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It’s an unofficial holiday, everyday, if you learn Korean with KoreanClass101.com! We’re back with another culture class that is very unique to Korea. We try to bring unique Korean culture, whenever the opportunity presents itself. And today, we’re talking about Black Day in Korea. Valentine’s Day and White Day in Korea maybe something you may know about, but Black Day is a day that is celebrated only in Korea. And it’s Black Day, for a reason. Listen in and find out about this unofficial holiday in Korea! And after listening, remember to stop by KoreanClass101.com and leave us a comment! Black Day in Korea



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37 Responses to “Korean Culture Class #11 - Black Day”

KoreanClass101.com says:

여러분, 자장면 먹어 본 적이있나요? [Everyone, have you ever eaten jajangmyeon (Black Bean Noodles)] Also, check out our lesson on Peppero Day

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

저는 정말 자주 먹어요 ^^
I eat it really often!

자장면(or 짜장면!) 너무 좋아해요.
I really like jajangmyeon.

:-)

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

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Keith says:

Welcome 민경 (MinKyung!) Everyone say “hi!”

그리고 짜장면 너무 맛있어요! I love that stuff!!! :mrgreen:

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Jeff (Javis) says:

안녕하세요 민경씨!

저는 발렌타인 데이에 여자에게 고백한 적이 있어요. 고등학교 때 한번 그렇게 했는데 그 여자가 거부했으니까 그 다음엔 여자친구가 있어도 그렇게 다하지 않아요.

이 제는 여자친구 없어서 이 번 블랙데이에 자장면을 꼭 먹을 거예요.

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_petiteclaire_ says:

Bienvenue MinKyung !!!

I still think Black Day sounds depressing… And not because of the colour ! I’d rather have an Anti-Valentine party on feb 14…

But I’m dying to try jajangmyeon nonetheless :mrgreen:

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Bouks says:

Welcome, Minkyung! Please tell us about yourself, don’t be shy.

So, what days do us married people get? Why do the single people get to have all the fun…

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rigo says:

hello guys and welcome MinKyung , yes would like to know
a little about yourself

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제임스 says:

it’s been a long while since I had 짜장면. I guess i’ll get me some this week.

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alicetowa says:

민경씨 처음 뵙겠습니다.
저는 자장면 너무너무 좋아해요. 자장면이랑 짠뽕을 같이 먹는것은 좋아해요. :mrgreen:

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theresa says:

i’ve tried jajangmyeon in a korean restaurant in singapore but i didn’t quite like it. my friend told me it wasn’t like how it tasted when she had it in korea.

i would like to try the korean jajangmyeon. my friends told me it’s nice.

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Jeff (Javis)

그래도 굉장히 용기가 있으신 것 같아요 ^^!! 집 근처에 자장면을 먹을 수 있는 곳이 있어요?

그 여자가 거부했으니까 –> 그 여자가 거부했기 때문에
그렇게 다하지 않아요 –> 그렇게 하지 않아요
이 제는 –> 이제는
이 번 –> 이번

petiteclaire,

Anti-Valentine party is a nice idea!! hehe. But what will be the party like? 어떤 파티가 될까요? :-)

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Bouks,

Haha. I guess they thought married people wouldn’t pay too much attention to whatever’s going on with the ’special days’ (아마 결혼한 사람들은 이런 ‘특별한 날’들에 별로 신경을 안 쓸 거라고 생각했나 봐요. ^^)

We can make one! (우리가 만들어요!)

Any good ideas? (좋은 생각 있어요?) ㅎㅎ

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

alice 씨 혹시 ‘짬짜면’이라고 들어 본 적 있으세요? :-)

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alicetowa says:

현우씨.. :mrgreen:
짬짜면 들어 본 적이 없는데 중국집 메뉴판을 다시 한번 보면 짬짜면이라는 요리를 찾아냈어요.이거는 좋은 생각이네요. :eek: .저는 친구랑 같이 자장면을 배달시킬 때 짠뽕의 국물만 서비스로 원하거든요..저는 인색한 사람인거 같네요 :oops: …하지만 저는 한국 사람의 서비스 정신을 좋아해요…본받고 싶어요… :razz:

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_petiteclaire_ says:

Anti-Valentine parties are mostly girls, and include ice-cream, lots of alcohol and macarons (traditional french almond cookies) :twisted:

Bouks, in France married couple also celebrate Valentine’s Day. It’s a great money-making day for babysitters … :roll:

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

alicetowa,

하하 ‘서비스 정신’ 때문인지, 아니면 장사를 더 잘하기 위한 것인지는 모르겠지만, ^^ 확실히 좋은 생각인 것만은 확실해요! 그쵸? ‘뭘 먹을까…?’하고 고민하는 사람들에게는 더할 나위 없이 좋은 선택이 되니까요!

