Traditional Drinks of Korea.

Today I’d like to introduce traditional drinks of Korea.

Shik-Hye

  Grind sprouted barley and brew it.  Take only the upper, clear portion of it to ferment it, then mix it with sugar and cooked rice to boil the mix.  Drink when the mixture has cooled.

Su-Jeong-Gwa

   Put black sugar and dried persimmon into the water boiled with Gyepi(a kind of cinnamon) and ginger. Drink when cooled down as well.

Bae-Suk

 Drive whole peppers into a cut asian pear. Put it and some sugar into water boiled with ginger.  Cool the beverage down to drink.  Bae-Suk is  consumed hot as well as cold. It is helpful against common cold.

  These are often had with Ddeoks I introduced last time.

  There are lots of drinks developed making use of medical herbs or flower and fruits of plants. Basically, most of them are diluted juices, made by aging fruits in sugar or syrups.

Omija-tea

 The main ingredient of this drink is Omija, a fruit with five flavours such as sweetness and sourness and so on. To make this tea, you   mix the fruit with sugar or syrups to mature it. When drinking it, one dilute the resulting juice according to his or her taste. It keeps you healthy against cough or asthma.

Mae-Shil-tea

 You make this tea by maturing plum fruit with sugar or syrup.  It is anti-inflammatory and detoxifying. Koreans usually drink this in case of a stomachache. 

Yu-Ja-tea

  You mix cut citron with sugar or syrup to make this.  This one is among the Korean’s favourite since it helps you for a cold.

Mo-Gwa-tea

   The recipe is of the same with that of Yu-Ja-tea, while the only difference is you use quince rather then citron this time. It also has the same health effect as it’s citron version, making it popular among Koreans in winter times. 

The rest are teas boiled with hot water.

Guk-Hwa-tea

 You boil yellow camomile dried in autumn with warm water to drink it.  It is effective for neuralgia, headache and cough.

 Nok-tea(Green tea)

  Boil dried tea leaves to drink.  The tea is effective for fat splitting, making it a good choice for diet.

Dae-Chu-tea

  Dilute filtered boiled date juice to drink it. It keeps your body warm and comfort the nerves.  It also keeps your skin soft with its high containment of vitamin C.

  

 

  

 

Ship-Jang-Seng(Ten Elder Lives)

Let me introduce Ship-Jang-Seng(Ten Elder Lives) we saw earlier in the museum post.

It consists of ten objects; the sun, mountain, water, rock, pine tree, the moon or cloud, herb of the eternal youth, turtle, crain, and deer.

As you see, some of them represent creatures known for their long lifespan, while the rest represents things those stand an eternity.

 

Sun- Shining on the whole world (Wisdom, Knowledge, The power of embracement tec.)

Mountain- Unchangable (Massiveness, Longstanding)

Cloud- Tasteful (Appreciating, Ever-changing, Winding with the wind)

Pine tree- Firm fidelity (Evergreen)

Water- Clear and clean (Does not abide the division of high and low, Pure, Upright etc.)

Crain- Soaring spirit

Bamboo- Straight and strong will

Deer- Symbol of peace and the goodness

Turtle- Symbol of protection and good fortune

Elixir herb- Symbol of the perpetual youth

 

This is a folding screen embroidered with Ship-Jang-Seng.

Find each symbolic figure in the picture.

 

 

Ddeok, a korean traditional food

Ddeok.

I just can’t get enough of delicious cuisines.

So, today I will introduce a korean traditional food, Ddeok.

Ddeok is basically about the same as a western bread.

The only difference is in that a bread is baked in the oven using flour dough, whereas Ddeok uses rice flour instead.

You can make a variety of Ddeoks using varying types of grains, dried fruits, and some kinds of nuts just as with bread.

Shiru-Ddeok

A kind of Ddeok baked with boiled and mashed red beans placed on top of macerated and grinded sticky rices. Sometimes dried pumpkins or peas poached with sugar are included to add the flavour.

