Unit 06

Further Reading

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Do you know our ancestors made some stories about our traditional rice cake, Tteok? Our ancestors used rice cake for .

In the past, villagers forecast the future by looking at the shapes of the boiled rice cakes. All the people in a village brought rice and shared it. They powdered it and put one sheet of paper written with each one’s name under their own share. Then it was boiled. Usually, all the rice cakes were boiled well, but sometimes the consistency varied. People with a well-boiled rice cake were believed to have good fortune, while those whose rice cakes did not cook well were believed to have bad fortune. When rice cakes were not boiled well, it was the custom that the villagers did not eat them. Instead, they dumped the rice cakes in the middle of 3-way street, believing they could avoid bad luck that way. Songpyeon (rice cake steamed on the layer of pine needles) also served for the same purpose. Villagers believed an unborn child’s appearance could be predicted from the shape of Songpyeon. They also thought if the fillings are cooked, the unborn child would be a boy, otherwise a girl.

위 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 알맞은 것을 고르시오.

① teaching their children how to cook

② caring and sharing with other villagers

③ learning how to avoid bad lucks

④ predicting their fortune and future

⑤ handing down their tradition to their siblings