Korea Chinese New Year Public Holiday

Chinese new year is probably the best known of the lunar new year festivals however various lunar new year s are also public holidays in several countries in east asia.

Korea chinese new year public holiday. Seollal lunar new year s day january 24 26 one of the biggest public korean holidays. As i mentioned earlier seollal is one of the most famous and important korean holidays. No no yes 3 days independence.

Records of 7th century korean new year celebrations are included in the chinese historical works the book of sui and the old book of tang. Public holidays in south korea are commonly known as red days as this is how they are usually coloured in printed calendars. The korean government has announced that from the second half of 2014 onwards if the date of seollal chuseok or children s day falls on sunday then the holiday will be extended to monday.

The lunar new year is celebrated by almost a sixth of the world s population. Seollal or korean lunar new year is a major holiday in the lives of south koreans. National assembly election day.

By the 13th century korean new year was one of the nine major korean festivals. Another new year s eve custom is playing yunnori a traditional board game. The first day of the lunar calendar.

Seollal comes in january or february and involves family visits ancestral rites eating of traditional foods and playing of korean games. Usually koreans traditionally think seollal is more important than january 1st because of their long history. The bell was originally constructed in 1396 and is now only rung on lunar new year.

1st day of 1st lunar month also called seol 설 or gujeong korean. A recent tradition is the ringing of the historic boshingak bell.