Chicken as K-food

  Chicken is a representative K-food, and chicken is the main ingredient.

In the past, it was a steamed dish called Yeonggye Baeksuk, which was said to be liked by Cao Cao during the Wei Dynasty of China, but now it is widely used as a fried food using vegetable oil.

As for Baeksuk, it is sold under the name of Bangyeotang for those who cannot eat a whole chicken, and there are Yeonggye, which refers to young women, Nogye, which is a derogatory term for older people, and tough native chickens. Corsican chickens are famous for ssamdak, and there are also pet chickens.

Laying hens, that is, chickens that lay eggs, are the Leghorn breed, and sometimes there is also a breed called Plymouth Rock, which is a place name in England, and for broilers, they are usually called Baekseomi, which is a better breed between a meat rooster and a laying hen, and among laying hens, old hens that are economically viable are sometimes used, but for broilers, it is said that young chickens raised to about 1.4 kg at around 32 days old are used most of the time.

In Korea, Harim and Champre have a market share of about 60% for raw chicken meat, and BHC, BTC, and Kyochon are the major manufacturers of chicken processing companies, and there are other small and medium-sized companies as well. In addition, many franchise companies that developed and sold separate sauces for chicken have disappeared.

Chimaek, which is a combination of chicken and beer, is well known as a Korean wave food abroad, and some Korean products have been benchmarked in China, and some in Korea have even looked down on the strong taste of the sauce.

Animal welfare is possible in laying hens that can be raised in mountains or large pens, but it is known to be rare in broilers, and this can be seen in the way they are raised.

A former president said that even if you twist a chicken’s neck, dawn will come as one of his slogans for implementing a democratic society, and hens coo loudly, but roosters crow loudly once in the morning to announce the dawn.

Moo(radish), good for digestion

  In Chinese characters, radish is written as 菔, and cabbage is written as 菘. Both use the first and last letters.

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Among them, radish contains amylase, which is a natural digestive enzyme. In the past, when people had an upset stomach, they would eat raw radish. In Gyeongsang-do, radish pancakes are served on the ancestral rite table, and radish rice mixed with seasoned soy sauce is a delicacy. Radish is usually eaten raw as radish salad, or in soup, and is considered a type of side dish.

Recently, it has been used as a side dish for various fast foods such as pizza, hamburgers, and fried chicken. The three main menus where radish is used are chicken radish, danmuji, and ssammu.

Danmuji is a processed radish product made by soaking, known as dakkuang in Chinese restaurants, chicken radish is a pickled food cut into cubes, and ssammu is also a pickled food cut into circles.

On the other hand, a similar Western food is cucumber pickle, which is different from our cucumber sobak-i.

The phrase "the wind enters the radish" does not mean that outside air has entered the radish body, but rather that the internal cavity has formed due to overripeness, which makes it look bad, and in such cases, the taste is said to be inferior to that of the regular product.

Bomunsa Temple, Ganghwado, Gyeonggi-do

1 Introduction to Bomunsa Temple.

Bomunsa Temple, located on Naksan Mountain in Seokmodo, west of Ganghwado, is said to have been founded by Great Monk Hoejeong in 635 during the Silla Dynasty when he came down to Ganghwado Island after personally encountering Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva while practicing on Geumgangsan Mountain.

At the time of its founding, it was named Naksan Mountain after the mountain where Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva resides, and Bomunsa Temple was named to symbolize the boundless power of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, which has continued to this day.

Along with Yangyang Naksansa Temple and Geumsan Boriam Temple, which are sacred Avalokitesvara holy sites in Korea where Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva resides, it is one of the three major maritime Avalokitesvara prayer temples in Korea (places to pray to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva).

The story of the construction of the Nahanjeon Hall, where 22 stone statues including Sakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya Bodhisattva were salvaged from the sea and enshrined in the stone cave main hall, is famous, and it is also called Shintonggul Cave because it shows many miraculous powers of prayer.

The Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva carved in the rock, a tangible cultural property of Incheon Metropolitan City located below the Eyebrow Rock on the slope of Mt. Nakhwasan, is said to be looking out over the wide open West Sea and watching over all living beings, and is visited by many Buddhists.

