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The official name of the holiday means New Calendar New Year's Day no no yes Korean New Year: 설날 Seollal: 1st day of 1st lunar month Also called Seol (설) or Gujeong (Korean: 구정; Hanja: 舊正). The first day of the Lunar calendar. It is one of the most important of the traditional Korean holidays, and is considered a more important ...
The traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar (Korean: 단군; Hanja: 檀君) is a lunisolar calendar. Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian (135th meridian east in modern time for South Korea), and observances and festivals are based in Korean culture. Koreans now mostly use the Gregorian calendar, which was officially adopted in ...
As per in the [Presidential Decree No. 28394, 2017. 10. 17., partially amended], the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [11] 1 January – New Year's Day; 1 February to 3 February – Korean New Year; 1 March – March 1st Movement Day; 5 May – Children's Day South Korea; 8 May – Buddha's Birthday; 6 June – Memorial Day
Dongji (Hangul: 동지, Hanja: 冬至) is the day with the longest night and the shortest day. It is also the day when the ecliptic longitude marks 270 degrees. Starting Dongji, the days become longer marking the coming of spring thus it is also known as the real beginning of a new year.
Seollal (Korean: 설날; RR: Seollal; MR: Sŏllal) is a Korean traditional festival and national holiday commemorating the first day of the lunisolar calendar. [1] It is one of the most important traditional holidays for ethnic Koreans, being celebrated in both North Korea and South Korea as well as Korean diaspora all around the world.
Throughout Korean history, Jesa has remained a significant cultural and religious practice. It is often performed on important occasions such as ancestral memorial days, New Year's Day, and family gatherings. The rituals vary among different regions and families, reflecting the diversity of Korean cultural practices and beliefs.
Welcome to Wedding Hell (Korean: 결혼백서; Hanja: 結婚白書) is a 2022 South Korean streaming television series directed by Song Je-young and Seo Joo-wan, and starring Lee Jin-wook, Lee Yeon-hee, Yoon Yoo-sun and Kil Yong-woo. [1]
Etymology of Sino-Korean words are reflected in Hanja. [4] Hanja were once used to write native Korean words, in a variety of systems collectively known as idu, but by the 20th century Koreans used hanja only for writing Sino-Korean words, while writing native vocabulary and loanwords from other languages in Hangul, a system known as mixed ...