What is Kimjang?
1. What Is Kimjang? Kimjang(or Gimjang, 김장) is a Korean old tradition of making a big amount of kimchi for eating during long cold winter. In Korea basically vegetables fo r kimchi, such as cabbage, radish, green onion, can’t grow well in the natural environment of cold winter. Although these days we can get the fresh ingredients easily even in winter thanks to greenhouses and other high tech farming and logic system, we still have this tradition. A family doing kimjang. Making a big amount of kimchi at once is not just for preserving and eating it for a long time, also for sharing it with family and neighbors. So it is a big annual event for most of households and many local communities in Korea. Some communities do kimjang for charity. They donate kimjang kimchi to vulnerable groups in the society. That is why kimjang is very meaningful in many aspects. Normally kimjang is done between late November and early December. It depends on the region and the weat...