Korean New Year, commonly known as Seollal (Hangul: 설날; RR: Seollal; MR: Sŏllal), is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day. Koreans also celebrate solar New Year's Day on January 1 each year, following the Gregorian Calendar. The Korean New Year holiday lasts three days, and is considered a more important holiday than the solar New Year's Day. [1]

The term "Seollal" generally refers to Eumnyeok Seollal (음력 설날, lunar new year), also known as Gujeong (Hangul: 구정; Hanja: 舊正). Less commonly, "Seollal" also refers to Yangnyeok Seollal (양력 설날, solar new year), also known as Sinjeong (Hangul: 신정; Hanja: 新正).

Korean New Year generally falls on the day of the second new moon after winter solstice, unless there is a very rare intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year. In such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice

Korean New Year is typically a family-oriented holiday. The three-day holiday is used by many to return to their home towns to visit their parents and other relatives where they perform the ancestral ritual known as charye (차례). Many Koreans dress up in colorful hanbok. Tteokguk (떡국) (soup with rice cakes) is commonly served.

Many Koreans greet the New Year (both Western and lunar) by visiting East coast locations such as Gangneung and Donghae in Gangwon province, where they are most likely to see the first rays of the New Year's sun.[2]

[edit] SebaeSebae is a traditionally observed activity on Seollal, and is filial-piety-oriented. Children wish their elders (grandparents, aunts and uncles, parents) a happy new year by performing one deep traditional bow (rites with more than one bow involved are usually for the deceased) and the words saehae bok mani badeuseyo (Hangul: 새해 복 많이 받으세요) which translates to please receive many blessings in the new year. Parents typically reward this gesture by giving their children new year's money (usually in the form of crisp paper money) and offering words of wisdom, or deokdam. Historically, parents gave out rice cakes (ddeok) and fruit to their children instead. Before the bowing ceremony is held, children sometimes wear hanboks or clothes worn in Korea long ago. Hanboks are worn as a respectful way to appreciate the ancestors and elders.

[edit] Folk gamesMany traditional games are associated with the Korean New Year. The traditional family board game yunnori (윷놀이) is still a popular pastime. Traditionally men and boys would fly rectangle kites called yeonnalligi, and play jegi chagi (제기차기), a game in which a light object is wrapped in paper or cloth, and then kicked in a footbag like manner. Korean women and girls would have traditionally played neolttwigi (널뛰기), a game of jumping on a seesaw (시소), while children spun paengi (팽이).

공이님 도움이 되셨는지요.
무심코 지낸 한국의 설날에 대해 저도 작은 공부가 되었습니다.
사업은 잘 되시고 운전면허는 탈없이 받았는지요?

어머 감사합니다 꼴뚜기님.
사업은 잘돼는데....운전면허는 떨어졌어요 ㅠㅠ

저는 부언 할 말은 없지만 꼴뚜기님을 칭찬 아니 드릴 수가 없습니다. 언젠가도 수학 숙제를 도와 주시는 것 보았는데, 이렇게 자상하시기 까지 하십니다. 옥에도 티가 있다는데, 꼴뚜기님에게 티 있는 것은 못보겠다고 하시는 분들도 있지만 친절한 답변 많이 올리시는 수고에 다시 한번 더 칭찬드립니다. 요사이 건강은 어떠신지요.

꼴때기님 화이팅!!!!

아~~이 몸둘바를 모르겠습니다. 이런 칭찬까지...
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"꾸벅"이 아니라 "꿉뻑" 입니다....
다시 하세요.

apple tree (412kim) 꾸러기 (11774) 감사합니다. 꿉뻑 ^ + ^

꼴뚜기님 저도필요했습니다 한국을 알고싶어하는 손님드께 간단히 설명이될것같습니다
고맙게 잘쓰겠습니다 감사합니다.

구글에 들어가서 퍼온글입니다,,,
하지만 성의는 칭찬합니다,,