Today (22 January 2023) is Seollal (설날 – the Lunar New Year’s Day) in South Korea. It is a very important festival for the Koreans. I wish all my readers and their families a successful, wonderful and healthy Lunar New Year!
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Happy Year of the Tiger!
Today (1 February 2022) is Seollal (설날 – the Lunar New Year’s Day) in South Korea. You can find out more about the relevant Korean customs by reading my post on “How do the Koreans celebrate Seollal?”. Continue reading
Seollal : Differences between the two Koreas
Seollal (the Korean Lunar New Year), which is an important festival among the Koreans, has just passed. While the people living in North Korea and South Korea share the same ethnic origin and may have similar customs, there may be some cultural differences between people living in the two Koreas mainly due to the differences in their political systems. Let’s discuss some key differences in the Seollal-related customs between the two Koreas in this blog post. If you want to know more about the Korean customs for Seollal in South Korea, you may refer to my blog posts dated 18 February 2015 and 23 February 2015, respectively. Continue reading
Happy Lunar New Year!
Today (28 January 2017) is Seollal (설날 – the Lunar New Year’s Day) in South Korea. You can find out more about the relevant Korean customs by reading my post on “How do the Koreans celebrate Seollal?”. Continue reading
More interesting tips about Seol (Lunar New Year) in South Korea
**Last updated on 30 January 2022**
Happy Lunar New Year! 새해 복 많이 받으세요. 🙂
Thanks for the overwhelming views of my blog post dated 18 February 2015 on how the Koreans celebrate Seollal (설날 – Lunar New Year’s Day, i.e., the 1st day of the 1st month of the lunar calendar). That blog post talks about the traditional ways in which the Koreans celebrate the Seollal. In this blog post, I will give more interesting tips about Seol (설 – Lunar New Year) and some modern ways of celebrating the Seol which can still be used even after Seollal. Continue reading
How do the Koreans celebrate Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day)?
**Last updated on: 21 January 2023**
22 January 2023 is Seollal (설날 – the Lunar New Year’s Day), which is one of the important festivals in South Korea. Seollal falls on the 1st day of the 1st month of the lunar calendar and family members and relatives get together to celebrate. So, how do the Koreans celebrate Seollal? There are many interesting rituals and I will talk about some of them and the reasons behind in this blog post. Continue reading
Korean gift-giving customs – Cash as gift
In other countries, cash may be regarded as an impersonal gift and the giver may be considered as lacking sincerity in giving gifts. However, as you may already notice, Koreans in fact prefer gifts which are practical and so cash is an acceptable gift for a lot of occasions. Continue reading
Korean gift-giving customs – Spam as a premium gift
I would like to start a series of posts relating to Korean gift-giving customs. In this gift-giving series, I will set out the appropriate types of gifts for different occasions according to Korean customs and explain the rationale or history behind. Today is the first post in the series and it’s about giving canned food as a premium gift in South Korea.
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