설날에는 왜 떡국을 먹을까?

Happy New Year! Do you know why Korean people eat 떡국 during the Lunar New Year?

Check the video that explains the reason and let's study new vocabulary together! :) Enjoy~

<단어 vocabulary>

설날: Lunar New Year

몸과 마음: body and mind

깨끗하다: clean

시작하다: start, begin

가래떡: bar rice cake

오래오래: for a long long time

엽전: brass coin (old expression) = 동전

재산이 불어나다: get rich

지역별로: depending on areas

북쪽: North

남쪽: South

눈사람: snow man

조롱박: calabash 

모양: shape

같다: like as

대나무: bamboo

일부: part

쌀가루: rice flour

반죽하다: make dough

길쭉하다: long

썰다: cut

찌다: steam

끓이다: boil

몇 그릇: how many bowls

묻다: ask

나이를 먹다: get older