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What better to ring in the Korean New Year than by learning Korean with KoreanClass101.com! This year, 설날 (Seollal) is on February 7th. So today we’re bringing you another culture class that goes deep into all the intricacies of this vibrant, and highly celebrated holiday. So in today’s culture class we’re talking about 세배돈 (New Years Money), 떡국 (tteokguk), 윷놀이 (yutnori) and many other aspects of this once a year event! So remember to listen in! And after listening remember to stop by KoreanClass101.com and leave us a comment! Korean New Years



This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Korean Culture Class . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

28 Responses to “Korean Culture Class #9 - Happy New Year (Seollal)!”

KoreanClass101.com says:

여러분… 새해 복 많이 받으세요!!!! Happy New Year Everyone!

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선현우 says:

세뱃돈 주세요~~~ :D

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선현우 says:

Actually in the video it’s not 설 showing how to do a woman’s bow (as she promised in the audio!) but it’s my sister :D

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Keith says:

Everyone…
새해 복 많이 주세요! (Happy New Year!)
형… 세뱃 돈 주세요! ㅋㅋㅋ :mrgreen:

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Taliana says:

… okay so what IS the date of 설날 this year? You guys just gave us 3 different dates XD; the post the other day said the 7th, this post says the 8th, and yet the .pdf file says the 9th. Which is it?! I know it stretches over a few days but what day is the first day?

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_petiteclaire_ says:

happy new year, every one !!! :mrgreen:

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Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:

In my country is still feb.6, but in korea is already feb.7th, so:
Kclass101, 새해 복 많이 받으세요!

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Paul says:

Excellent culture class! More culture classes!!!!!!!!! :smile:

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rigo says:

Happy new year guys enjoy your days off
very interesting ,
thanks for the video i think i saw that watching kdramas
bye

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비누 says:

새해 복 많이 받으세요 :razz: :smile:
아.. 진짜 사랑스러운 여동생님이네요^^(윤아ちゃん이에요?)..우리들에게 세배의 방법을 보여 주셔서 정말 고맙습니다 :razz:
세뱃돈 많이 받으세요^^

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Keith says:

Tali, LOL! 3 Different dates??? HAHA. :lol: Nice catch! We’ll fix those up right away!

The New Year is on the 7th! Sorry folks! :)

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Taliana says:

Keith: XDDD No problem.

Thankyou for such an awesome Culture Class though, that was really great and the video of how to bow was helpful :3

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선현우 says:

PetiteClaire, a happy new year to you too!!

Jacqueline, 고마워요, Jacqueline도 새해 복 많이 받으시길 ^^

Paul, 고맙습니다 :D We’ve got a lot of interesting culture classes coming!! hehe

Rigo, thanks! Pleasae receive my 세배 :D

비누 누나, 네 맞아요. 윤아예요. 세배하는 방법이 너무 복잡하지는 않죠? 세뱃돈 주세요~~
The New Year is on the 7th! Sorry folks! :)

Tali, 세뱃돈 주세요 ㅎㅎㅎ

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비누 says:

세배하는 방법, 정말 멋지네요.두분 다 멋있다~ :razz:
그런데 세뱃돈을 어째서 제가..
현우는 멋있고 다 큰 어른이니까 자신의 힘으로 많이 많이 버세요.화이팅~♪

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maxiewawa says:

Woo hoo! Happy New Year! Happy Spring Festival*! From now on we won’t call it Chinese New Year, but Chinese Korean New Year!!

Sorry for all the exclamation marks, I’m just deaf from all the fireworks going on around me! I’m wading through piles of exploded fireworks and all my clothes smell like exploded gunpowder.

Must be new year again!

恭喜发财!
新年快乐!

*what we call Chinese Korean New Year here in China

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Daniel K says:

여러분, 건강하십시오!

One interesting thing I noticed, though… On Dec. 31/Jan. 1, I got a ton of text messages (both personal and “bulk”) from Korean friends, acquaintances, and co-workers wishing me a Happy New Year. On Seollal, though, I got almost none. I heard that Seollal is bigger than Jan. 1 in Korea, so I was surprised about the fewer texts thing…

세배는 아주 복잡한 것 같죠! 절을 많이 해야 하면 빨리 힘들게 될 거에요!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

비누 누나, “다 큰 어른”이라는 표현을 벌써 완전히 익히셨군요!!

Max, it must be still very very noisy over there, isn’t it? :D 새해 복 많이 받아요! 그리고 红包도 많이 받아요! :D

Daniel, that’s interesting! :D I think it’s because the “Jan 1st” new year is more for celebrating with colleagues and friends and the traditional “Chinese-Korean” new year is to be celebrated with family. :D

절을 많이 하면 많이 힘들지만… 절을 많이 하면 세뱃돈도 많이 받는다는 사실!!ㅎㅎㅎ

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Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:

여러분, those interested in knowing more about Seollal, here’s an article by The Korea Times:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/02/135_18545.html

The tiltle of the article is: Seollal: One of Biggest Traditional Fests.
And the article was written on Feb.5,2008.

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비누 says:

기쁘다.역시 현우 대단하다 :razz:
넵!저,현우가 전에 가르쳐 준 “다 큰 어른”이라는 표현을 한번 써 보고 싶었고요^^역시 제 마음 깨달아 주었네요, 현우~~!!좋은 설날 보내세용 :razz:

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비누 says:

해피 설날 보내세요 :razz:

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Taliana says:

Hyunwoo: 아니요!!! I’m younger than you, you should give it to me insead :P

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comet says:

I know this question may sound silly but “do Korean youngster still bow to elderly nowadays? ” People at my place don’t bow anymore..so I’m just curious.

ps:Happy Chinese New Year/Happy Spring festival everyone!!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Jacqueline, thanks for the link!! :-)

비누 누나, 덕분에 즐거운 설날 보냈어요!

Taliana, hehe - I feel old… T.T

comet, thanks for the question! and my answer is “yes” :-) they still bow to elderly people, although it’s not the traditional big bow that we introduced in the video. :-)

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The KoreanClass101.com Blog says:

[…] Go-Stop is usually played during 설날 and 추석 but certainly makes it into a regular game night in Korea. There’s a certainty that every night of the week someone in Korea/Japan/Hawaii/Your mom’s house/etc is playing the game. […]

The KoreanClass101.com Blog says:

[…] Hey, it wouldn’t be KoreanClass101 without a culture class on this holiday. […]

hirona says:

:sad: Wow.. You should Seriously Consider about Replacing the Girl Who Spoke ENGRISH when you open this website. Her English is Soooo Bad, it was almost unbearable. I’m a Korean too but when I see Korean people like her speaking English, it is just a huge embarrassment. She sounded like Kim, Jongil from Team america, if you know what I mean.

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Rob says:

Hey an interesting culture class :grin: you guys sounds like you have so much fun! Thanks for teaching us about this :grin:

Rob

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hello, Rob.

Thanks for the comment. We’re glad to hear that you also enjoyed the lesson.

Then Have a nice day! 감사합니다.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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