Important Korean Festivals
Spring Festival: the first day of the first lunar month;
New Year's Day: January 1st;
Independence Day: March 1st;
Buddha's birthday: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month;
Loyalty Day: June 6th;
Constitutional Day: July 17th;
Liberation Day: August 15th, commemorating the liberation from Japanese colonial rule (1945) and the establishment of the government of the Republic of Korea (1948);
Mid-Autumn Festival: the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar;
Kaitian Festival:
October 3rd, the legendary founding day of ancient Korea;
Korean Language Festival: Established on October 9th to commemorate the promulgation of the "Correct Pronunciation of the People";
Christmas: December 25th.