The history you might not know about Seollal 😮 I actually found out about this history while researching for my calendar. If you purchased my calendar, you can read more about the story through the QR code in the corner for the month of February. I was so surprised that our Lunar New Year was only restored in 1989, which was when my dad was my age! So I texted him to confirm this history, and he indeed remembered the strange implementations of President (technically military dictator) Park Jeong Hee who tried to dismiss the lunar new year. It was bizarre that the holiday that survived even the Japanese oppression—side note, the Japanese tried to erase Seollal by forcing Koreans to work on the holiday, closing down rice cake shops all week, and smearing dirt on children’s new Hanboks—was taking so long to make a comeback when it was a clear tradition among the people. What’s even crazier to me is that the first several presidents (most of them were problematic/ corrupt and went to jail) that came immediately after our independence, actually tried to cancel Seollal with similar oppressive ways as the Japanese did. They sure tried to close all the rice cake shops around then, too. In the end, the people won, and it stands all the more beautifully as an official 3-day holiday in South Korea. you can find the full recipe on cafemaddy.com. Simply google “cafe maddy ddukguk” #korean #lunarnewyear #LNY #koreanhistory #foodhistory #koreanfood #tteokguk #ddukguk #떡국 #koreanricecake #healthy #soup #souprecipe Music provided by BGM President Track: My Homeland