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Ceremonial Korean Foods: Korean Food Culture Series – Part 8

A rite of passage is a term from folklore that refers to various ceremonies and rituals big and small that a person goes through in his or her life from the time he or she is born.

For these occasions, special ritual foods are prepared. The forms of rites vary across countries, races, cultural styles, and periods. Some customs Korean ancestors have preserved continue to be practiced today. For instance, every home in Korea prepares seaweed soup and a bowl of plain rice on birthdays. Guests at a wedding ceremony are served noodles in celebration of the occasion.

In Asian culture, there are four ceremonies that mark major occasions in one’s life and that are considered particularly important. These include a coming-of-age ceremony, a wedding ceremony, a funeral and a memorial service with the funeral and memorial services being held by one’s descendents. Among a number of ceremonies and rituals, celebratory events include birth, the first birthday, coming-of-age ceremony, a wedding ceremony, sixtieth birthday, and a golden wedding anniversary. Funerals and memorial services are sorrowful occasions. Every ritual is defined by protocol. For every rite, special foods are prepared to signify wishes, fortune, respect, and politeness.

1. Birth and Samchil day

The 21st day after a baby’s birth is called samchil day. This is probably because the number seven (chil in Korean) was considered lucky. On this day, family and friends visit to celebrate the birth of a newborn and comfort the mother after giving labor. Seaweed soup with beef broth is served to the mother.

2. Baekil

Baekil is an occasion marking the 100th day after a baby is born. One hundred is a number symbolic of completeness and maturity; therefore, baekil is an occasion for congratulating a baby on completing this phase and wishing him or her continued growth and good health for the future.

At a baekil celebration, a table is set with a bowl of plain rice, seaweed soup with beef broth and green vegetables. Steamed white rice cake, glutinous millet dumplings rolled in red bean powder and songpyeon (half-moon shaped rice cake) in five different colors are also prepared. On this day, congratulatory foods were shared with others. In particular, it was believed that rice cakes prepared for baekil should be shared with one hundred families in order for the baby to be blessed with good health and longevity. The families who offered rice cakes would in turn give a bundle of white cotton thread or rice instead of returning the dish empty. White cotton thread and rice signify longevity and wealth.

3. Baby’s First Birthday

On a baby’s first birthday, people pray for his or her longevity, fortune, and success. A new outfit is made for the baby and a table is set mainly with various rice cakes and fruit for doljabi. On a first birthday, plain rice is served in a rice bowl and seaweed soup in a soup bowl, both newly prepared for the baby. Green vegetables and fruit are also served. Steamed white rice cake and millet dumplings are an essential part of the celebration. The fruit is selected to create a colorful arrangement. Various foods and a variety of items are placed on a table to allow the baby to reach for the item of his or her preference in a unique ceremony called doljabi. The baby’s destiny may be told based on the item that is picked up by the baby. For a baby boy, rice, a bundle of white thread, a book, paper, and bow and arrow are placed on the table. For a baby girl, a pair of scissors, needles and a ruler are laid out instead of a bow and arrow.

4. Wedding ceremony

The wedding ceremony is one the most important events in one’s life, marking the uniting of a man and a woman as husband and wife. According to tradition, before the wedding the bridegroom’s family sends a box containing chaedan (wedding presents sent by the bridegroom’s family for the bride’s family) and a written marriage oath to the family of his bride. This box is called ham. Once the ham arrives at the bride’s house, it is placed atop a rice-cake steamer in which bongchaetteok (steamed glutinous rice cake sprinkled with red bean powder) are prepared. At the center of the top layer, seven jujubes are placed in a radiant shape. Bongchaetteok is prepared to wish the couple a relationship that is as fast and tenacious as the glutinous rice that is made from. The rice cake is shaped in two layers to symbolize a couple. The red beans are to ward off misfortune whereas the seven jujubes represent seven sons to wish the couple many sons and prosperity.

A wedding ceremony is performed at the bride’s house involving a ritual performed by the bride and bridegroom. Guests at the reception are served noodles. On the following day, the bride and bridegroom go the bridegroom’s house and the bride formally greets his parents and other senior members of the family for the first time. This is called pyebaek. Although there are slight variations across regions, jujubes, chestnuts, beef jerky, and alcoholic beverages are usually served. Although the traditional wedding ceremony is not performed today, pyebaek is still practiced.

5. The sixtieth birthday

The sixtieth birthday is referred to as hoegap, and the children normally hold a banquet for their parents to celebrate the occasion. “Hoegap,” or anniversary, means a return to the year one was born. The occasion is also called hwangap or hwagap, as the parts of the character hwa (華) that add up to 61. (In Korea, age is counted as portions of years lived and not full years elapsed since birth, so 60 is counted as 61.)

A sumptuous table of food is prepared for the sixtieth birthday banquet. Because high piles of foods are placed on the table, it is called gobaesang (a table of high piles) or mangsang (a table to gaze at). A sumptuous table is also set for a wedding ceremony or a seventieth birthday. This is the most extravagant of Korean table-settings. Fresh fruit, pan-fried fish, dried beef or fish, rice cakes, traditional Korean baked goods and many other foods are piled in 30-60 centimeter-tall round stacks, which are then placed in 2-3 colorful rows.

6. Memorial services

Memorial services are rituals held by descendants in memory of the deceased. Koreans hold rituals on the anniversary of an ancestor’s death, New Year’s Day, and Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) to express gratitude for their blessings and to pay their respects. The foods prepared for these rituals are not extravagant. On New Year’s Day, tteokguk (rice cake soup) is prepared, and on Chuseok, taro soup and songpyeon are served. The assortment of dishes and their arrangements vary from family to family and according to region. Common offerings include alcoholic beverages, fruit (both fresh and dried), dried beef, and fish. Again, rice cakes are a standard food which are prepared with mung bean powder or husked red bean powder sprinkled on top.

For more information about Korean food and Korean culture, visit the Official Korea Tourism Organization Website.

Any tips for cooking Long Grain Wild Rice?

I bought a big tub of organic wild rice from Costco the other day. It came with pretty basic instructions: 2:1 ratio of liquid/rice, cook for 30 minutes, etc. So tonight I tried cooking some of it with beef broth, chopped garlic, shredded carrots, etc. It WOULD NOT cook! I followed the directions (such as they were) to a “T”, but it simply would not cook… I ended up cooking it for over 90 minutes and it NEVER absorbed the liquid. After I turned it off and let it sit, it eventually absorbed most of the liquid but the rice is still very crunchy/chewy… i know wild rice stays chewier, but this was beyond that. Any ideas where I might have gone wrong? The beef broth was pretty salty, would that have interfered? I have 5 pounds of the darn stuff, I would really like to make it work!!

Rice shouldn’t be cooked with salt, maybe just a tad. I had the bright idea of cooking it with soy sauce and in the trash it went
To be on the safe side I cook the rice plain then mix it.

do you mean long grain brown or whole grain rice?

Wild rice is usually black and isn’t really rice.

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