Baekseolgi

Baked using macerated and grinded rice flour. In Korea, it is the Ddeok to be shared with neighbors to celebrate a baby’s first birthday or 100 days after the birth. The name means food so flawlessly pure and sacred.

Songpyeon

A variety of Ddeok baked with rice flour. The flour is first kneaded with hot water, then filled with red bean paste or chestnut mash to be baked with some pine needles. Normal bean paste or roasted sesame can serve as alternatives for the stuffing. The Ddeok is usually eaten on the Korean traditional holiday of Chuseok.

Jeolpyeon

Bake rice flour, knead it until the lump is well binded, then stamp it with a shape cast. The taste is light and plain. You can experience the best of it by dipping it in honey. Jeolpyeon is also my favourite Ddeok in fact.

Duteop-Ddeok

The Ddeok was served in case of the king’s birthday. It is made using red beans, sticky rice flour, honey chestnuts, dates, walnuts, citron syrup, pine nuts and cinnamon as ingredients. It tastes simply fantastic.

Chal-Ddeok

Basically it is baked using sticky rice flour and plenty of other ingredients. Nowadays, people enjoy this as a substitute for breakfast in Korea.

And an almost endless list of more traditional Ddeoks is out there.

 

Lately, petite Ddeok cafes began to spread into numerous streets of Korea, selling sliced Ddeoks and traditional tea. If you ever have a chance to visit Korea, don’t forget to let yourself have a bite on these tasty Ddeoks!    

Metal ornaments of ancient

Today, I'll introduce metal ornaments of ancient

Koreans had the superior technology in the metal craft from the past.

We can see metal craft skills of our ancestors through the remaining relics. 

 

Bell over a thousand years of Shilla Dynasty

 

 Metal type in the 12th century Koryeo Dynasty

These relics shows delicate and scientific technology.

There was the ancient kingdom of Silla in ancient Korea.

It was an ancient kingdom that existed close to one thousand years.

Having many artifacts made ​​of gold, it is called into the kingdom of gold.

Crown made ​​of gold

Decoration of crown

Golden Earrings

Necklace                        bracelets   

Belt of the King 

Gold drops - Belt decoration

rings 

gold shoes

I 'm very interested in ornaments.

It's really good to see the ornaments.

But what I really do not like decorating.

Korean Traditional embroidery

Korean Traditional embroidery

 Korea's traditional costume and dairy products has a lot of things pretty embroidered

traditional embroidery

Today, I'll introduce you to the traditional embroidery

 Heart to beautifully decorate the clothing life

Wanting to show off your identity and social status

Express the human desire and wish to prayerfully

Former Koreans

release the embroidery

In this meaning

Now, let's visit with photos

folding screen

Set 10 different long life in the sense of wishing long life

This is called Longevity 10 things to sipjangsaeng

Breastplate - attach to clothes of identity management represents

Embroidered dragon - king and crown prince

Breastplate -Senior civil servant –2 cranes

Breastplate-Civilian entry-level work-1 crane

Breastplate -Senior independent-2 tigers

Breastplate-independent entry-level work-1 tiger

Kkotsin - embroidered footwear

Socks - socks in traditional costume

Pin-cushion

Hwarot - Traditional Bridal Wear

In addition, a variety of embroidery has been used for various purposes

sash

windows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Museum shop3

Museum shop3

So many things I want to show , the museum shop

 Children's clothes and an apron with traditional costume

Tiling model ornaments

Gold crown ornaments model

The box made of mother-of-pearl lacquer

Traditional food storage jar model ornaments

 Dolls made ​​of paper craft

The traditional headdress 

The traditional accessory

Candlesticks made ​​of traditional pastry mold

Basket with a cloth in the traditional way

Museum shop has a lot of things really pretty and interesting

If you visit Korea to visit the museum shop of the National Museum Have fun