Seasons & Holidays 계절·명절

Korea has four distinct seasons, 봄 (spring), 여름 (summer), 가을 (autumn) and 겨울 (winter), and each one has its own weather, food and festivals. Koreans also celebrate national holidays and traditional days that are good to know before you visit or live there: Seollal and Chuseok are the two biggest family holidays, when many people travel to their hometowns. This set has 16 words for the seasons and the most important holidays, with short facts so that you can understand what people are talking about when they say 연휴 or 공휴일. Seollal and Chuseok follow the lunar calendar, so their dates change every year on the solar calendar, while days like 한글날 and 광복절 are fixed dates. Knowing these words helps you plan trips and make friends.