Seollal : Korean Lunar New Year

Seollal : Korean Lunar New Year

 

 

 

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One of the most important holidays is Lunar New Year in South Korea.

 

It is Seollal (설날),

 

let’s learn about Korean New Year!

 

 

 

 

 

According to Korean Lunar Calendar, we celebrate new year once again in Seollal with family.

 

설날 is one of the important traditional Korean holidays in South Korea.

We gather together with family members, doing Korean rituals, eating traditional foods, playing traditional activities.

 

 

 

What do we do on SEOLLAL?

 

 

한복 HANBOK

 

Chance to wear Beautiful traditional clothes ‘Hanbok’

 

 

 

 

 

People often wear 한복 (hanbok), traditional Korean clothes.

Since I was a kid I waited every lunar new year to wear hanbok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

세배 SEBAE

 

 

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Sebae(세배) is the most important traditional ritual of Seollal.

It is the act of kneeling on the ground and bowing deeply with your hands down on the floor. 

While bowing, you can say 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (saehae bok mani badeuseyo), which means “Hope you lots of luck in the new year.”

This tradition is the way we show respect to elders and wish a healthy new year.

After Sebae we get some pocket money from Grandparents, which is called 세뱃돈 (sebaetdon).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

차례 CHARYE

 

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Have you ever seen pictures of nice foods on a big table?

It is a important tradition called Charye 차례.

A ritual is an event to worship ancestors during New Year's Day.

Food is served as a gift for ancestors, with a family memorial tablet behind it.

People bow deeply at this table to pay tribute to their ancestors. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do we eat on SEOLLAL?

 

 

The MUST DO thing in Seollal is eating 떡국 (Tteokguk).

This soup is made using sliced rice cake, known as 떡(Tteok) in Korean.

Traditionally, by eating tteokguk at New Year you can get one year older.

Sorry, even you eat two bowls of Tteokguk, you can’t gain two years.

Enjoy your Tteokguk this Seollal!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And this time why don’t you try to celebrate Korean Holiday by  traditional events and eating Tteokguk?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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