Holidays in South Korea

January 1st: New Year’s Day (1 day off)

The first day of the first lunar month: Spring Festival (3 days off)

March 1st: March 1st Festival (1 day off)

105 days after the Winter Solstice: Cold Food Festival

April 5: Tree Planting Day (1 day off)

May 5 : Children's Day (1 day off)

The eighth day of the fourth lunar month: Buddha's Birthday (1 day off)

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month: Dragon Boat Festival (1 day off)

June 6: Loyalty Day (1 day off)

July 17: Constitution Day (1 day off)

August 15: Liberation Mid-Autumn Festival (1 day off)

The 15th day of the eighth lunar month: Mid-Autumn Festival (3 days off)

October 3: Kaitian Festival (1 day off)

December 25: Christmas (1 day off)

Extended information:

Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival are both known as the two major traditional festivals in Korea, and are even more important than During the Spring Festival, South Korea generally has a 3 to 6 day holiday. According to tradition, people should go home to reunite with their relatives, worship their ancestors, sweep their graves, and "welcome the moon" together at night. Therefore, Koreans rush back to their hometowns from all over the country to reunite during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The traffic is very congested, which is called the "Great National Movement."

The Opening Day was established to commemorate the founding of the nation by Tangun, the ancestor of the Korean nation in mythology. Tangun is a figure in Korean folklore and the ancestor of the Korean nation. In order to commemorate his founding of Gojoseon, the first country of the Korean nation, in 2333 BC, this day was designated as the Opening Day in 1949. "Tangun Shrine" dedicated to Tangun can be seen all over Korea, and commemorative events will be held in Sajik Park on the day of the Opening Day.

King Sejong the Great in the Joseon Dynasty created the Korean peninsula’s unique script “Hangul”. To commemorate his great achievement, South Korea designated the day when the book "Hunminjeongeum" that introduced Korean was promulgated as "Korean Language Day". "Hangul Festival" was designated as a legal holiday in 1970. From 1990 to 2012, it was canceled due to the reduction of holidays, but it has been restored as a legal holiday since 2013.

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