Bueok
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 부엌 |
| Revised Romanization : | Bueok |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Puŏk |
Bueok ( Korean 부엌 ) is one of the names used in the Korean language for a kitchen in the house, another is Jeongji ( 정지 ).
Linguistic differences
While in the west of the Korean peninsula and here preferably in the provinces of Gyeonggi-do ( 경기도 ), Chungcheong-do ( 충청도 ), Jeolla-do ( 전라도 ) and Jeju-do ( 제주도 ) in South Korea and in the provinces of Pyeongyang-do and Hwanghae -do the term "Bueok" is used by North Korea for kitchen, the term "Jeongji" ( 정지 ) can be found in the rest of the eastern parts of both countries . The linguistic difference is due to two different types of kitchens in the traditional Hanok houses ( 한옥 ) of the formerly united country. Jeongji has its origins in a type of house that was found in Hamgyeong-do ( 함경도 ) province . In the house called Gyeopjip ( 겹집 ) the kitchen was in the middle of the house because of the warming fireplace, in contrast to the other traditional houses where the kitchen was always in the western part of the house.
history
The oldest evidence of a description of a kitchen room in a Hanok house can be found in the work Sanguozhi ( Chinese 三國 志 / 三国志 , Pinyin Sānguó Zhì ) by the Chinese historian Chen Shou ( Chinese 陳壽 / 陈寿 , Pinyin Chén Shòu ) (233-297 ), in which he noted that the kitchen location on the Korean peninsula was always west of the entrance gate in the respective house and that a kitchen god was worshiped there. Originating from the tradition of ancient fire worship , Jowangsin ( 조왕신 ) was symbolized by a bowl of water standing by the stove, which was refilled every morning. Since the kitchen was the domain of women in the house, the deity was often worshiped as a goddess and associated with the figure of a young woman or a grandmother. The term “Bueok” for kitchen was first used in 1481 in a Korean translation of a poem by the Chinese poet Du Fu Chinese 杜甫 , Pinyin Dù Fǔ, and was probably derived from the two terms “bul” ( 불 ) for fire and “eok” ( 억 ) formed as a local ending .
Bueok in Hanok
In the Hanok, the traditional Korean house, the Bueok always found its place in the western part of the south-facing house. Owing to the climatic conditions of Korea, this was the best position and generally allowed a good smoke outlet due to the winds blowing in preferably from Siberia in winter. The fireplace in the kitchen was on the ground floor or in a recess in the floor to the wall of the adjoining room, so that not only the stove could be fired from there, but also the underfloor heating, so typical of Korea, called ondol ( 온돌 ). The firewood was stacked ready to hand on the opposite side and, depending on the size of the house, there were always several cast iron kettles, gamasot ( 가마솥 ), in which rice, soups and the like were cooked on the stove .
literature
- Kim Kwang-on: Traditional cuisines in China, Japan and Korea . In: Koreana . Volume 12, No. 3. The Korea Foundation , 2017, ISSN 1975-0617 , p. 12-17 (German-language edition).
- Lee Chang-guy: There's always something going on in this kitchen . In: Koreana . Volume 12, No. 3. The Korea Foundation , 2017, ISSN 1975-0617 , p. 18–23 (German language edition).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kim: Traditional cuisines in China, Japan and Korea . In: Koreana . 2017, p. 14 .
- ↑ Kim: Traditional cuisines in China, Japan and Korea . In: Koreana . 2017, p. 13 .
- ↑ Kim: Traditional cuisines in China, Japan and Korea . In: Koreana . 2017, p. 15 .
- ↑ Lee: There's always something going on in this kitchen . In: Koreana . 2017, p. 21 .