2 How to get to Bomunsa Temple.

 - Bomunsa Temple Address: Incheon-si Ganghwa-gun Samsan-myeon Samsannam-ro 828beon-gil 44 Bomunsa Temple

 - Zip code: 02874

 - Bomunsa Temple Office: Phone number 032) 933-8271~3,  Fax 032) 933-8270

 - Opening hours: Summer season 07:00 - 19:00, Winter season 07:00 - 18:00

 - Bus: Munsa Temple is providing the following changed traffic information due to the opening of the Seokmodo Bridge.

3 The scenery of Bomunsa Temple.

4 Map

Bibimbap mixed with rice, Ttara Gukbap eaten separately

  Korean food culture is a soup culture, which is distinct from the Western culture of eating in small plates.

Also, our bibimbap culture is integrated, so it is easy to communicate (if you go to a local festival, you will see a culture where rice and various vegetables are put in a large bowl and mixed with a large spoon), but on the other hand, there is also a separate soup culture.

Also, bibimbap culture is a culture of fusion. In foreign countries, it is well known as a healthy and well-being food due to the use of vegetable vegetables. It can be said that bibimbap is a major food along with kimchi, bulgogi, and gimbap.

This bibimbap is a food that puts various vegetables in rice, which is a grain, and tops it with gochujang, which can be seen as a type of sauce, and various ingredients such as egg yolk are often used to create shape and color.

Sundae gukbap and somori gukbap are representative examples of these types of soups, and can be commonly found in almost every town or county office. They are representative regional dishes, such as Daegu's ttarogukbap and Naju's gomtang, and each region's unique soup culture, and each food represents the characteristics of the region.

Our country's culture is a mixed culture, so it is called bibimbap culture, but there are many opposing opinions.

Perhaps in the past, until 100 years ago, there was a sense of community, but even then, the fierce competition to make a living in a small landmass and poor soil with 70% mountainous area was the cause, but the connection to bibimbap culture is somewhat weak.

As some experts say, the population of Seoul Hanyang in the early Joseon Dynasty was about 200,000, so it is said that ancient cities of this size were rare, excluding large Chinese cities or European cities at the time.

When did we start to have a culture of rapid rapids, fierce competition, and the need to catch up with others instead of just watching them do well?

If we talk about this to small business owners or small and medium-sized enterprises, we will find that bibimbap is not necessarily good, but it absorbs individual characteristics and talents into the organization, blocking the recruitment of creative talents and creative thinking.

Rather than this, it would be necessary to create tools/opportunities that allow individuals to fully reveal and utilize their aptitudes.

Boriam, Namhae-gun, Gyeongnam

 1 Introduction to Sungnimsa Temple.

Boram Temple is a temple founded and practiced by Wonhyo Daesa in the third year of King Sinmun of Silla (683). It is a historic temple located in the middle of Geumsan (錦山) leaning against Gwaneum Peak.

The majestic energy of the rocks is gathered together to create a dignified appearance, and it looks like the Namsundongja Rock riding a dragon and bowing to the front, back, left, and right, and the rocks that seem to be chanting as if they are teaching something to the Dragon King of the Southern Sea. Boram Temple is located with its back to these rocks.

Originally, it was a temple where Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva appeared on Bogwangsan Mountain in the South Sea. In the old days, Wonhyo Daesa called this mountain Bogwangsan Mountain and built a Brahma Tower on the eastern slope, calling it Bogwangsa Temple.

2 How to get to Sungnimsa Temple.

Address search Gyeongsangnam-do Namhae-gun Sangju-myeon Boriam-ro 665 (Sangju-ri 2065)

Inquiries TEL: 055)862-6500, 862-6115 FAX: 055)862-5570

When using a private car from Seoul

Gyeongbu Expressway → Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway → Jinju Junction → Sacheon IC → Sacheon-daero → Samcheonpo Bridge Road → Jijok Intersection (Right turn toward Namhae County Office)

→ Namhae-daero → Left turn toward Boriam

Approximately 5 hours (Total 381km)

When using public transportation from Seoul

Seoul Nambu Terminal → Namhae Intercity Bus Terminal

First bus 07:10 Last bus 18:00 (1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes interval)

Time required: 4 hours 30 minutes / Fare: 23,700 won

3 The scenery of Sungnimsa Temple.

Sundae stuffed with tripe

Sundae is a common food made by steaming pig intestines with ingredients such as rice and chives. Recently, casings, an edible plastic, are used instead of pig intestines.

In countries where livestock farming developed early on, many similar foods have been developed, but it does not seem that sheep intestines are used in Korea yet. The most representative example is sausages that originated in Germany.

