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Jeong Wall Dae Boreum (The first full moon's day of the lunar calendar)
There is a special, traditional day, Jeong Wall Dae Boreum in Korea. It is not a holly day but a festive day. It happens on the day of the first full moon, January 15th in the lunar calendar. On that day, people do many ceremonies to wish for good luck for the year.
First, in the morning before eating breakfast, people drink refined rice wine, cheong-ju. It is called "ear quickening wine" Ear quickening wine means making their hearing quicken. Also it is said that if drinking this wine, people will have good news for the year. So all of Koreans including children drink it.
Next, there is something called 'bu-reom'. It means eating nuts. It is good to bite nuts as many as your age. The first bitten ones can be thrown on th the ground, after people bite those. Some do this to make a wish for healthy teeth. Others believe that chewing nuts helps people to avoid skin disease.
Finally, at night, people do an interesting play called juiboolnoly. People drill holes in a bank around rice paddies and a field. Next, people put flaming torches in the holes. Then people burn banks to get rid of rats and insects which can be harmful to crops.
Jeong Wall Dae Boreum is the day when people forget bad things of last year and make wishes for new year. Though it is not familiar to young generations, it is a tradition which Koreans have to remember. |
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Jeong Wall Dae Bo Reum
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To Jang Eun hye From Park Shin-Young
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is you faithfully followed the direction in the textbook when it comes to write an essay. You’ve arranged ideas in chronological order by using like First, Next, Finally.
2. Your main point seems to be Jeong Wall Dae Bo Reum (I think Roman alphabets should be wrong.) is the first full moon's day of the lunar calendar
3. These particular words or lines struck me as powerful:
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rice paddies
I like them because
Before reading your writing, I didn’t hear of this phrase. Many students might use other words.
4. Some things aren’t clear to me. These lines or parts could be improved (meaning not clear, supporting points missing, order seems mixed up, writing not lively):
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cheong-ju. 'bu-reom' juiboolnoly.
Need improving because
Those words are proper nouns. So, it should be written in capitals, not lower case.
Lines or parts
The first bitten ones can be thrown on th the ground, after people bite those.
Need improving because
Instead of using ‘CAN’, it should be written like ‘SHOULD’. Since people throw their first bite to make a good wish, the expression ‘SHOULD’ might be more reasonable in the context.
5. The one change you could make that would make the biggest improvement in this piece of writing is
Of course, it’s the first draft. But, I think your writing has been written in a hurry. You misspelled some words.
To Jang Eun Hye from Soyun Jeong
ReplyDelete1. I liked the way you used time clauses to indicate the order of the process. You also explain each activities of Jeong wall dae bo reum in detail, and those explanations are very clear.
2. Your main point seems to be there are lots of activities to go through on Jeong wall dae bo reum day.
3. These particular words or phrases struck me as powerful:
refined rice wine
I think this word explained the definition of cheong ju in a very simple and clear way.
be quick of hearing
I think this expression is great! It fits so well to the world 귀밝이. I think you have slight grammar error in the useage of tht expression (which I will explain in no.4) but I still think you did a great job on finding and using this expression.
4. Some things aren’t clear to me. These lines or parts could be improved (meaning not clear, supporting points missing, order seems mixed up, writing not lively):
Ear quickening wine means making their hearing quicken
I think this sentence has a flaw, because the word 'ear quickening wine' doesn't 'mean' making their hearing quicken. It means the 'wine' that makes their hearing quicken. Also, I am not sure but I don't think making something quicken is grammatically correct.
5. I found occasional grammar errors in your writing, so I think you can improve your writing greatly by checking on your grammar again.
201104213 EIT Jang Eun hye
ReplyDeleteJeong Wall Dae Boreum (The first full moon day of the lunar calendar)
There is a special, traditional day, Jeong Wall Dae Boreum in Korea. It happens on the day of the first full moon, January 15th on the lunar calendar. It is not set as a holiday. So traditional ceremonies have been simplified. However, it is still a festive day. People do many ceremonies to wish for good luck for the new year.
First, in the morning before eating breakfast, people drink refined rice wine, Cheong-ju. It is called Gwibalgisul, ear-quickening wine. It means making their hearing better. Also, it is said that if drinking this wine, people will be blessed with good news for the year. What’s more, drinking this wine is believed to prevent people from having infections of ears. So all Koreans even including children are likely to drink it.
Next, there is something called ‘Bu-reom’. It means eating nuts. It is good to bite as many nuts as your age. It is because people believe doing it brings about healthy teeth. Also, They believe that eating nuts helps people to avoid skin diseases. There is ,however, one thing you should be careful of. Because eating the first bitten nut means causing bad luck, it should be thrown on the ground.
Finally, at night, people do an interesting play called Juiboolnoly. People dig holes into banks around rice paddies and fields. Next, they put flaming torches in the holes. Then they burn banks to get rid of rats and insects which can be harmful to crops. Also, people burn banks to cast out demons bringing misfortune with them. That way people make wishes for good harvest and good fortune doing Juiboolnloy.
Jeong Wall Dae Boreum is the day when people see the old year go and welcome the new year in. People forget bad things of last year and make wishes for good things of the new year. Though it is not familiar to younger generations, it is a tradition which Koreans have to remember and preserve.