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[Korea] Korean Valentin’s day - part2

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Those introduced days in the first part are not the national holidays. So we celebrate and express one's gratitude or love to his or her family, friends and lover in their daily life. Likewise, let us know what other days are there in the second half of the year except Christmas and other national holidays. July 5th - Chuotang day (추어탕 데이) 7-5 reads Chil-O(칠오) which sounds just like Korean health food, loach-tang(chuotang: 추어탕). July 14th - Silver day (실버 데이) Couples give silver made jewelry. August 8th - Ramen day (라면 데이) Number 8 sounds 'pal' in korean. Therefore 88 can be read as pal-pal, and this sounds the same as korean adverb '팔팔' means 'strongly' when it is used with boiling water. Korean instant ramen is cooked with strongly boiling water! August 14th - Green day (그린 데이) In the middle of deadly hot summer days in Korea, it is recommended to go visit mountains and enjoy green with lovers. August 18th - R...

[Korea] Korean Valentin’s day - part1

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There are plenty of interesting ‘days’ in Korea. Many of them are closely related to celebrating their own relation ship of lovers, but some says it is too commercial and we have to be aware of it. Let us see what Koreans celebrate through an year including St. Valentine’s day. January 14th - Diary day (다이어리 데이) Diary (다이어리) in Korean means small schedule book something like Franklin Planner. In the beginning of the year lovers give schedule book or organizer each other as a present. January 19th - Jjimjil-bang day (찜질방 데이) Jjimjil-bang (찜질방) is Korean dry sauna. We dial 119 instead of 911 in Korea to call fire fighter. So the number 119 connote something very hot. February 14th - St. Valentine’s day (발렌타인 데이) St Valentine’s day exists in Korea as well. One difference of St Valentine’s day in Korea is that girls give chocolates to boys this day, and they wait a month for boy’s return candies. February 23th - Jinseng day (인삼 데이) Number 23 is de...