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The blossom festival at Jinhae Gunhangje is one of the most popular flower festivals in South Korea. The 51st annual festival was held in Jinhae in April 2013. Special activities: There are singing contests, photo exhibitions, small band concerts, and so on.
For instance, a 10-year-old servant would eat ten Songpyeon. In Euiryong-gun, Yangsan-gun, or Gyungsangnam-do, the day was regarded as a coming-of-age day. The festival is no longer celebrated after the abolition of the Meoseum system in Korea, and it is even rare to see a person remembering the festival. Yongdeungje
The following category is for festivals of all types in South Korea, including cultural festivals, arts festivals, fairs, parades, folk festivals, flower festivals, food festivals, carnivals, and religious festivals, among others. New additions to the category are to be placed within three subcategories: festival topic, location within South ...
Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian. Observances and festivals are rooted in Korean culture. The Korean lunar calendar is divided into 24 turning points (절기, jeolgi), each lasting about 15 days. [citation needed] The lunar calendar was the timetable for the agrarian society in the past, but is vanishing in the modern Korean lifestyle.
Chuseok (Korean: 추석; [tɕʰu.sʌk̚], lit. ' autumn evening '), also known as Hangawi (한가위; [han.ɡa.ɥi]; from Old Korean, "the great middle [of autumn]"), is a major mid-autumn harvest festival and a three-day holiday in South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar on the full moon.
The Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture (EKFC; Korean: 한국민속대백과사전; Hanja: 韓國民俗大百科事典) is a digital encyclopedia operated by the South Korean National Folk Museum of Korea, and thus supported by the South Korean government. [1] [2] It focuses on various topics related to traditional Korean culture. [2]
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 1896. [1] However, traditional holidays and age-reckoning for older generations are still based on the old ...
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