South Koreans respect the festive dates with great respect and celebrate them colorfully and noisily. The whole world is famous for this country with its festivals, become a spectator and a participant of which everyone can see throughout the year, with their own eyes, seeing these bright, lively and surprisingly beautiful holidays of life.

Koreans celebrate the New Year twice: the holiday of the New Year The solar calendar here is celebrated quite quietly and modestly, with family and friends. But the New Year on the lunar calendar can safely be called the longest and very important holiday of South Korea. During the 15 days throughout the country there are stormy New Year celebrations and celebrations, balls-masquerades and costumed parades.

Spring is the time of awakening of nature, therefore most of the spring holidays and festivals in South Korea are of a natural theme. In March, in the city of Kwangyang, the Plum Festival is held, when in all its glory there are different varieties of these trees in bloom. In April, Jeju Island becomes an ideal place for all lovers: during the Sakura Festival, they can pass along the petals of flowers under these beautiful trees, thus blessing their family life.

Koreans celebrate the birthday of the Buddha in May. On this day it is customary to visit temples and pray. Many cities become places of stormy celebration, streets are filled with colorful crowds of people, and houses and temples are decorated with colorful flashlights in the form of a lotus.

Summer in South Korea is replete with a wide variety of festivals. Car lovers should definitely visit the Seoul Motor Show in July, where you can see the latest trends in the production of cars. In Poren, the Clay Festival takes place in July, accompanied by a gay frenzy of fights in mud.

One of the largest and most interesting festivals in Korea is the Pusan ​​Sea Festival, which takes place on all city beaches in the first half of August and annually attracts more than ten million guests from all over the world . The program of the festival is full of a lot of events: concerts, exhibitions and sports competitions, plus each guest of the festival can learn how to row on canoe or swim with scuba-diving . Opening Ceremony stivalya deserves no less attention: it collects all known Korean musicians, and at the end on the beach launching fireworks .

National art of cooking is another important part of the country's culture. In October, the most delicious Korean festival is held in the city of Namdo: the Great Food Festival, during which the most famous chefs from the province of Cholla are preparing stunningly delicious and equally beautiful traditional dishes of South Korea. Culinary masters at work - the spectacle is wonderful and inspiring, and to taste the national dishes cooked by them - is incomparable pleasure for any gourmet.

The unique International Festival of Fireworks in Seoul is a unique event in the cultural life of South Korea, spectacular and brilliant . Masters of the world level in the field of pyrotechnics create from the air and light, colors and lights absolutely amazing atmosphere. Guests of the festival are waiting for breathtaking fireworks and a laser show.