"Late 19th century. Straw. This straw man is called jeung, chuyeong, or cheoyong. (Kim, letter, 25 April 1994). Making the jeung was a common practice to avoid bad luck during the New Year. It was made in human form, stuffed with coins, rice and a piece of paper on which was written the year, month, day, and time of birth of the one who wished to avoid bad luck. On the night corresponding to January 14, this figure was tossed into the road, and whoever picked it up, most likely wandering beggars, assumed the misfortune in exchange for cash. According to Dongguk sesi-gi (Korean Almanac), written by Hong Seok-mo (act. late 18th-early 19th century), children asked for the jeung at every house and, upon receiving it, they collected the coins and hit the jeung, as they roamed along the road (Yang, 1974: 21-22; Kim, 1994: 186; CDS, 1963: 1388, Yi, 1984: 304-305)... Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog pl. XXXII; Bernadou Field Notes 156" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 153]