Intestine is a type of organ that already has a shape like a squid body, and it seems to have been used for a long time because various food ingredients can be put inside.

In Korea, it is slightly different in each region, just like chueotang, which has a unique taste in each region. Byeongcheon and Baekam sundae are famous, and they have slightly different tastes and atmospheres.

Every year, ASF (African swine fever) occurs in pigs in Korea, causing pig farms to have difficulties in management and economy. They are also called reckless, referring to running forward without looking back. Pigs always have their heads facing the ground, and it is said that they can only see the sun in the sky once, when they lie upside down when they are slaughtered.

Rather than seeing pigs as stupid and foolish animals, we should see them as animals that teach us wise things.

Dansul, Gamju, Sikhye

Sikhye is sometimes called dansul in some regions, but strictly speaking, dansul and sikhye are different foods.

Dansul is a type of sweet drink made by adding fermented barley and floating rice grains, while sikhye is mainly made by fermenting fish on the East Coast or by adding red pepper powder in Andong.

The most favorite taste of the five human senses is sweetness, but in our country, since we do not have sugar beets or sugarcane, we could only feel sweetness through taffy, which is made by boiling down rice syrup.

However, this rice syrup is not much different from the process of making dansul.

Sugarcane grown in tropical regions is crushed and made into a beverage, and it also has a difficult history as a farm laborer in Hawaii and other places in plantation farming.

It has not been that long since sugar was introduced to our country, and it was not that long ago that white sugar was despised as the cause of obesity and diabetes.

If we look at the process of making it, when the original sugar is put in,
In the elections of the 70s, along with rubber shoes, sugar seems to have been enough to attract the attention of voters. (Molasses – animals also add molasses, which is a byproduct of the sugar manufacturing process, to improve palatability.)
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Dan-sul (gam-ju) was a regular menu item with grass during the May festival period on college campuses in the 80s, and some students would make dan-sul all night and sell it during the festival the next day.

It seems that there is no big problem in classifying sikhye as a fermented food. If our country’s food culture is a fermented culture like kimchi or fermented skate, then this sikhye can also be called fermented.

Fermentation is usually thought of as a type of product created by the influence of microorganisms, but some also have chemical changes like this.

The difference between fermentation and decay is that the process of making dan-sul is very different from the fermentation process caused by microorganisms.

In other words, as a chemical reaction, the enzyme diastase contained in barley sprouts breaks down the sugar in the rice grains, and at this time, the appropriate temperature and time are required.

If kimchi is a microbial process by lactic acid bacteria (lactobacillus), this sweet rice wine can be said to be an enzymatic reaction.

In the homes of the nobility, when guests came over, they would serve cool sujeonggwa or this sweet rice wine in the summer, or serve it with misit powder and traditional Korean sweets.

Today, it is a pity that sweet rice wine made at home is gradually disappearing and we are encountering uniform products produced in large quantities in factories.

Dadaepo Beach in Busan

 1 Introduction to Dadaepo Beach.

The beach has a sandy beach area of ​​53,000㎡, a length of 900m, a width of 100m, an average water temperature of 21.6℃, and a depth of 1.5m. It is located 8km southwest of Busan, where the Nakdong River estuary and the sea meet. It is a well-known vacation spot with high-quality sand brought from the upper reaches of the Nakdong River, a gentle slope, shallow water, and warm water. It is not a place for lodging or camping, but there are convenient facilities such as accommodations and restaurants nearby. Since it opened as a beach in the 1970s, it has been open every year from July 1 to August 31.

Since the completion of the Nakdong River estuary dam in 1987, the natural inflow of river water has been blocked, and the beach's function has deteriorated to the extent that tourists who fish at the estuary dam or catch conches or crabs on the sandy beach during low tide now visit more than beachgoers. Nearby, there is Molundae, which used to be an island but is now connected to the mainland by sand that has washed up from the upper reaches of the Nakdong River. There are also many cultural heritage sites and tourist attractions, such as Dadaepo Shell Mound, the migratory bird habitat in the lower reaches of the Nakdong River, Dadaejin Dongheon, Jeongun Gongsun's Monument, and Yun Gongdan.

