Chinese New Year Korean New Year

The chinese new year of 2021 falls on february 12th friday and the festival will last to february 26th about 15 days in total.

Chinese new year korean new year. The dragon symbolizes courage change and hope. 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. The fifth animal in the zodiac cycle.

While it varies between regions the broth is often made from beef and is garnished with egg meat dried. In korean households a rice cake soup called tteokguk is the new year s day special. So the lunar new year for many east asian countries including south korea is usually on the second new moon after the winter solstice.

The first day of chinese new year begins on the new moon that appears between 21 january and 20 february. In 2019 it falls on february 5 th and in 2020 it falls on january 25 th. 2021 is a year of the ox according to chinese zodiac.

During the holiday period many koreans head back to their hometown to see their families and pay respect to their ancestors. The solar new year is also a family day for koreans even for those that live in the west where it is usually more traditionally celebrated with friends. According to tradition the korean new year is similar to a birthday for koreans and having tteokguk is part of the birthday celebration.

Each animal represents a year in a 12 year cycle. New year s day is a family holiday and the lunar new year is a three day event in korea. Although seollal itself is only one day long the days either side of seollal will also be public holidays.

By the 13th century korean new year was one of the nine major korean festivals. Most people try to return to their family homes to spend time with relatives and to honor ancestors. As an official public holiday chinese people can get seven days absence from work from february 11th to 17th.