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However, traditional holidays and age-reckoning for older generations are still based on the old calendar. The biggest festivals in Korea today, which are also national holidays, are Seollal , the first day of the traditional calendar, and Chuseok , the harvest moon festival.
- January 1 – New Year’s Day. Korean name: 신정 (Sinjeong) Like elsewhere in the world, Koreans also celebrate New Year’s Day, or the 1st day of the solar calendar, and the start of the universal calendar year.
- 1st day of 1st lunar month – Lunar New Year. Korean name: 설날 (Seollal) In 2022, it was celebrated on February 1, and in 2023 it will be celebrated on January 22.
- March 1 – Independence Movement Day. Korean name: 삼일절 (Samiljeol) Set according to the solar calendar, on this day; it’s common to visit locations such as Seodaemun Prison History Hall in Seoul.
- May 5 – Children’s Day. Korean name: 어린이날 (Eorininal) Korea is one of the few countries out there with a day dedicated specifically to celebrating the innocence of children.
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Korean calendar explained. The traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar is a lunisolar calendar. Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian ( 135th meridian east in modern time for South Korea), and observances and festivals are based in Korean culture.
The old Korean calendar tells the phases of the moon and the day in the solar year, like other older calendars of other East Asian countries. Dates are calculated from Chinese calendar. Important dates are based in Korean culture. The Gregorian calendar officially began to be used in 1896.
Starting dates of the cycle have been 1384, 1444, 1504, 1564, 1624, 1684, 1744, 1804, 1864, 1924, 1984, and 2044. This calendar system was generally used for naming major historical events. As an example, the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592 is referred to as the Imjin (壬辰) War. Another example is the Ulsa (乙巳) Protectorate Treaty of 1905.
The Juche calendar, named after the Juche ideology, is the system of year-numbering used in North Korea. It begins with the birth of Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea. His birth year, 1912 in the Gregorian calendar, is " Juche 1" in the Juche calendar.
From 1952 until 1961 in South Korea, Gregorian calendar years were counted from the foundation of Gojoseon in 2333 BCE (regarded as year one), the date of the legendary founding of Korea by Dangun, hence these Dangi (단기) years were 4285 to 4294.
