unknown. However, tteokguk is mentioned in the 19th-century book of customs Dongguksesigi (동국세시기; 東國歲時記) as being made with beef or pheasant used as the main ingredient for the broth, and pepper added as seasoning.[4] The book also mentions the custom of having a bowl of tteokguk in the morning of New Year's Day to get a year older, and the custom of saying "How many bowls of tteokguk have you eaten?" to ask a person's age.[5]
In the book The Customs of Joseon written in 1946 by historian Choe Nam-seon, the New Year custom of eating tteokguk is speculated as being originated from ancient times. The white tteok signifying purity and cleanliness have been eaten during that specific day and it became a ritual to start off the New Year for good fortune.[5]
On Seollal
In Korea, on
Ingredients and varieties
The broth is generally made by simmering the main protein (beef, chicken, pork, pheasant, seafood) in a
Varieties of tteokguk include saeng tteokguk (생떡국) or nal tteokguk (날떡국), a specialty of
Another variety, tteokmanduguk, is literally tteokguk with additional
In popular culture
A movie with the name Tteokguk (English title "New Year's Soup") was released in 1971 starring Yoon Jeong-hee and Um Aing-ran.[12]
See also
- Korean cuisine
- List of soups
- Niángāo, a rice food eaten on Chinese New Year whose Shanghai variety is like tteok
- Seollal, Korean New Year's Day
- Zōni, a similar soup eaten in Japan on New Year's Day
References
- Korean Food Foundation (in Korean). Archived from the originalon 18 October 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ a b (in Korean) "주요 한식명(200개) 로마자 표기 및 번역(영, 중, 일) 표준안" [Standardized Romanizations and Translations (English, Chinese, and Japanese) of (200) Major Korean Dishes] (PDF). National Institute of Korean Language. 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- 주요 한식명 로마자 표기 및 표준 번역 확정안 공지. National Institute of Korean Language (Press release) (in Korean). 2014-05-02.
- ^ (in Korean) Tteokguk at Doosan Encyclopedia
- ^ a b (in Korean) Tteokguk Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Nate Encyclopedia
- ^ a b (in Korean) Tteokguk culture Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Nate Encyclopedia
- ^ "http://hansik.org/". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
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- ^ "떡국". terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ (in Korean) Saeng tteokguk Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Nate Encyclopedia
- ^ (in Korean) Joraengi tteokguk Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Nate Encyclopedia
- ^ (in Korean) Gon tteokguk at Doosan Encyclopedia
- ^ 김, 승일 (2014-01-29). "설에 떡국과 만두국을 먹는 이유". 위키트리 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ (in Korean) "Tteokguk" at Naver movie database
Further reading
- Lunar New Year tteokguk at the Korea Times, 2009-01-22
External links
- Recipe for tteokguk at the Seattle Times, 2006-01-04
- What do Koreans do on Seollal? Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine from Korea Tourism Organization
- Why tteokguk? at Yeongnam Ilbo, 23 January 2009 (in Korean)