From February 2nd to February 4th, Koreans celebrated the Lunar New year.
We celebrated the Lunar New Year from the past(Since the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea). We used the Lunar calendar because of agriculture. Well, not only the Lunar one, we also celebrate the Solar one, which is the real January 1st now. We started to celebrate the Solar one during the Japanese Colonization Period. And February 3rd was January 1st in the Lunar calendar.
In Korea, we call the Lunar New Year as, 'Seol'. 'Seol' means, 'the Beginning of a new year'.
During Seol, we do a lot of things: do ancestor-memorial rites, New Year's bow, well-meant remarks, New Year's best clothes and other kinds of things.
We prepare some New Year's foods and use it during the ancestor-memorial rites.
And also, we do the New Year's bow to the adults and earn money. Last Thursday, I earned \110,000! But I had to give the money to my mother. In the past, we could earn more money(\1,000) than the day before. So, for example, if you earned \10,000 you could earn \11,000 they next day.
We also get New Year's best clothes the night before Seol. So, we get up early at Seol and wear those new clothes. I've also got a new hanbok. It's really beautiful.
The adults say some well-meant remarks to the youngsters. Like, "Please do well in exams this year." etc.
Not only these things, we prepare foods. The most important food is 'Ddeokguk'. People believe that we get older when we eat this food. There are some round rice cakes and the rounded shape symbolizes the sun. Not only that, it also means luck. So, it's good if you eat a lot!
We also play during Seol. The most famous game around Koreans is 'Yootnoli'. There are four Yoots and you throw them and move your man according to what the Yoots are showing.
Now I hope you learned about Seol a lot. And have a good day! []`
How Can I play yootnoli?? I wanna know :(
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ReplyDeleteYou need 4 yoots, a game board for playing yootnoli, small 8 pebbles(they should be in 2 different colors), and friends to play with.
And then choose who will throw the yoots first.
If only one of the yoots is overturned, we call it as "Do" and you can move one space.
If two of the yoots are overturned, it is called "Gae" and you can move two spaces.
If three of them are overturned, it is called "Geol" and you can move three spaces.
You can move four spaces if the yoots are all overturned and this is called, "Yoot". And you can throw the yoots again.
And if all yoots aren't overturned, you can move five spaces and it is called, "Mo". You can throw the yoots again just like "Yoot".
Also, you can throw the yoots again when you catch the other team's pebble.
And the team whose 4 pebbles come back to the start faster wins the game.
Thank you for reading my explanation hh..