Happy Seollal Korean Lunar New Year 2023

Seollal (Korean: 설날; RR: Seollal; MR: Sŏllal) is a festival and national holiday commemorating the first day of the Chinese lunisolar calendar.

Korean New Year or ‘Seollal’, falling on January 22 this year, is a festival and national holiday that usually occurs in January or February on the second new moon after the winter solstice, unless there is an intercalary 11th or 12th month in the lead-up to the New Year.

It marks the first day of the Korean calendar. It is one of the most important traditional holidays in the Korean Peninsula, being celebrated in both North Korea and South Korea.

The celebration usually lasts three days: the day before New Year, New Year itself, and the day after New Year.