Culture

설날 & 추석

Two mega-holidays, one universal sentence: 새해 복 많이 받으세요.

L’explication est en anglais. Les lignes coréennes et le sens suivent votre langue.

설날 (Lunar New Year) and 추석 (Chuseok, harvest moon) shut the country down. Everyone travels home (귀성길); trains book out months ahead.

Rituals: 차례 (ancestral rites), 세배 (deep New Year bows to elders) — and children receive 세뱃돈 (lucky money) in patterned envelopes.

Holiday food: 떡국 on 설날 (eat it, gain a year of age), 송편 on 추석. City empties, highways jam, and every café closes except the brave.

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