Seolnal or the Korean New Year is a major holiday in Korea. It is basically the Chinese lunar new year. Korean get excited for this 3 day-holiday because they get to travel to their hometowns and visit relatives. They share expensive gifts and delicious traditional food .
Most of the Koreans dress up in Hanbok : the korean traditional clothing.
On Seolnal all Korean's eat duck-gook which is rice cake soup. The soup is made by diagonally slicing rice cakes into thin, oval slices. The rice cake slices are soaked in water, then boiled in beef broth. The soup is garnished with chives, seaweed, and egg and is eaten for good luck in the New Year. If you want to wish a happy new lunar year for a Korean; you should say 설날 복 많이 받으세요 (sulnal bok mani badeuseyo). You can also use 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (saehae bok mani badeuseyo) which kids actually say to their grandparents in order to get their Seolnal money :)) .
My favorite thing about being in Korea for the Seolnal is the 3 day off that we get from school and of course sales !!
Happy Seolnal everybody !!