Dates vary each year
Last Day of the Lunar Month
The last day of each month in the Korean lunar calendar.
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Great void day
A day referenced in traditional texts for grave relocation, breaking ground, tending graves and placing memorial stones.
#Date selection#Folklore
Dates vary each year
Winter Solstice
A solar term around the Northern Hemisphere’s longest night.
#Seasons#Astronomy#Tradition#Food#Folklore#Environment#Solar terms
Dates vary each year
Malbok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
#Seasons#Food#Rest#Tradition#Folklore
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 vary each year
Minor Cold
A solar term associated with the cold of midwinter.
#Seasons#Weather#Folklore#Environment#Solar terms
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.
#Date selection#Home#Folklore#Culture
Dates vary each year
Singugan in Jeju
A traditional Jeju period for moving and repairing homes.
#Home#Folklore#Tradition#Culture
Dates vary each year
Jungbok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
#Seasons#Food#Rest#Tradition#Folklore
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Earth-mute day
A customary day-pillar designation referenced for various activities alongside heaven-deaf days.
#Date selection#Folklore
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Heaven-deaf day
A day pillar traditionally regarded as suitable for various activities.
#Date selection#Folklore
Dates vary each year
Chobok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
#Seasons#Food#Rest#Tradition#Folklore
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.
#Tradition#Language#Astronomy#Culture#Folklore
Dates vary each year
Hansik (Cold Food Festival)
A traditional spring festival for honoring ancestors and tending graves.
#Tradition#Family#Remembrance#Food#Seasons#Culture#Folklore
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.
#Tradition#Health#Agriculture#Food#Astronomy#Culture#Folklore
Lunar month 3, day 3 (regular month)
Samjinnal
A traditional day for spring walks, flowers and new shoots.
#Tradition#Seasons#Food#Biodiversity#Culture#Folklore
Lunar month 5, day 5 (regular month)
Dano in Korea
A traditional early-summer festival of games and seasonal foods.
#Tradition#Play#Food#Seasons#Culture#Folklore
Lunar month 6, day 15 (regular month)
Yudu
A summer festival traditionally involving hair washing in running water and wishes for peace.
#Tradition#Agriculture#Prayer#Seasons#Culture#Folklore
Lunar month 7, day 7 (regular month)
Chilseok in Korea
A seventh-lunar-month observance connected with the Cowherd and Weaver Girl story.
#Folklore#Love#Astronomy#Prayer#Tradition#Culture
Lunar month 9, day 9 (regular month)
Jungyangjeol
A traditional festival for autumn scenery and chrysanthemums.
#Tradition#Seasons#Food#Culture#Folklore
Lunar month 10, day 20 (regular month)
Sondol Day
Explore the Sondol legend and customs associated with late-autumn winds.
#Tradition#Folklore#Weather#Seasons#Culture
Every year on October 3
National Foundation Day in Korea
Commemorate the origins of the Korean people and the ideal of benefiting humanity.
#Tradition#Folklore#Remembrance#Culture#Public holidays
Every year on October 31
Halloween
A day to enjoy costumes and festivities for Halloween.
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