This pretty fabric bag was tied to the waist, over Han-bok.
Children kept in it the money they earned by bowing to the elderly on New Year's Day, before they deposited it in the bank or hid it in their desk.
Bok-Jumoney (Korean Good Luck Bag) is how we call this fabric bag, which becomes heavier each time you bow to the elderly on New Year's Day.
Han-bok does not have a pocket in which to put personal items, so a small bag was made to be worn on the waist or carried with the hand.
Bok-Jumoney was the name for the bag that was exchanged on the Lunar New Year's Day to pray for good luck.
This custom originated when the Palace sent a bag of roasted beans wrapped in red paper to each member of the royal family to celebrate the Lunar New Year's Day in the Joseon Dynasty.
They believed that wearing this bag on this day kept bad spirits away and invited good luck all year.
The Korean language has many words that sound the same but have different meanings.
Damda (to contain) is one of them.
Korean ancestors were good at comprehending intangible things as tangible things, and they used the term 'Damda' to mean 'containing luck' in a bag.
How would you contain luck in a small bag?
This must have been possible because women devoted time and efforts to embroidering the beautiful patterns one by one onto the small bag while praying for the well-being and longevity of their descendants.
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