New Year Festival In Korea
It is a lunar new year harvest moon festival.
New year festival in korea. It takes place at the historic hyangiram hermitage which was built in year 644. Most people try to return to their family homes to spend time with relatives and to honor ancestors. Every year 16 people including the mayor of seoul ring the bell 33 times at midnight between december 31 and january 1.
In korea the tradition of ringing the landmark bell marks the end of a year and simultaneously the beginning of a new one. Hyangiram sunrise festival is an annual overnight festival that begins on new year s eve. The popular annual seoul lantern festival has moved from cheonggyecheon stream to the neighbourhoods in 2020.
The earliest references to korean new year are believed to be found in the 3rd century chinese historical work records of the three kingdoms book of wei volume 30. The solar new year is also a family day for koreans even for those that live in the west where it is usually more traditionally celebrated with friends. In addition to the beautiful sunrise the festival will also feature parades performances firework shows the distribution of tteokguk rice cake soup and other events.
As the new year s day. Records of 7th century korean new year celebrations are included in the chinese historical works the book of sui and the old book of tang. Join the countdown and welcome the new year at jeju s premier sunrise festival seongsan sunrise festival taking place at seongsan ilchulbong tuff cone also known as sunrise peak.
Like chinese and vietnamese korean new year seol nal is also celebrated at sunset on the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice. The bosingak bell located near jonggak station line 1 is the landmark bell of seoul. Festival outline maps.
Jamsil oct 30 nov 6 itaewon nov 4 dec 31 dongdaemun nov 6 15 myeongdong nov 13 jan 15. By the 13th century korean new year was one of the nine major korean festivals. It takes place at the historic hyangiram hermitage which was built in year 644.