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Winter Solstice
A solar term around the Northern Hemisphere’s longest night.
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Dongji Prayers
Buddhist prayers offered at temples for the winter solstice.
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Malbok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
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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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Start of Winter
A day for welcoming winter and preparing the household in the solar-term calendar.
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Start of Spring
The day that opens spring in the solar-term calendar.
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Ipchun Prayers
Buddhist prayers offered at Ipchun, the beginning-of-spring solar term.
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Jungbok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
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End of Heat
A solar term meaning the easing of summer heat.
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Chobok
A traditional hot-weather day for sharing food and resting.
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Hansik (Cold Food Festival)
A traditional spring festival for honoring ancestors and tending graves.
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Lunar month 1, day 1 (regular month)
Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year)
A Korean holiday for welcoming the lunar New Year and exchanging family greetings.
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The day after Lunar month 1, day 1 (regular month)
Seollal Holiday: Day After
The final day of the Seollal holiday period, allowing families to celebrate together.
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The day before Lunar month 1, day 1 (regular month)
Seollal Holiday: Day Before
The first day of the Seollal holiday period, allowing families to celebrate together.
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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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Every year on January 1
New Year’s Day in Korea
Celebrate the first day of the solar-calendar year and a fresh start.
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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 4, day 8 (regular month)
Buddha’s Birthday in Korea (Chopail)
Also called Chopail or Sawol Chopail, this day commemorates the Buddha’s birth.
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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 15 (regular month)
Baekjung
A summer festival combining farming traditions and Buddhist Ullambana rites.
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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 7, day 7 (regular month)
Chilseok Prayers
Buddhist prayers offered for Chilseok on lunar July 7.
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Lunar month 8, day 15 (regular month)
Chuseok (Korean Harvest Festival)
Share a sense of abundance with family under Chuseok’s full moon.
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The day after Lunar month 8, day 15 (regular month)
Chuseok Holiday: Day After
The final day of the Chuseok holiday period, allowing families to celebrate together.
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The day before Lunar month 8, day 15 (regular month)
Chuseok Holiday: Day Before
The first day of the Chuseok holiday period, allowing families to celebrate together.
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Lunar month 9, day 9 (regular month)
Jungyangjeol
A traditional festival for autumn scenery and chrysanthemums.
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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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Every year on November 11
Garaetteok Day
A day for sharing Korean cylindrical rice cakes.
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Every year on November 22
Kimchi Day
Share the value of kimchi and kimjang culture.
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Every year on December 25
Christmas Day in Korea
Share love and generosity at Christmas.
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