Celebration Korean Lunar New Year

Lunar new year falls on jan.

Celebration korean lunar new year. The exact day of the lunar new year will vary from year to year. 2020 is the year of the rat and koreans celebrate the lunar new year or seollal in korean which is one of the biggest holidays in korea. Cultural traditions can develop and change over time and not all families celebrate the same.

It is the first day of the second new moon after winter solstice. During the holiday period many koreans head back to their hometown to see their families and pay respect to their ancestors. Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the vietnamese calendar which usually has the date falling in january or.

설 is originated from the word which means unfamiliar implying newness of a new coming year it is unknown when koreans began celebrating seolnal but rituals of the festival are estimated. 설날 is one of the biggest holidays in korea along with chuseok also known as the korean thanksgiving day. Like other cultures koreans begin the festivities the day before the new year actually begins.

First day of the lunar calendar is one of the most celebrated national holidays in korea. January 1 of the gregorian western calendar koreans also celebrate seollal which usually lasts for three days the day of the day before and the day after. The celebration lasts for three days.

25 this year and people of chinese vietnamese and korean cultures celebrate with family and traditional foods. Tết or vietnamese new year vietnamese lunar new year or tet holiday is the most important celebration in vietnamese culture the word is a shortened form of tết nguyên đán 節元旦 which is sino vietnamese for feast of the first morning of the first day. This year seollal falls on january 25 of the gregorian calendar.

Thus many people in korea and abroad celebrate new year s day twice. Seolnal is the new year s day in lunar calendar. Records of 7th century korean new year celebrations are included in the chinese historical works the book of sui and the old book of tang.