2 How to get to Dadaepo Beach.

- Inquiries and guidance 051-220-5895

- Website Visit Busan https://www.visitbusan.net/

- Busan Saha-gu Culture and Tourism https://www.saha.go.kr/tour/contents.do?mId=0101030000

- Address 14 Molundae 1-gil, Saha-gu, Busan Metropolitan City

- Hours of operation Open all year round

- Holidays Open all year round

- Parking available

- Parking information for the disabled Disabled parking available_Barrier-free facilities

- No curbs to the entrance and exit, so wheelchairs are accessible (some areas have slopes and stone sections)

- No curbs to the main entrance and exit, so wheelchairs are accessible

- Guide dogs are allowed_Facilities for the visually impaired

3 The scenery of Dadaepo Beach.

Cheongnyangsa Temple, a refreshing mountain in Gyeongbuk

1 Introduction to Cheongnyangsa Temple

Cheongnyangsa Temple, located in Cheongnyangsan Provincial Park, was founded by Monk Wonhyo in the third year of King Munmu of Silla (AD 663). The main temple is preserved as Cheongnyangsa Yuribojeon, a local tangible cultural asset. Cheongnyangsa Temple is considered one of the most auspicious sites in terms of geomancy, as the Yukyukbong (12 peaks) of Cheongnyangsan Mountain surround Cheongnyangsa Temple like lotus petals, and Cheongnyangsa Temple is the stamen of the lotus flower.

Cheongnyangsan Mountain is 870m high and is located across Myeongho-myeon and Jaesan-myeon in Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongbuk, and Dosan-myeon and Yean-myeon in Andong-si. It was designated as a Gyeongbuk Provincial Park in 1982. It was later designated as a nationally designated scenic spot.

Two precious treasures remain at Cheongnyangsa Temple. The Yuribojeon [琉璃寶殿], a signboard written by King Gongmin himself, and the Jupyeong.

If Cheongnyangsa is the inner Cheongnyang, Eungjinjeon is the outer Cheongnyang. Eungjinjeon is the hermitage of Cheongnyangsa where Wonhyo Daesa stayed, and it was built in 663. It is the place with the best view in Cheongnyangsan. It is reached after climbing the trail for about 30 minutes from Ipseok.

Behind it is a huge Geumtapbong Peak that surrounds like a folding screen, and below is a steep cliff. The rock resembles a nine-story Geumtap, and pine trees are rooted on the rock face as if they are forming a border on each floor. In the fall, the red maple leaves below the cliff are spectacular.

2 How to get to Cheongnyangsa Temple

 - Inquiries and guidance: 054-672-1446 

 - Website: http://www.cheongryangsa.org 

 - Address: 199-152 Cheongnyangsan-gil, Myeongho-myeon, Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do 

 - Hours of operation: Open all year round 

 - Holidays: Open year-round 

 - Parking available

3 The scenery of Cheongnyangsa Temple

Sungrimsa Temple, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do

1 Introduction to Sungnimsa Temple.

 Sunglimsa is a branch temple of Geumsansa, the headquarters of the 17th district of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It was founded by Jinpyo during the reign of King Gyeongdeok of Silla. Some say it was founded in 1345 (the first year of the reign of King Chungmok of Goryeo), and the temple is said to have been named after the characters “Sung” from Sungsan and “Rim” from Shaolin Temple, in honor of the nine years in which Dharma sat in meditation while looking at the wall at Sungsan Shaolin Temple. In 1697 (the 23rd year of King Sukjong’s reign), Yeongwonjeon was built, and in 1819 (the 19th year of King Sunjo’s reign) and 1882 (the 19th year of King Gojong’s reign), Sunglimsa’s Bogwangjeon and surrounding buildings were renovated. In 1885 (22nd year of King Gojong’s reign), Uhwaru was rebuilt, the main temple was rebuilt in 1912, and in 1923, the head priest Hwang Seong-ryeol rebuilt Nahanjeon and Yeongwonjeon. In 1957, thanks to the donations of Go Gwang-man, the Siwangjeon and Nahanjeon were rebuilt, which continues to this day. In addition, there are many treasures and tangible cultural properties of Jeollabuk-do at Sungnimsa Temple.

2 How to get to Sungnimsa Temple.

Inquiry and guidance : 053-862-6394

Address : 495-57 Baekje-ro, Ungpo-myeon, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do

Map: https://www.google.co.kr/maps/search/%EC%9D%B5%EC%82%B0+%EC%88%AD%EB%A6%BC%EC%82%AC?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

3 The scenery of Sungnimsa Temple.