South Korean New Year Traditions

Korean new year s celebrations begin with everyone wearing traditional dress hanbok.

South korean new year traditions. By the 13th century korean new year was one of the nine major korean festivals. Traditions and customs. If in korea the new year is equal with tteokguk in my country indonesia people are welcoming the new year with the barbeque party with the family members in the night before.

At old palaces there is a new year s celebration event with korean traditional costumes han bok. It s celebrated not only to mark the passage into a new year but it is also a time for families to catch up with each other pay respect to ancestors and to feast. For koreans new year s day commonly known as seollal occurs at two times during the.

The earliest references to korean new year are believed to be found in the 3rd century chinese historical work records of the three kingdoms book of wei volume 30. Seollal 설날 is the most celebrated holiday in south korea. Korean lunar new year marks the first day of the lunar calendar.

Different region different traditions.