Byeongnyeonam - The K-Saju

Naejangsan Food — What Comes After the First Day (Part 4)

18/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin

Minhwa-style illustration of naejangsan food, a table of mountain vegetable dishes with red slopes beyond the window.

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Where Korea Turns Red: Autumn on Naejangsan

Naejangsan food arrives in a dozen separate dishes and one empty bowl. Then a green grove that ignores autumn, a hermitage under rock, and a lake holding it all.