Jeongwol Daeboreum - 15th January by the lunar calendar

Jeongwol Daeboreum15th January by the lunar calendar

Do you like a full moon? In Korea, a full moon has a special significance. It is why Korean celebrates the first full moon of the lunar calendar, every 15^th January, which is Jeongwol Daeboreum.

Jeongwol Daeboreum 2017 is 11^th February.

On Jeongwol Daeboreum, traditions and customs are performed to wish for bountiful year and to bring good luck into their life because the full moon is believed as the symbol of breaking the darkness and treating the illness. 

Food

1. Cracking Bureom

Bureom means a nut, such as peanuts, walnuts. On Jeongwol Daeboreum, Korean eats nuts because they believe that eating nuts on this day help to make one’s teeth strong and to avoid any bad luck, particularly illness in the coming year.

2. Eating Ogok-Bap

Ogok-Bap is cooked rice made with several grains. Eating Ogok-Bap with vegetable side dishes is believed to bring good luck too.   

Game

Jwibulnori

Jwlbulnori is the typical game played on Jeongwol Daeboreum. 

This game was performed originally in order to burn weeds on rice paddy to kill an insect and a rat. Nowadays, Jwibulnori is performed as the symbol of Jeongwol Daeboreum. Jwibulnori’s flames lighting up the night sky show a marvelous sight. 

Watching a full moon

The best event of Jeongwol Daeboreum is obviously to watch a full moon.

Namsan Seoul Tower is the best place to observe a full moon in Seoul. Moreover, the harmony of a full moon and a night view of Seoul is fantastic.  

The first full moon festival 2017 will take place in Namsangol Hanok Village at 15:00 – 19:00, 11^th February 2017.

There is no entry fee. So why don’t you visit this festival to take a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Korea’s traditions? There are plenty of hands-on activities and events in the first full moon festival 2017.

I wish you will get a lot of happiness and good luck for 2017.