1) Seolnal 2) Daeboreum 3) Chuseok 4) Dongji

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1 1) Seolnal 2) Daeboreum 3) Chuseok 4) Dongji

2 Commonly known as Seolnal, is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day. The Korean New Year holiday lasts three days, and is considered a more important holiday than the solar New Year's Day (although Jan 1 st is celebrated as well)

3 1) New Year s Activities Sebae Yut-nori Jegi-chagi 2) New Year s Clothes Hanbok 3) New Year s Food Tteokguk

4 Sebae New Year s Activities Bow performed by children on New Year s Day in traditional clothing Accompanied by the greeting Saehae bok mani badeuseyo, or Have much luck in the new year Elders give children sebae-ton, new year s money, after they perform the bow

5 A traditional board game played in Korea, especially during Korean New Year Played with a board and four sticks that act as dice. Players move around the board based on the symbols that face him/her when the sticks are thrown The Four Stick Game-YUT New Year s Activities Traditionally associated with fortune-telling in rural areas

6 New Year s Activities

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8 Korean outdoor game traditionally played on New Year s Day Jegi chagi New Year s Activities Played similar to hackysack in the US Legend associates jegi chagi with martial arts training

9 Traditional Korean clothing New Year s Clothes Worn on New Years Day and other special occasions

10 New Year s Clothes

11 Tteokguk New Year s Food Traditional Korean dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year Made of a broth and thinly sliced rice cakes (tteok). Garnished with eggs, meat, and dried seaweed It is believed that one who consumes tteokguk on New Year s Day gains an additional year of life

12 A Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar One popular custom is the cracking of nuts between one s teeth-this is believed to keep one s teeth health y for the year Many people climb a small hill or mountain to watch the moon rise on Daeboreum It is believed that the first person to see the moon will have good luck all year or have a wish granted that year

13 Daeboreum s Activity Kite-Flying On Daeboreum, Koreans fly kites wishing for a good harvest and the well-being of their family and country Kite-flying often associated with military uses in the past: as a means of communication among troops or to intimidate enemies

14 Daeboreum s Activity Chwibulnori A traditional game played the night before Daeboreum Adults and children whirled around cans full of holes in which charcoal was burning, fertilizing the fields and killing off bugs harmful to the new crops

15 Daeboreum s Food Ogokbap Literally means five-grain rice, and traditionally consisted of rice, millet, foxtail millet, barley, and soy beans; today many different types of grains are used Eaten as a healthy breakfast meal on the morning of Daeboreum

16 Daeboreum s Food Bureom A collection of various kinds of nuts such as peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts, chestnuts, and gingko nuts Traditionally eaten on Daeboreum It is believed that bureom will strengthen teeth and prevent allergies

17 Daeboreum s Food Namul A general term for a Korean seasoned vegetable dish Typically served as a banchan, or side-dish Examples include squash, spinach, and soy bean sprouts

18 Daeboreum s Food Literally means medicine food Yaksik Sweet treat made by steaming glutinous rice, and mixing with chestnuts, jujubes, and pine nuts. Flavored with honey or brown sugar Traditionally eaten on Daeboreum, weddings, and special birthday festivities

19 A major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Like many other harvest festivals, it is held around the Autumn Equinox Koreans return to their hometowns in large numbers during Chuseok. There, they perform ancestral worship rituals and offer thanks to their ancestors for a good harvest Originally known as Hangawi

20 Ganggangsullae Activities of Chuseok A 5,000-year-old Korean dance that was first used to bring about a bountiful harvest and has developed into a cultural symbol for Korea. It incorporates singing, dancing, and playing under the full moon and is exclusively performed by women. It is often associated with the Chuseok holiday Legend associates the dance with the 16 th century admiral Yi Sun Shin, who ordered women to perform it in military uniform so that Japanese troops would overestimate the strength of his army

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22 Ssireum Activities of Chuseok A folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea In the modern form each contestant wears a belt that wraps around the waist and the thigh. The competition employs a series of techniques, which inflict little harm or injury to the opponent: opponents lock on to each other's belt, and one achieves victory by bringing any part of the opponent's body above the knee to the ground

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24 How to make knot for Ssireum Activities of Chuseok

25 Nongak Activities of Chuseok This "farmer's dance" is a representative Korean folk performance bearing some features of ancient sacrificial rituals Originating from farm work, the dance is generally performed in two forms: 1) a plotted show featuring dances and mimes; 2) a joyous traditional dance with mass participation during the New Year and harvest celebrations

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27 Songpyeon Food of Chuseok A traditional Korean food made of glutinous rice and eaten on Chuseok Contain different kinds of sweet or semi-sweet fillings; songpyeon are steamed over a bed of pine needles, giving them the aroma of pine trees Often exchanged between neighbors on Chuseok

28 4) Dongji A celebration of the winter solstice, the day with the shortest daylight hours and most amount of darkness In traditional Korean society people used to call Dongji "little new years" and it was considered a festive day that followed new years People believed that they could ward off evil spirits by putting a paper with the Chinese character (Snake) written on it - upside down on the wall

29 A red bean porridge commonly eaten on Dongji and throughout the winter season Bowls of patjuk were traditionally placed all throughout one s home on Dongji, because it was believed that the color red protected against evil spirits

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