Seasons and Folk Customs of DPRK in November

Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- In the DPRK, the winter begins on November 7 or 8 and it starts to snow on November 22 or 23.

In the DPRK, it is the custom to make kimchi (pickled vegetables) in November.

So, November is called kimjangdal (a month to prepare kimchi).

Making kimchi has been of great significance to the Korean people for a very long time. Cookery and tastes are different according to regions.

In the DPRK, it is also the custom to steam soybeans for making soybean sauce in the next spring.

In this period Koreans did thrashing and grain drying, pounding and storing, and repaired their hypocaust.

In northeast coastal area, fishermen caught hard-finned sandfish and walleye pollacks in November.

Among the favorite dishes of the Korean people in November are cabbage kimchi, kaktugi (hot pickles of chopped radishes), radishes pickled in salt water, fermented hard-finned sandfish, walleye-pollack pepper-pot soup, etc.

Among the folk games are a yut-game, paduk, Korean chess, kite-flying and shuttlecock game.

This year the winter-beginning day is November 7 and the first snowing day is November 22. -0-