A snack that I ate while being hit by a konjang during the Joseon Dynasty.jpg

When you eat yakgwa, you hit the gonjang. The essential offering for Lunar New Year is yakgwa藥da flour, kneaded with sesame oil, then dipped in honey and alcohol, and fried on a plate. It is also called yumilgwa, which is a type of Gangjeong that is kneaded with rice powder with honey

In modern times, the first snack that children eat after ancestral rites is yakgwa, and they often buy snacks, but in the past, it was different

At least during the Joseon Dynasty, ordinary people needed to be prepared to be beaten to eat yakgwa It was compiled by the order of King Jeongjo because it was necessary to unify the laws of Gyeongguk Daejeon and Sokdaejeon, which were the laws of the early Joseon Dynasty, into one and supplement the missing parts

According to Choi Nam-sun’s Joseon common sense, there is a clause in the Daejeon Tongbu that “if you use a yumilgwa at a wedding or funeral in a private house, you will be punished in your 80s.”

Yakgwa, which can be eaten anytime if you want to eat it, is an excessive luxury during the Joseon Dynasty, so it is interesting from a modern perspective because the law stipulates that if you use Yakgwa recklessly, you will hit Gonjang Yakgwa must have been really precious because it was prohibited not only for the general public but also for national events

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