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Korean New Year
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| Korean New Year | |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lunar New Year |
| Observed by | Korean people around the world |
| Type | Korean, cultural |
| Significance | The first day of the Korean calendar (lunar calendar) |
| 2006 date | January 29 |
| 2007 date | February 18 |
| 2008 date | February 7 |
| Related to | Chinese New Year |
Korean New Year (Korean: 설날; hangul: 구정, hanja: 舊正), or the Lunar New Year is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day, celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Korean calendar. This is the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year. In such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice. (The next time this occurs is in 2033.)
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