If you are prepared to travel to Korea on the occasion of Lunar New Year, the following things will help you get the love of local community.
1- New Year Greetings
Normally, when Koreans say happy New Year, the sayings will mean that "Wish you get more luck and happiness in the New Year." It is pronounced: bah doo sae hae bok manhi seh yo.
The way for giving gifts
A week before Seollal, Koreans usually busy with shopping of gifts for relatives and friends. Popular gifts include meat, the gifts or cash. Besides that, the more common gifts are fish, fresh fruit, ginseng, honey, health care products, toiletries, dry fish and hangwa (a Korean traditional cake).
If you would like to donate cash, banks issued cash gift packages, including the new banknotes from various countries worldwide. However, Koreans are like being donated ginseng, the rare ginseng is what they enjoy immensely.
Traditional beliefs
Koreans believe that ghosts to earth to steal shoes in the New Year. These souls will choose shoes fitting their feet and bring mischance to the owner of the shoes throughout the year. Therefore, people often hide shoes in a safe place.
Things should to do in the morning
According to tradition, the Koreans will buy bokjori (a bamboo basket) and hung on the wall to bring luck to the family. It is believed that you buy bokjori as soon, the luck come to your family as much. On this occasion, people also wear the most colorful and beautiful Hanbok with the wish for a bright future. Then they will visit families and relatives to celebrate the holidays together.
Charice, tradition of worshiping ancestor
Charice is a rite to pray peace and the health for ancestors. A table of charye is furnished with many fruits with all shapes, bright colors. Koreans also have their own rule for arrangement of the altar, called Jesa Whiz.
The traditional dishes are placed on the altar include rice cake soup, sweet potato noodles with meat and vegetables, pork ribs, traditional biscuits, fruits and many other items. After Charye ceremony ended, everyone will come together to eat traditional dishes hoping good things of ancestors will left for them.
Tteokguk rice cake soup
The people of Korea have the habit of eating Teokguk - rice cake soup on the first morning with family. People have a habit of asking they eat how many bowl of rice cake soup because they conceive that you will be increased one year old if you eat a bowl of tteokguk.
Sebae, the New Year’s Bow
After the meal, the children in the family will bow respectfully and donate gifts for grandparents, parents. Then, the elders will give descendants red packets (sebaedon). Men and women have a different bow. Sebae is not simply bow but it also is an important ritual in the New Year.
Family's activities
With family members, they often play Yut Nori together (game of dropping 4 sticks on a plaid table), stone bridge, archery and kite flying. In addition, people can gather and watch movies together.
1- New Year Greetings
Normally, when Koreans say happy New Year, the sayings will mean that "Wish you get more luck and happiness in the New Year." It is pronounced: bah doo sae hae bok manhi seh yo.
The way for giving gifts
A week before Seollal, Koreans usually busy with shopping of gifts for relatives and friends. Popular gifts include meat, the gifts or cash. Besides that, the more common gifts are fish, fresh fruit, ginseng, honey, health care products, toiletries, dry fish and hangwa (a Korean traditional cake).
If you would like to donate cash, banks issued cash gift packages, including the new banknotes from various countries worldwide. However, Koreans are like being donated ginseng, the rare ginseng is what they enjoy immensely.
Traditional beliefs
Koreans believe that ghosts to earth to steal shoes in the New Year. These souls will choose shoes fitting their feet and bring mischance to the owner of the shoes throughout the year. Therefore, people often hide shoes in a safe place.
Things should to do in the morning
According to tradition, the Koreans will buy bokjori (a bamboo basket) and hung on the wall to bring luck to the family. It is believed that you buy bokjori as soon, the luck come to your family as much. On this occasion, people also wear the most colorful and beautiful Hanbok with the wish for a bright future. Then they will visit families and relatives to celebrate the holidays together.
Charice, tradition of worshiping ancestor
Charice is a rite to pray peace and the health for ancestors. A table of charye is furnished with many fruits with all shapes, bright colors. Koreans also have their own rule for arrangement of the altar, called Jesa Whiz.
The traditional dishes are placed on the altar include rice cake soup, sweet potato noodles with meat and vegetables, pork ribs, traditional biscuits, fruits and many other items. After Charye ceremony ended, everyone will come together to eat traditional dishes hoping good things of ancestors will left for them.
Tteokguk rice cake soup
The people of Korea have the habit of eating Teokguk - rice cake soup on the first morning with family. People have a habit of asking they eat how many bowl of rice cake soup because they conceive that you will be increased one year old if you eat a bowl of tteokguk.
Sebae, the New Year’s Bow
After the meal, the children in the family will bow respectfully and donate gifts for grandparents, parents. Then, the elders will give descendants red packets (sebaedon). Men and women have a different bow. Sebae is not simply bow but it also is an important ritual in the New Year.
Family's activities
With family members, they often play Yut Nori together (game of dropping 4 sticks on a plaid table), stone bridge, archery and kite flying. In addition, people can gather and watch movies together.
