May 14th: Yellow Day / Rose Day On Yellow Day, couples dress in yellow and give each other roses. Singles that didn't have their fill of lonely-heart noodles on Black Day have the chance to fill up on yellow curry and hope their love life will “spice up.”
Rose Day/Yellow Day: May 14
When May flowers are in full bloom, couples put on yellow clothing and exchange bouquets of roses, preferably yellow ones. They'll often dress up in matching outfits, which is another whimsical way of showing that they are a pair.
Traditionally, blue symbolises creativity, immortality and hope; white symbolises chastity, truth, innocence and death; red symbolises the sun, fire, production, creation, passion and love; black symbolises existence; yellow symbolises light and essence of vitality [25].
The Other Days: Other monthly couples days occurring on the 14th are: Diary Day (January), Rose Day (May), Kiss Day (June), Silver Day (July), Green Day (August), Photo Day (September), Wine Day (October), Movie Day (November), Hug Day (December).
July 14: Silver Day
Silver Day is when couples exchange promise rings as the relationship grows serious. You can visit a Korean jewelry store together with your partner and find a couple's ring that symbolizes your commitment.
Korea has twelve recognized red days (공휴일), a.k.a. public holidays. On these days, schools close, banks lock the vaults, and chaebols loosen their shackles. Pockets of the populous celebrate other holidays, like Easter or Ramadan. And children adopted your Halloween and Valentine's Day adornments.
White Day (화이트데이, hwaiteu-dei), a holiday that follows Valentine's Day, is celebrated on 14 March in Korea. On 14 February, it is customary among Korean couples for the woman to give the man chocolate as a gift; then in the following month, it is the man's turn to return the gift and give his beloved a present.
Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) is the first day of the Korean lunar calendar and the most celebrated traditional holiday in Korea.
In terms of the best day for kimjang, traditionally Koreans would choose one of several 'days without son'. 'Son' means 'demon', and so a day without 'son' on the lunar calendar was known to be a lucky day, where good things would happen. For this reason, important events like weddings, moving house — or kimchi making!
Pepero (빼빼로) Day is held annually on November 11, and is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day.
After the Korean War, red came to be perceived as the color of communism, thus gaining a negative connotation, but since the 2002 World Cup, it has become a symbol of passion and the color that promotes social cohesion.
The five elements of life are wood (blue), fire (red), earth (yellow), metal (white) and water (black). All of these elements – and all of these colors – were considered necessary for a healthy, prosperous, and long life. More recently, green has also come to be used commonly alongside the five original colors.
According to the National Folk Museum of Korea, “For a long time, the color red has been believed to have shamanistic power for warding off evil spirits or bad luck.
The motive of celebrating this yellow colour day was to make the children aware of the yellow colour, and its significance and to develop fine motor skills in the students.
It stands for freshness, positivity, intellect and joy. The motive of celebrating yellow day was to make the students aware of the colour yellow, its significance and to de-velop the fine motor skills in the students.
With an objective to recapitulate and reinforce the effects of yellow color, Pre-Primary wing celebrated “Yellow day”. A day dedicated to the yellow color was marked with children dressed in different hues and tints of yellow.
Bats. The number one on our Korean animals symbolism list is the bat! These winged mammals represent good fortune, despite many people being frightened by them. They became symbols of good luck because the Chinese ideogram for "bat" is pronounced the same as the Korean "good fortune."
3 is one of the luckiest numbers according to Korean superstitions. First, many may be aware of the sacred meaning of the number “3” in Christianity. Korea is actually a very Christian country, and so many believe that it is a holy number. Additionally, this number also occurs several times in Korean mythology.
Everything from health supplements, teas, and vitamins to red ginseng are great gifts in Korea. Ginseng works well for gifts to Korean in-laws. On that same note, you can also send high-end food products like Hanwoo beef, expensive mushrooms, and wild ginseng too.
Essentially, the studies findings show that 50% of South Korean are now non-religious, 32% follow some section of Christianity, 16% are Buddhist, and 2% believe in some other form of religion. The deviation from the traditionally religious South Korea culture and demographics, is the rise of Atheists.
In the 21st century, South Korea has been renowned for its globally influential pop culture, particularly in music (K-pop), TV dramas (K-dramas) and cinema, a phenomenon referred to as the Korean Wave.
The hanbok (traditional Korean clothing) has a history as colourful as each ... Contrastingly, the working class were required to wear white but dressed in ... Today, many Korean American brides opt to wear white and might change into a traditional dress, called a hanbok, for certain ceremonies of the day.
Initially, April 14th was seen as a day of sorrow, hence the name “black.” It was a day when single people could come together to mourn their singleness and drown their sorrows in comfort food. However, in modern-day South Korea, the emphasis on being in a relationship has decreased over the years.
Oppa simply refers to an older brother/man in a friendly tone. It can also mean a boyfriend or husband.