What a weekend - The Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Valentine's Day, and Lunar New Year in one bundle! Seol (설; Lunar New Year Day) is the day for families, memorial service for ancestors, lots of eating (including the signature dish of rice cake soup (떡국; tteok guk)), and sharing good wishes (덕담; deok dam). For me, it is also the day I reset my mind to Day 1 of the year and think about what it takes to realize infinite possibilities...
From top to bottom, right to left - an old way of writing which is still common in calligraphy - is 새해(sae hae; New Year) 복(bok; luck) 많이 (mani; a lot) 받으세요(ba deu se yo; I hope you receive). The most popular deok dam heard on the day and the Korean equivalent of - Happy New Year!
My new year wish for you comes written in black sesame porridge (검은깨죽; geom eun kkae juk or 흑임자죽; heuk im ja juk) with pine nut porridge (잣죽; jat juk) background.
| KOREAN WORDS | ||||
| sesame | 깨 | (kkae) | ||
| pine nut | 잣 | (jat) | ||
| porridge | 죽 | (juk or jook) | ||
