South Korea Korean New Year

South korea holidays 2020.

South korea korean new year. 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 rat. Korean new year seolnal is on the 42th day of 2021. It is the most important of the traditional korean holidays.

This year the chinese new year will fall on february 6. Known as seollal korean new year is the first day of the lunar korean calendar. Seollal 설날 looks like seolnal but is pronounced seollal in korean when an ㄴ sound follows a ㄹ sound its pronunciation changes to ㄹ to make it easier to say.

Korean new year korean. Ringing of the bosingak bell. Fri jan 1 2021.

However many koreans now also celebrate the new year at the start of the solar calendar january 1 as westerners do. Korean new year seolnal in 2021 is on the thursday 11th of feb 2 11 2021. Wed jan 1 2020.

Seollal s celebration lasts for three days starting the day before and ending the day after the lunar new year. In korea the tradition of ringing the landmark bell marks the end of a year and simultaneously the beginning of a new one. We ll tell you all you need to know about korean lunar new year.

Sŏllal is the first day of the korean calendar it is one of the most important traditional korean holidays. The day before korean new year korean new year itself and the day after korean new year. Hear the ring of bosingak bell a traditional way to greet the new year.