Korean Area Studies Practice Test

What is the first day of the Korean lunar calendar called?

Seollal Dano Gaecheonjeol Hangul Day

Correct Answer:

Seollal

Explanation:

Seollal marks the first day of the Korean lunar calendar, the Lunar New Year. It’s Korea’s most important traditional holiday and signals the start of a new lunar year. Families gather, perform ancestral rites, bow to elders, wear hanbok, and eat tteokguk (rice cake soup). There’s a common belief that eating tteokguk adds a year to one’s age, which is part of the cultural meaning attached to Seollal. The other events listed are separate: Dano occurs on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month; Gaecheonjeol commemorates Korea’s founding; Hangul Day celebrates the invention of the Korean alphabet.

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