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Korean chili peppers or Korean hot peppers, also known as Korean red, Korean dark green, or Korean long green (2025). 9788132227236, Springer. ISBN 9788132227236 peppers according to color (ripening stages), are medium-sized of the species Capsicum annuum. The chili pepper is long, slender and mild in flavor and spice. Green (unripe) chili peppers measure around 1,500 Scoville heat units.
Gochugaru or Korean chili powder, is chili powder or flakes made from these peppers.
From the National Folk Museum of Korea:
Gochu, or red pepper, is used to cleanse impurities and to chase away evil spirits in the event of an illness or the birth of a son.The pepper's red color was believed to symbolize the sun and its spicy flavor to be effective for chasing away bad forces, while its shape was associated with the birth of a male infant.
The practice of attaching red peppers to the taboo rope (geumjul) hung over the gate to announce the birth of a son is observed around the country.
Upon the outbreak of a contagious disease, three red peppers are hung over the gate of a home along with the fastening ribbons from a shirt that belongs to a patient, while in some other regions, ten peppers are strung together with thread and hung near the gate.
In some regions, if no smell was produced after burning peppers, it was believed that the disease had been caused by a spirit angered by the breaking of a taboo, and a shamanic ritual or a village ritual was held.
In fishing villages, boat rituals (baegosa) and cleansing rituals include the sprinkling of red pepper powder, or soaking of red peppers or wood charcoal (sut) in jeonghwasu (fresh water fetched from well).
A taboo rope with red peppers was also hung over the gate when new sauce or paste was being made inside the home.
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