Character Story:Depicting a 人 인 man carrying 禾 벼 rice stalks on his back, the farmer’s year en

Character Story:Depicting a 人 인 man carrying 禾 벼 rice stalks on his back, the farmer’s year ended with his harvest. Thus it indicated for common people the end of the farming cycle and their year.<벼타작>, 김홍도 “Rice Threshing” , Kim Hong Do. image source: National Museum of KoreaThe most important grain crop in Korea was rice for many, many years. Still the staple grain of the Korean diet, recently with the increase in popularity of bread and pastries, pasta etc., wheat flour has been steadily increasing in consumption at the expense of rice. However, historically rice production has constituted more than 90% of the arable land. Many older people, and even some more traditional young people, feel like without rice, anything you eat is just snacks and not a meal. Study vocab here! Vocabulary:年度      년도      year year x limit 今年      금년      this year now x year 來年      내년      next year coming x year 昨年      작년      last year재昨年  재작년  the year before last yesterday x year 後年      후년      the year after next after x year 往年      왕년      the years past go x year 閏年      윤년      leap year leap month x year 豊年      풍년      year of good harvest abundant x year 凶年      흉년      year of bad harvest unlucky x year 年末      연말      end of the year year x end 年俸      년봉      annual salary year x salary 年金      연금      annuity; pension year x money 年平均  연평균  yearly average year x average 年賀狀  연하장  New Year’s card year x congratulate x card 學年      학년      school year; grade school x year (一)週年              (일)주년             (first) anniversary first x revolve x year 年代      연대      years and generations; chronology year x generation 年代順  연대순  chronological ordergeneration x order90年代               90년대               the nineties (years)90 x generation年齡      연령      age; years year x age 年歲      연세      age (높임말) year x age 老年      노년      old age old x age 中年      중년      middle age middle x age 少年      소년      boy few x year 靑年      청년      young man green x year 年老하다            연로하다            to be old, aged year x old 靑少年  청소년  young boys and girls; teenagers green x few x year 年上      연상      senior in age year x above 年下      연하      junior in age year x below -- source link

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