Korean New Year Kite

Then they celebrate again.

Korean new year kite. Kite flying is a traditional winter game for children and adults. A common question heard on New Years is how many bowls of tteokguk have you eaten. Traditionally on Lunar New Year people flew kites to wish for a good harvest and for the well-being of their family and.

The bubble Hangul letters are also a great way to expose kids to Korean language. Kite-flying or yeonnalligi 연날리기 is among the traditional games played during the new year. In Korea this is traditionally a wintertime sport.

Koreans celebrate two New Year celebrations Sinjeong 신정 is the solar new year on January 1st. Yeonnalligi 연날리기 Yeonnalligi 연날리기 is a tradition in which people fly comets on the first day of the lunar calendar 설날. Men also go out for some kite flying starting on the Lunar New Year and in the days leading up to the new years first full-moon day.

During Lunar New Year kites take on a special meaning as they are flown with the owners name date of birth and sometimes well wishes for the year to come on them. Therefore it means a pure and clean beginning of the new year. As well as yut-nori other traditional games are often played over Lunar New Year like kite-flying or noltigi.