Korean New Year Celebration

Many countries celebrate the lunar new year vietnam mongolia tibet and.

Korean new year celebration. However it is not as big of a celebration. The day before korean new year korean new year itself and the day after korean new year. Nowadays many koreans also celebrate the gregorian calendar new year s day on january 1st.

The celebration lasts three days. Happy new year everyone. It s a public holiday in south korea.

However many koreans now also celebrate the new year at the start of the solar calendar january 1 as westerners do. Sŏllal is the first day of the korean calendar it is one of the most important traditional korean holidays. First day of the lunar calendar is one of the most celebrated national holidays in korea.

Seollal s celebration lasts for three days starting the day before and ending the day after the lunar new year. This year the chinese new year will fall on february 6. Although koreans do celebrate the gregorian new year january 1st the lunar new year is the most celebrated holiday between the two.

For koreans new year s day. Thus many people in korea and abroad celebrate new year s day twice. Many businesses are closed during this time and paid leave is given so families can travel.

Koreans celebrate new year s day at the start of the year on the lunar calendar solnal and have done so for thousands of years. Learn everything you need to know about korean holidays with this full video series https goo gl c8ge3v join us for your dose of korean. While many observe sinjeong solar new year.