Twenty-four solar terms (Korean: 절기 Hanja: 節氣 RR: jeolgi) in the year, spaced roughly 15 days apart.Ten Heavenly Stems, which were combined with the 12 Earthly Branches to form a sixty-year cycle.The Chinese zodiac of 12 Earthly Branches (animals), which were used for counting hours and years.In North Korea, the Juche calendar has been used since 1997 to number its years, based on the birth of the state's founder Kim Il Sung. The current version is based on East Asia's Shixian calendar (Korean: 시헌력 Hanja: 時憲暦 RR: shi-heon-nyeok), which was in turn revised by Jesuit scholars. This numbering was informally used with the Korean lunar calendar before 1945 but has only been occasionally used since 1961, and mostly in North Korea prior to 1997.Īlthough not being an official calendar, in South Korea, the traditional Korean calendar is still maintained by the government. For her death year, it uses hangul numerals to indicate the number of years after the founding of the Korean Provisional Government (" ㅂ해" = 6 = 1924 CE).įrom 1945 until 1961 in South Korea, Gregorian calendar years were counted from the foundation of Gojoseon in 2333 BC (regarded as year one), the date of the legendary founding of Korea by Dangun, hence these Dangi ( 단기 檀紀) years were 4278 to 4294. The gravestone of Kim Ku's wife, Ch'oe Chun-rye, uses the Dangun calendar written using hangul numerals ( ㄱ=1, ㄴ=2, etc) for her birth year (" ㄹㄴㄴㄴ해" = 4222 = 1889 CE). The Gregorian calendar was adopted on 1 January 1896, with the Korean era name Geon-yang ( 건양 建陽 lit. adopting solar calendar). In 18, the lunar calendar was used with years numbered from the foundation of the Joseon Dynasty in 1392. The traditional calendar designated its years via Korean era names from 270 to 963, then Chinese era names with Korean era names at a few times until 1894. Similar to most traditional calendars of other East Asian countries, the Korean Calendar is derived from the Chinese calendar. Other minor festivals include Yudu (summer festival), and Chilseok ( monsoon festival). Other important festivals include Daeboreum also referred to as Boreumdal (the first full moon), Dano (spring festival) and Samjinnal (spring-opening festival). The biggest festivals in Korea today, which are also national holidays, are Seollal, the first day of the traditional calendar, and Chuseok, the harvest moon festival. However, traditional holidays and age-reckoning for older generations are still based on the old calendar. Koreans mostly use the Gregorian calendar, which was officially adopted in 1896. Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian ( 135th meridian east in modern time for South Korea), and observances and festivals are based in Korean culture. The traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar ( Korean: 단군 Hanja: 檀君) is a lunisolar calendar.
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