Chinese New Year In Korea
25 this year and people of chinese vietnamese and korean cultures celebrate with family and traditional foods.
Chinese new year in korea. The holiday is also widely celebrated in countries like hong kong singapore south korea taiwan and vietnam by exchanging gifts or money for good fortune partying in the streets and setting off. 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. 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.
For koreans new year s day. It is also known as the spring festival or the lunar new year. Every year is represented by a zodiac animal sign.
National assembly election day. Seollal in south korea chinese new year is the first day of the new year in the chinese calendar which differs from the gregorian calendar. Lunar new year falls on jan.