다시 한번 보면 ~~ 요리를 찾아냈어요
–> 다시 한 번 보고 ~~ 요리를 찾아냈어요
–> 다시 한번 보니까 ~~ 요리가 있었어요.

이거는 –> 이거

짠뽕 –> 짬뽕

저는 인색한 사람인거 같네요
–> 저는 인색한 사람인 것 같아요
–> 저는 인색한 사람인가 봐요

petiteclaire :-)

Oh, 처음 들어요 ^^! It’s the first time I’ve ever heard of that! 재미있을 것 같아요! Sounds like fun! Haha. :-)

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민경(Min Kyong) says:

안녕하세요 민경입니다. 모두 너무 반가워요~ 이제 부터 Koreanclass101에서 같이 재미있게 한국어 공부해요!
This is Min Kyung. Nice to meet you all~ Let’s have a fun Korean class together at Koreanclass101!

많은 분들이 코멘트 남겨 주셨는데 참 재미있는 글들이 많네요.
Many people left comments and there are some nice ones.

Jeff (Javis)씨 진짜 Jeff의 용기가 부럽습니다! 저도 꼭 다음 발렌타인 데이때는 고백을 해보겠습니다!! 화이팅!

_petiteclaire_ Thank you for welcoming me! I had to admit Black Day does sound very depressing. But you get to have fun with your single friends~!

Bouks Thank you for your warm welcome~! And I guess married couples can also enjoy some Jajangmyeon together~!That sounds much more romantic than Black Day.

alicetowa 안녕하세요~ 잘 부탁드려요. 저도 짜장면이랑 짬뽕 같이 먹는거 진짜 좋아해서…늘 뭘 먹을 까 고민 했는데 이제는 짬짜면 때문에 고민 끝~!!!

따뜻하게 맞아 주셔서 감사합니다~그럼 여러분 모두 한국어 공부 재미있게 하세요~
Thank you for welcoming me warmly~ Have fun studying Korean!!

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Shan says:

Actually 중국요리 does have “자장면”, it’s called “炸酱面” (zhajiangmian), or literally “fried sauce noodles”. Supposedly, the traditional Beijing ZhaJiangMian is cooked with wide hand-tossed noodles, soybean paste, radish pieces, cucumber pieces, cabbage pieces and other vegetables. You would then personally mix the ingredients together to eat. The sauce is sort of brownish. It’s yummy!

But I would love to try the Korean 자장면. Did anyone watch “Coffee Prince”? Still remember that scene where 은찬 gobbled down 5 bowls of 자장면, it was kinda disgusting! :roll:

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Bouks says:

I only watched a few episodes of Coffee Prince - and I happened to catch that one. It was fascinating and disgusting at the same time :eek: Not a good style of eating with friends on Black Day, I think. But if anyone attempts to recreate this stunt, please be sure to post the video :lol:

Actually, my husband and I spend long periods of time apart (unfortunately), so I should start a new day for people apart from their spouses. Shall I call it Grey Day? Hmm, I wonder what food would be appropriate then…ugh, maybe I should name it after some other color :lol:

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Daniel K says:

I’m going to try starting a new tradition at my English academy on Monday/Black Day: Dark Chocolate Hershey Kisses! I’d wager they’d be more popular than 짜장면-flavoured candy (if such a thing even exists), and easier to give out than bowls of 짜장면.

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Shan, :-)
yeah I like the Chinese 炸酱面 too :-) I’ve only had it once to compare it with the Korean version of 자장면 when I was in China, and it was really good too!! Are you living in China now? Where in China do you live ? Can you find any Korean restaurants near your place?

