The most important festival of the year for Koreans is undoubtedly the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a traditional festival for Korean family reunions, sacrifices, sweeping tombs, visiting relatives and friends, and giving gifts to express gratitude. It is second only to the Korean Mid-Autumn Festival. The Korean Spring Festival is the Korean Spring Festival, which Koreans call "Old Jung", so let us learn about this festival together.
Jiuzheng, also known as the Spring Festival in South Korea, originated from China and is the second largest festival in South Korea after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Korean Spring Festival is a festival based on ancestor worship and filial piety. It is a day to worship ancestors and pray for family safety. Like China, Koreans go home during the Spring Festival, worship their ancestors, eat New Year's dinner, pay New Year's greetings, give out New Year's money, visit relatives and friends, and have fun.
The Spring Festival is called "Old Jung" in South Korea, which is the Lunar New Year. In South Korea, it is a national festival second only to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Speaking of the history of "Old Orthodox", it is said that the Spring Festival began to be celebrated in South Korea as early as the Silla era. However, during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, celebrating the Spring Festival was strictly prohibited. At that time, if a child's lunch box was found with sacrificial food, the child would be punished.
As a traditional festival, the Spring Festival has experienced a period of "waiting" in South Korea. It was not until 1985 that it reappeared under the name of "Folk Customs Day". In 1989, South Korea officially restored the Spring Festival as a festival. Every year when the Spring Festival comes, Korean women put on beautiful national costumes and work in the kitchen from morning to night. Foreign girls married to South Korea also have to work from morning to night just like Korean women.
When Koreans celebrate the Spring Festival, the most important activity is to worship their ancestors. Koreans have a strict way of worshiping their ancestors. The only ways to arrange the table are "fish in the east and meat in the west", "head in the east and tail in the west", "red in the east and white in the west", "date, chestnut, pear and persimmon", "raw in the east and cooked in the west", The rules such as "Left rice and right soup" and the ritual procedures are also very strict.
After worshiping the ancestors, the younger generation will pay New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders will give lucky money to the younger generations who pay New Year greetings. During the Spring Festival, people of the same generation greet each other with the greeting "Blessed New Year." During the Spring Festival, there are always people who cannot go home to celebrate the New Year or who are homeless living on the streets. The government and citizen groups organize to celebrate the Spring Festival for them, so that they can feel the warmth of the social family during the Spring Festival.
Going back to the province The first scene of the Spring Festival in Korea is "returning to the province" - going home to visit relatives. Every year before New Year's Eve, there will be a spectacular scene of tens of millions of people going home to visit relatives. Seoul, which used to be bustling with traffic, suddenly became empty and quiet, but on highways across the country, in airports, train stations, and bus stations, there were huge crowds of people. People use various means of transportation to return to their hometowns before the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The most solemn and solemn ritual on the first day of the Lunar New Year is the "sacrificial ceremony and yearly worship". This is the core content of the Korean Spring Festival and the most distinctive second scenery. Above the main room of the house, there are portraits of ancestors. There are various offerings on the table, and the rules for placing the items are extremely strict, such as "fish in the east and meat in the west", "head in the east and tail in the west", "red in the east and white in the west", "raw in the east and cooked in the west", "rice on the left and soup on the right", etc. Be particular about the offerings including "Jujube, Liars, Persimmons", "Rice Cake Soup", etc. The sacrificial procedures are strictly based on the family tree. The whole family, dressed in traditional ethnic costumes, bows and kowtows to their ancestors in turn, praying for the prosperity of the family business created by their ancestors.
Family fun The third scene of the Korean Spring Festival is family fun filled with traditional customs: during the Spring Festival, there are annual makeup, annual paintings, blessings on the fence, and chasing away luminous ghosts, etc. The first greeting when meeting people for New Year's greetings is "Blessed New Year." In terms of entertainment games, the most popular games among Korean families are "Throwing Wood Four" and "Flower Cards" (equivalent to Chinese dice and playing cards).
Koreans also have the custom of giving each other gifts during the Spring Festival. The gifts are mainly food, such as steak, croaker, traditional snacks, etc. The packaging of the gifts is also unique. Most of them are wrapped in pink square silk cloth, giving people a festive feeling. Before the Spring Festival, shopping malls across the country are vying to launch special gifts to attract customers, and prices are also rising in line with the market.
Koreans prefer to cook their New Year’s Eve dinner at home, and almost never have New Year’s Eve dinner in a restaurant. During the Spring Festival, almost all restaurants are closed. Many overseas workers come to South Korea. In order to allow foreigners to experience the joy of the Korean Spring Festival, the government and some non-governmental organizations also organize them to celebrate the Spring Festival together.
South Korea is not only a country that adheres to tradition, but also a country with a fast pace of modern life. The Spring Festival allows people to temporarily escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. When they worship their ancestors in their hometown and pray for the safety of their families, What you get is a kind of spiritual satisfaction.
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