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Last Day of the Lunar Month
The last day of each month in the Korean lunar calendar.
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Winter Solstice
A solar term around the Northern Hemisphere’s longest night.
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Malbok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
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Every lunar month: days 15 (including leap months)
Fifteenth Day of the Lunar Month
The fifteenth day of each month in the Korean lunar calendar.
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Dates specified for each year
Minor Cold
A solar term associated with the cold of midwinter.
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Every lunar month: days 9·10·19·20·29·30 (including leap months)
Son-eomneun Day
A Korean folk custom used when choosing dates for moving or major events.
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Singugan in Jeju
A traditional Jeju period for moving and repairing homes.
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Jungbok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
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Chobok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
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Every lunar month: days 1 (including leap months)
First Day of the Lunar Month
The first day of each month in the Korean lunar calendar.
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Dates specified for each year
Hansik (Cold Food Festival)
A traditional spring festival for honoring ancestors and tending graves.
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Lunar month 1, day 15 (regular month)
Jeongwol Daeboreum
Welcome the year’s first full moon and traditional wishes for health and a good harvest.
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Lunar month 3, day 3 (regular month)
Samjinnal
A traditional day for spring walks, flowers and new shoots.
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Lunar month 5, day 5 (regular month)
Dano in Korea
A traditional early-summer festival of games and seasonal foods.
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Lunar month 6, day 15 (regular month)
Yudu
A summer festival traditionally involving hair washing in running water and wishes for peace.
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Lunar month 7, day 7 (regular month)
Chilseok in Korea
A seventh-lunar-month observance connected with the Cowherd and Weaver Girl story.
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Lunar month 9, day 9 (regular month)
Jungyangjeol
A traditional festival for autumn scenery and chrysanthemums.
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Lunar month 10, day 20 (regular month)
Sondol Day
Explore the Sondol legend and customs associated with late-autumn winds.
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Every year on October 3
National Foundation Day in Korea
Commemorate the origins of the Korean people and the ideal of benefiting humanity.
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Every year on October 31
Halloween
A day to enjoy costumes and festivities for Halloween.
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