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The porridge-type barley preparations were born about eight thousand years ago in Western Asia. The method used for cultivating cereals such as barley and wheat was spread to various places in the Eurasia and Africa Continents between 5000~2000BC. The barley porridge made with the cultivation technique of barley and rice was introduced from China to Korea in 2000BC. Barley porridge was the staple food in Korea in those days. The various porridges with rice and many other kinds of foodstuffs were born in the area from the barley porridge, about three thousand years ago.
In particular, many kinds of the porridges were born in the Ri-dynasty Era. There are porridges for the traditional events and Yakuzen porridges (medical porridges) among the Korean porridges. Presently, people eat porridges as one of their staple foods.
