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What spirit lives in Korean holidays?
8 traditional Korean holidays
元旦
Lunar New Year (Seollal)
元 (foremost) + 旦 (morning) — "the foremost morning"
📅 1st day of the 1st lunar month
上元
First Full Moon (Daeboreum)
上 (top) + 元 (foremost) — "the foremost full moon"
📅 15th day of the 1st lunar month
三一節
Independence Movement Day
三 (three) + 一 (one) + 節 (festival) — "March 1st festival"
📅 March 1 (solar)
寒食
Hansik (Cold Food Day)
寒 (cold) + 食 (food) — "cold food"
📅 ~105 days after the winter solstice (around April 5)
端午
Dano Festival
端 (start) + 午 (noon) — "the beginning of high noon"
📅 5th day of the 5th lunar month
秋夕
Korean Thanksgiving (Chuseok)
秋 (autumn) + 夕 (evening) — "autumn evening"
📅 15th day of the 8th lunar month
開天節
National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol)
開 (open) + 天 (sky) + 節 (festival) — "the day heaven opened"
📅 October 3 (solar)
冬至
Winter Solstice (Dongji)
冬 (winter) + 至 (reach) — "winter's peak"
📅 around December 22 (solar)
