Happy New Year in Korean: Saehae Bok Mani Badseiyo.
During New Year period, family members get together to celebrate this occasion. Korean values kinship very much, hence, this is also a day where they commemorate their ancestors of the previous four generations.
On New Year day itself, everybody dresses up in their Hanbok (Korean traditional costume) after “cleansing” their body. Together, the extended family performs charye (a ceremony to commemorate their ancestors). After which, the children will greet their grandparents, parents, followed my aunty and uncle by bowing. The elders would give the younger generation money and gifts.
The video below is a guide for the steps on bowing:
After the ceremony, they will serve the traditional Korean food ddeokguk, a rice dumpling soup and traditional drinks such as shikhye(rice punch)and sujunggwa(a spicy concoction of persimmon and cinnamon).
ddeokguk
shikhye
Sujunggwa
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