[11am]01.17

Big Holiday in Korea :  the New Year's Day

My favorite holiday is the New Year's Day.

 

the New Year's Day is traditionally  big holiday in korea.

 

the New Year's Day is January 1 on the lunar calendar, but February 3 on the solar calendar.

 

All relatives usually gather the grandparent's house on the New Year's Day.  we wear Han-Bok(Korea tranditional costume).

 

We eat Tteok-guk with family on the New Year's Day.

 

Korean believe when people ate one Tteok-guk, the people grow a year older.

 

and we eat Yakgwa, a brass chafing dish(Shin Sun Ro) etc.

 

We play Yut-no-ri, Korea shuttlecock game (Jae-ki-cha-gi), top-spinning game, Korea jumping game(Neol-ttwi-gi) and so on.

 

Also we preform a memorial service for the ancestors.

 

For example, women prepare foods for ancestral rites table, and men bow ancestor table.

 

After ancestral rites, we bow elder relatives for new year's good luck. and we get elder relatives' money.