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What Is Seollal and Why Do Koreans Eat Tteokguk?

October 29, 2026 by WHY KOREANS ARE
Bowls of tteokguk rice cake soup with egg and green onion on a Korean New Year table in an apartment

What is Seollal? Korea’s Lunar New Year means a trip home, ancestral rites, sebae bows and tteokguk. Here is how it works and the 2027 dates.

Categories Life Tags Korean holidays, Korean traditions, Lunar New Year, Seollal, tteokguk Leave a comment
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