Bouks, :-)
I think we need a Letter Day :-) How does that sound? hehe. You gotta write or give letters on that day - wouldn’t it be nice ?

Daniel :-)
That’s a good idea! :) Black chocolate, black rice drink, or anything other than 자장면 :-) would be very interesting!

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Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:

안녕하세요 민경 씨! :grin: and welcome! :grin:

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Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:

365 days won’t be enough ㅋㅋㅋ. Korea will need around 1 million days more if they continue like this ㅋㅋㅋ… orange juice day,?!ㅋㅋㅋ

A day for each drink, fruit,vegetable, color, metal,things etc…

Is there a Pizza Day in korea? ㅋㅋㅋif not, let’s start one! :mrgreen: ㅋㅋㅋ

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Bouks says:

Don’t forget to eat black licorice and black jellybeans, Daniel :cool:

Hyunwoo: I think every day should be Letter Day! I like writing. Too bad I write better than I speak. Maybe I should just walk around with a notebook everywhere :lol:

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Bouks says:

Jacqueline, I second the Pizza Day proposal! :cool:

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Shan says:

현우 씨,
아니요, 저는 신가퍼르에 살아요. 여기에, 중국식당 많아요.

Korean restaurants are not so common. However, recently a lot of Korean food stalls have sprung up in foodcourts in our shopping malls, though I doubt they serve authentic Korean food. Just the other day, I ordered 육개장 from one of these stalls… I haven’t tasted the real thing so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it certainly wouldn’t be like what I ate! It tasted like chilli water - spicy but tasteless! :sad:

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Keith says:

싱가포르에 한국 사람들 많아요? 가본적이 없는데, 진짜 멋있다고 들었어요 ^^ (I haven’t been there, but I heard it’s really cool!)

And I know what it’s like to have bad Korean food… my University had “Korean Express” fastfood style Korean food. It was bad….. but it was kind of good at the same time? It was weird… haha! :mrgreen:

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Jeff (Javis) says:

Boo… The only places I could find that serve 짜장면 in the area require a car to get to, so I celebrated (mourned?) being single in my own way :lol: .

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Shan says:

I think there are more and more Koreans coming to Singapore the past few years. There are even some who bring their children to attend our schools here, because they want their kids to be trilingual (english+chinese+korean)!! I think it’s tough on the poor kids, but then again, Korean students are probably used to mugging and competing with millions back in their own country, so maybe they don’t find it tough here???

You won’t believe it, 오늘, 우리신문 actually had a small article on Black Day!! There was a picture of a man eating 자장면 in a competition hahaha!!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Jeff,
too bad that the 짜장면 place is far away from your place. And somehow, I’ve never tried making 짜장면 in my own house other than just making the instant 짜장면 noodles - but they are different. 짜장면 is so difficult to make! hehe.

Shan,
oh, really? 짜장면 먹기 대회(eating competition) sounds very tough … it’s a lot! hehe.

And yes, I agree that there’s too much competition going on even for the little kids … T.T 아이들은 놀아야 되는데…. kids should just have fun… :(

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민경(Min Kyong) says:

Jacqueline 안녕하세요~~ㅎㅎ 흠…피자 데이라…..저는 찬성!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

피자 데이 좋아요!! 언제가 좋을까요? What date would be good for PIzza Day? :-)

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Bouks says:

My family used to make and eat delicious homemade pizza every Friday night. (Fresh basil on it - yeah!) We fell out of that habit a while back - what a shame. Maybe every Friday should be 피 자 데 이 :wink:

But…how will I get the pizza to reach you all? :sad:

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Bouks, that sounds really nice!! hehe.

Just wait till I make a 순간 이동 machine :-)

T.T

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KoreanClass101.com Blog » Blog Archive » 화이트데이 - reverse Valentine’s Day in Korea (White Day) says:

[…] White Day should be a fun day and it’s one of the more noticeable 14th holidays (as opposed to Kiss Day - nope, I didn’t make that one up). This day is also quite predictably a couple day much like Christmas in Korea. But for those of you who get shucked on March 14th, hold your innermost emo-ness for 30 more days to celebrate how miserable you really are that you’re not alone on Black day with other dateless bums single friends. […]

Colin (콜린) says:

I tired jajangmyeon and did not really like it =[.

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