三一節
삼일절
三 (three) + 一 (one) + 節 (festival) — "March 1st festival"
📅 양력 3월 1일
📜 Origin and History
March 1st, 1919 — when Koreans cried "Long Live Korean Independence" against Japanese occupation. The hanja "節" originally meant a bamboo node (竹+卽) → a time-marker, a holiday. The "Declaration of Korean Independence" (Gimi Manifesto) marked the peak of Korean national consciousness.
🏯 Traditions
Hoisting the flag, memorial ceremonies, reading the independence declaration.
"三一節 — a node in time. One node that remains forever."
