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What are the traditional Korean festivals?

Baekchong Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Sangwon Festival, Chongjiu Festival, Jahai Festival, Kaechon Festival, etc. The Korean people, also known as the Korean nation, the Han nation, the Han people, the Koryo people, the Beta people, etc., are one of the major ethnic groups in East Asia. The Koreans are the main ethnic group in North and South Korea.

1, Baekchung Day: Baekchung Day is a traditional festival of the Korean people. It is also known as Baekjung Day and Jungjung. It is held on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar every year.

2. Dragon Boat Festival: Before sunrise on the morning of the fifth day of the fifth month of the Korean lunar calendar, people go up to the mountains to gather wormwood and dry it for medicinal purposes. The making of traditional food, mochi, is an important activity of the festival.

3. Sangwon Festival: On the fifteenth day of the first month of the Korean lunar calendar, the Korean people first send lanterns to the mother's grave, then burn the lanterns in the hall, hang the lanterns in the courtyard, hang the lanterns in the wall on both sides of the courtyard, and release the lantern boats in the river.

4. Chrysanthemum Festival: On the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year, every Korean family makes a cake with chrysanthemum leaves and sticky rice flour, which is commonly known as chrysanthemum fry.

5, Jia haiku festival: Jia haiku festival, the Korean language means autumn eve festival. Korean folk festival. Held annually on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

6, Kaiten Festival: Kaiten Festival is a religious festival of the Korean folk in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, held on the third day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar. This festival from the Korean people has basically disappeared 倧倧教, this day is the legendary ancestor Tanjun sacrifice day.