Korea Culture: Lunar New Year 2021 Year of the OX

Seollal, Korea’s Lunar New Year is first day of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most celebrated national holidays in Korea.

This year, Seollal falls on Friday, February 12. Most years’ Seollal is a time for Koreans to return to their hometowns to pay respect to their ancestors, as well as catch up with family members. As is custom, the day before is also a legal holiday, so for most the holiday begins on Thursday February 11.

With COVID we can expect greatly limited family interactions, so we need to extra…