TheLunarNewYeariscalled

Seollal

intheKoreas,duringwhichKoreanpeoplehaveathree-dayholiday.Atraditionaldishofthefestivalis

Tteokguk,atraditionalsoupmadewithslicedricecakes,beef,egg,vegetables,andotheringredients.Theclearbrothof

Tteokguk

isbelievedtosymbolizestartingouttheyearwithacleanmindandgrowingoneyearolder.

在朝韓兩國，年糕湯是傳統春節美食，其食材有切片年糕、牛肉、雞蛋、蔬菜等。當地人相信，將年糕湯吃得干干凈凈才能神清氣爽地步入新年。同時，喝完一碗年糕湯也標志著年齡增長了一歲。因此，常有人戲稱，今年一口氣老了好多歲，因為喝了好幾碗年糕湯！▲年糕湯雖好，可不要貪“碗”哦！Themostcommonactivityof

Seollal

isaboardgamecalled

Yunnori.Therearefourwoodensticks,whichareroundedononesideandflatontheother.Playersaresplitintotwoteams,witheachmemberrepresentedbya“piece”youmovearoundtheboard.Eachmemberthrowsthesticksandmovestheirpiecesaroundtheboardaccordingtohowthestickshavelanded.Allthemembersoftheteamneedtofinishthegamebeforetheopposingteaminordertowin.擲柶戲是春節的傳統游戲。游戲需要棋盤、棋子，另有四塊特制木棒（一半為光滑曲面，一半扁平）作為擲具。玩家分成兩個陣營，每人擁有一枚對應的棋子。玩家依次投擲木棒，木棒著陸面及數量的不同組合對應著不同的采數，而采數指揮棋子的移動。率先全部完成規定路線的隊伍獲勝。

ThenationalbirdofSouthKoreaismagpie,orkkachiinKorean.Itisbelievedthatthisbirdcanbringgoodnews,forecasttheweatherandrecovery.Sohewhohearsthemsingingonthemorningof

Seollal

willhaveagoodfortune.Themostfamoussongof

Seollal

inSouthKoreaiscalled“KkachiKkachiSeollal”,whichmeansthemagpiewillbringgoodlucktopeopleinthenewyear.韓國國鳥為喜鵲。人們普遍認為喜鵲能傳播喜訊、預報天氣，同時也是疾病痊愈的預兆。如果能在新年的早晨聽見喜鵲的歌聲，那一年都能享有好運。韓國最著名的新年歌曲名為《喜鵲新年》，便是取此吉祥寓意。上述提到的各種民俗在《喜鵲新年》的動畫版視頻中均有所體現，讓我們一起來看看吧！聽不懂？沒關系，這就呈上由韓國偶像團體MONSTAX演繹的英語字幕版本——Similartothelegendof

Nian,there’salsoamonsterintheKoreas—Yagwang,orglowingnocturnalghosts.Arecordinthe

DonggukSesigi

reads:“Aghostwhosenameis

Yagwang

comesdowntoatownonNewYear’sEve,triesoneverypairofchildren’sshoes,andthenslipsawaywiththepairthatfitsitsfeet.Itisbelievedthatthevictimofthetheftwillnotreceiveanyluckfortheentireyear.ThisisthereasonwhychildrenhidetheirshoesbeforetheygotosleeponNewYear’sEve.Inaddition,peoplehangasieveonthewalloftheirlivingroomorattheentrancetothecourtyard,sothatthespiritisdrawntocountingtheholesofthesieveuntiltheearlymorninginsteadofstealingtheirshoes.”中國有“年獸”，朝韓則有“夜光鬼”。據朝韓民俗解說書《東國歲時記》記載，夜光鬼