New Year In Korea

New year s day which is on january 1 marks the start of the year in the gregorian calendar and it s a public holiday in many countries.

New year in korea. Known as seollal korean new year is the first day of the lunar korean calendar. There are 323 days left in the year. New memories were created and there was a lot of laughter involved.

On january 1st there is the celebration of the solar new year 신정 sinjeong. Korean new year seolnal is on the 42th day of 2021. Korean new year generally occurs in january or february on the second new moon after the winter solstice unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead up to the new year.

In such a case the new year falls on the third new moon after the solstice. New year s day is a family holiday and the lunar new year is a three day event in korea. It is the most important of the traditional korean holidays.

It was a truly remarkable experience. That is the celebration covered in this article. However in late january or early february koreans celebrate the lunar new year 구정 gujeong by having a large holiday known as 설날 seollal.

Most people try to return to their family homes to spend time with relatives and to honor ancestors. Seollal 설날 looks like seolnal but is pronounced seollal in korean. The holiday season has slowly come to an end the new year has begun.

It is the very first day of korean lunar korean calendar. Korean new year is one of the most important occasions and significant traditional korean holidays. Join the waves of koreans who come out to celebrate the new year and have fun on december 31 and january 1 the way koreans do.