아시아권에서, 특히 그중에서도 대한민국에서 ‘복’이라는 단어는 매번 들을 때마다 기분이 좋아진다. 사전적 의미로 ‘복(한자)’은 삶에서 누리는 큰 행운과 오붓한 행복. 행운을 뜻한다. 그 외에도 ‘복스럽게 생겼다’, ‘복스럽게 먹는다’, ‘복덩이’, ‘복이 절로 굴러온다’ 등 살아오면서 이런 말들을 쉽게 들을 수 있을 정도로 ‘복’이라는 단어는 다양하게 쓰여진다. 우리에게 친근하게 느껴지는 이 단어는 사실 하늘의 […]

    Flower Picnic   “Does spring come even in the stolen fields?”   Lee Sang-hwa (Apr. 5, 1901 to Apr. 25, 1943), a national poet, wrote down a poem with regret while looking at his country that was taken away by the Japanese imperialism. Now, in 2020, our nation has faced glorious liberation, but […]

  White Day   In Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice,” even if they confessed love to each other, the confession did not lead to love because they did not understand each other’s hearts. ‘Confession’ must be innocent.     You shouldn’t have hatred, and you should confess without misunderstandings and lies. In a world that […]

  Valentine’s Day   “Those who do not love now are all guilty,” said Noh Hee-Kyung. If there were a world where not loving is a sin, how long will those who do not love be sentenced? I wish they would avoid life imprisonment or death penalty. The heart crept out is the pain that […]

  Now, February 14th is the day of chocolates and the day of love around the world. Whatever the hidden story behind the origins is, St. Valentine Day became a time when people show feelings of love that had been hidden or affection to make stronger.     People in the world fall in love […]

  Happy Birthday 2 U     At the Dickens’ House Museum in London, there is a café at the entrance to the first floor. In this café, where you can taste recipe sets that appear even in novels on the menu, when his birthday comes back, cards with congratulatory messages are stuck on the […]

  What do people live by? Before coming down to the human world after being punished, the angel Mikhail was saved by Simon, a poor and good shoemaker. Simon takes care of Mikhail lying on a cold street despite his wife’s abuse. His shoe store earned money thanks to Mikhail, who made shoes better than […]

  New Year’s Day in the Solar Calendar is called New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day in the lunar calendar is the first holiday of the year as a new month when the year begins.     ‘The New Year’s Day of Magpie was yesterday~. Our New Year’s Day is today~. I wear a really pretty pigtail […]

The anniversary of the birth of baby Jesus/ France/ Noël Italy/ Natale Germany/ weihnachten December 25/ <Christmas Day> December 24/ <Christmas Eve> Refer to Naver Encyclopedia (Dictionary of Theology, August 20, 1998 Korean Dictionary Research Center) A long time ago, I spent Christmas thinking of the ghosts in Charles Dickens’ . I looked forward to […]