Seol (Kor. 설), or the Korean New Year, is the most important traditional holiday in Korea. On this day, Koreans celebrate the beginning of the year by the lunar calendar. In the pa...
Daehan (Kor. 대한, Chin. 大寒, lit. Great Cold) is the last of the twenty-four solar terms. It occurs in the end of the twelfth lunar month and is around January the twentieth on the G...
Daeseo (Kor. 대서, Chin. 大暑, lit. Major Heat) is the twelfth of the twenty-four solar terms. It follows Soseo (Kor. 소서, Chin. 小暑, lit. Minor Heat) and precedes Ipchu (Kor. 입추, Chin. ...
The sixth of the twenty-four solar terms, Gogu (Kor. 곡우, Chin. 穀雨, lit. Grain Rain) follows Cheongmyeong (Kor. 청명, Chin. 淸明, Day of Pure Brightness) and precedes Ipha (Kor. 입하, Chi...
The fifth of the twenty-four solar terms, Cheongmyeong(Kor. 청명, Chin. 淸明, Day of Pure Brightness) falls on the third lunar month. The name, meaning “pure brightness, ” describes th...
Chilmeoridang Exorcism of Jeju Island The exorcism rite Jeju Chilmeori Danggut, originating on Jeju Island, is held every year on the first and fourteenth days of the second lunar ...
Day of Awakening from Hibernation The Gyeongchip (Kor. 경칩, Chin. 驚蟄, Day of Awakening from Hibernation), also known as Gyechip (Kor. 계칩, Chin. 啓蟄), is the third of the twenty-four ...
Day of Watching Small Stars On the sixth day of the second lunar month, people in traditional Korea used to watch a group of small stars in the western sky and, based on their obse...
Spring Equinox The Chunbun (Kor. 춘분, Chin. 春分, Spring Equinox), the fourth of the twenty-four solar terms, follows Gyeongchip (Kor. 경칩, Chin, 驚蟄, Day of Awakening from Hibernation)...
The First Day of the Second Lunar Month The first day of the second lunar month (Iwol Choharu, Kor. 이월 초하루) was traditionally celebrated as a holiday. This holiday is also known as...
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