Lunar New Year Korean
Seollal s celebration lasts for three days starting the day before and ending the day after the lunar new year.
Lunar new year korean. Thus many people in korea and abroad celebrate new year s day twice. It is the first day of the second new moon after winter solstice. This celebration marks the traditional korean lunar new year. Korean lunar new year marks the first day of the lunar calendar.
When an ㄴ sound follows a ㄹ sound its pronunciation changes to ㄹ to make it easier to say. January 25 2020 lunar new year 2020 south korea in south korea each lunar year is represented by one of twelve animals in the rotation of the korean zodiac calendar and 2020 is the year of the. In korea one of the most important holidays is lunar new year. Seollal 설날 looks like seolnal but is pronounced seollal in korean.
Known as seollal korean new year is the first day of the lunar korean calendar. During seollal people usually visit their hometown eat 떡국 tteokguk with their families and visit their ancestors graves. Falling between january 20 and february 21 the exact dates of seollal can change from year to year it s a three day holiday during which many south korean families gather to look back on the year that has passed and look forward to the year ahead. The exact day of the lunar new year will vary from year to year.
Lunar new year in south korea known as seollal runs for three days. It is known as seollal 설날 in korean. We ll tell you all you need to know about korean lunar new year. However in late january or early february koreans celebrate the lunar new year 구정 gujeong by having a large holiday known as 설날 seollal.
Saehae bok mani badseiyo. In such a case the new year falls on the third new moon after the solstice. 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. Happy new year in korean.
New year as celebrated according to the lunar calendar is also one of the days on which the koreans remember their ancestors and get in contact with them. However many koreans now also celebrate the new year at the start of the solar calendar january 1 as westerners do. Ah yes those small red envelopes with cash inside. How does the lunar new year money giving tradition work.
It is the most important of the traditional korean holidays. It is said that wealth and luck shall be attained by honouring ones ancestors. Called lì xì in.
