Korean Traditional Holiday [Jeongwol Daeboreum] Introduction

 

Jeongwol Daeboreum Traditional Food

Jeongwol Daeboreum Meaning

Jeongwol Daeboreum is a traditional Korean holiday and refers to January 15th of the lunar calendar.

It is the first full moon day after Lunar New Year. In a way, it is a holiday that Korean ancestors spent more grandly than New Year's Day, and there are various customs that are usually performed from the 14th, the day before. Originally, it was a festival for 15 days from New Year's Day to Daeboreum, and it was a big festival in the past so that there was a saying that debt collection was not done during this period. There is a theory that in the past, the day after the first full moon of the first lunar month might have been regarded as the actual beginning of the year. It is also the Maginot line that can give threefold.

Holiday Food

On this day, people wish for good health and wishes for the year by eating Burum, rice with five grains, medicinal rice, Gwibalgisul, aged vegetables such as seaweed and Chwinamul, and seasonal fish. In addition, events such as Gossalum and Seokjeon and various games were held, and some of these customs are still practiced today. There are also places where ancestral rites are held by region and village. From ancient times, people made plans for the year on the full moon of the first lunar month, and during this process, fortunes for the year were predicted.

Not a Public Holiday in South Korea

Since it was not designated as a public holiday in Korea, it lost much of its presence because it was buried during the Lunar New Year holiday just 15 days ago. However, in North Korea, it is still a public holiday, so it is said that various customs are actually practiced.