Last Speaking Test- Korean legal holiday

We have 10 fixed legal holiday.

1.The solar calendar New year
2.The lunar calendar New year
3.1th march day
4.Child day
5.The birth of buddha
6.The memorial day
7.Independence day of Korea
8.Chuseok(The harvest festival)
9.The national foundation day
10.Christmas


Im going to explain about these days.


1. The solar calendar new year. (1/1)
-> this is 1st January. this is new year day of colar calendar.
First time we need this instead of Luna calendar new year day.
it have a mean just start New year.
On this day, lors of people going to see a sunrise.
and when the time to 0 o’clock we ring the bell. Some people give the posrcard for happy new year each other.

2. The luna calendar new year. (1/1 in luna calendar)
-> this is 1st January of Luna calendar.
it's biggest festival days on our national. in this time we have consecutive holiday.
most familly meet together and have a happy time.
we pray happy for new year. for this, we do lots of play and event.

-event
*The new year best(SURBIM)
*ancestor memorial sevices(cha rye)
*The new year's greetings(sebae) and well-wishing remark(dukdam)

-play
*playing 'yut'
*fly a kite
*korean seesaw(nuldduigi)
*play shuttlecock with the feet(jaegichagi)

-the food for New year day
*rice cake soup(ddukguk)
*sichea(a sweet drink made from femented rice)
*sujeonggaw(a fruit punch)


3.1th march day (1/3)
1th march 1919. we resist against colonial plicy of Japan. and we read a paper which have we want to independence in middle of an open space.
we want to remember that day, so we choose this day for legal holiday.
we hoist a national flag of Korea and have a silent prayer

4.Child day (5/5)
this is legal holiday for child.
usually famaily together go somewhere and child is took a present.
the government give a prize for model child.

5.The birth of Buddha(8/4 in luna calendar)
this is started from Sinra period. we congratuate for the birth of Buddha.
In daytime we release of captive animal. And we have a biggest light festival on all sides of korea.

6.The memorial day(6/6)
This day is for soldier who died for Korea. we hoist a flag of Korea and have a time which pray for them.

7.Independence day of Korea(15/8)
Memorialize depart in Japanese, and this day is to celebrate founding of Korea government.
On the memorial Day, attach flag of Korea at all national families.

8.Chuseok(The harvest festival) (15/8 in luna calendar)
Chuseok is a second big holiday in my country. it is congratuate to rich harvest.
From old times to now days Chuseok is best rich time because this time usually we have lots of new food. Chuseok is 15th August by The lunar calendar.
we greet to rich harvest in this year, and we pray for rich harvest to next year.

-event
*Ganggangsulae
*children who greet to adult is took the money by adult .

-play
*watch the fight of ox
*watch the fight of cock

-food
*song pyun
*toranguk


9.The national foundation day (3/10)
this is the memorial day which my country made by Dangun.

10.Christmas(25/12)
Christmas is celebrating Jesus' birty on December 25th.
this is mosr famous holiday of the world. so, almost thing of christmas is same about the other country.
Stand tree, buy and eat cakes, give presents to each othr and people who believe god have a worship.
every year people sell the 'christmas seal ' for tubercle patient .
this is made by disabled person.
this day is most open day to help unfortunate neighbors.