When it comes to Korean rice cakes, everyone thinks of the Korean national snack, fried rice cakes ()

The flavorful and soft rice cakes are served with Korean hot sauce and sweet cheese ...... sweet and spicy flavor is absolutely perfect! No matter in spring, summer, fall and winter, (food stalls) selling fried rice cakes on the streets of Korea are always surrounded by people.

1.Must eat rice cake during Lunar New Year

Like dumplings on the Chinese table, an essential Korean dish during Lunar New Year is rice cake soup!

So what does rice cake soup mean?

First of all, it's a well-known fact that Koreans are very fond of white people. They believe that white color represents hope and new beginnings. Eating white rice cake soup on the first day of the new year means a new beginning for everything in the world. In addition, rice cake is also called "" (tenno cake), so a child's family eating rice cake soup means they are one year old.

In addition to rice cake soup, Koreans also like to eat various shapes of rice cakes, such as rice cakes, on this day.

The different shapes of rice cakes represent different meanings. After being steamed in a steamer, you can plant a long strip with a "strip" and cut it into a round shape by hand.

The meaning of mochi is similar to the shape of ancient copper coins, so it contains the blessings of the New Year.

2. Sending neighboring rice cakes after moving

Folks who like to watch Korean dramas must have seen a scene where the matriarch of this family distributes steamed rice cakes to her neighbors after moving.

These steamed rice cakes are usually made of red bean paste and glutinous rice and cut into squares.

So why do Koreans give their neighbors red bean steamed rice cakes after moving?

In traditional Korean concepts, ghosts and spirits may be present during a move, and since ghosts and spirits are afraid of red, red bean powder and red bean paste will dispel ghosts and rule out bad luck. Therefore, when Koreans move, they give red bean steamed cakes to their neighbors, which will enhance the friendship between them. Secondly, they will also drive away the ghosts and apparitions that accompany them and ensure that life will be smooth in the future.

3.Eating rice cakes before the big exam

To this point, Korean bacteria are experienced! When Korean bacteria were exchanged to study in Korea, our teacher gave us a day before the TOPIK test ? (Passed rice cake) and I hope we all got good grades. So why do Koreans eat passing rice cakes before a big test like the college entrance exam?

Rice cakes are sticky and can easily stick to other objects. The Korean word for "sticky" is "?" . For example, it's embarrassing to stick it to a wall, but in Korean, you still qualify as "qualified," which means "tested" through "as." A Korean confectionery company also advertises: (...)! （You can definitely test it!) In this sentence, the meaning is "obviously, definitely", and the adverb includes the term "rice cakes", so there is also an extended meaning of "Eat rice cakes, you can test them! which has the extended meaning "eat rice cakes, you can test them!