Actually, Koreans eat beans instead of green beans. In autumn, they grill out the beans and cook them mixed with rice. When I talk Korean classmates, I always could not help but ask: 'Why couldn't Korean eat beans just as same as Chinese people do? My classmate asks mischievously: 'Why do Chinese people eat minor beans?'
Beside beans, Koreans don't eat sunflower seeds. If you have an opportunity to go to the countryside, you could find sunflowers. However, they are not planted into the film, but three or two huddled together, somehow like abandoned children. I wonder if they regard sunflowers just as a kind of flower or plant sunflowers for magpies. Sometimes, she ate these persimmons secretly, but her mother would beat her each time.
Many Japanese play mahjong with set of game rules and methods, and prepare to develop mahjong into a sport compared with the Go. Koreans play a kind of flower cards instead of mahjong which is similar to mahjong, During festive seasons or normal days in the scenic area, you could see Koreans, particularly the elderly, Play this together without tension which with playing mahjong. This is also reflected in Korean TV drama. I feel, in general, the scene of gambling is rare. In Korea, few people are interested in lottery. In contrary, horse racing is legal, but not enough people are involved. This cannot compared to the passion of Hong Kong people. Korea also has large casinos, such as Jeju Island, however, the door of these places, without exception, are standing with the notice: Koreans are not admitted.
Once, my professor invited me to his home for dinner, after some drinks, professor asked me if I could whistle, I told him I could and blew proudly, Professor hastened to stop me and told me that in Korea the whistle is considered frivolous and obscene move, so few People blowing. His wife immediately said that whistling world bring a ghost, so it can not blow. His daughter rushing to say: 'no, as our teacher said, a whistler, lives in the under world!'
Listening to them say this, I found myself, whether in public or private meeting of friends, never heard anyone whistling for three years. I told my tutor students Huang this thing, Huang said: 'Do not listen to their nonsense! When you walk along the countryside road, many people whistle. City people do not blow, because they are stupid,' Huang's hometown is the countryside of Jeollabuk, over the years he has maintained the simplicity of country folk, often complaining chat the city air is not good, and buildings weaken the natural atmosphere. He put down the textbooks and moistened his lips. blowing a whistle. I listened closely his blowing, which was actually 'Autumn Whispers.' I joined him, after blowing we laughed happily!
GSB MBA Student