I also ate a lot of delicious tteokguk,
We played Yut Nori and received a lot of New Year's money.
Greenie's exciting Lunar New Year!

“Yahoo, it’s Lunar New Year!”
The scenery of the first day of the new year, always full of excitement!

Seollal is Greenie's favorite holiday.
You can eat as much delicious food as you want, from chewy tteokguk (rice cake soup), golden-brown jeon (pancakes), to sanjeok (rice cakes that melt in your mouth).
And more than anything, Seollal is the day that Greenie has been waiting and waiting for to pay his respects.
Green's family cleaned every corner of the house and went grocery shopping.
And I prepared food for the ancestral rites and played Yut Nori with my aunt and uncle whom I hadn't seen in a long time.
On the morning of Seollal, children got up early and dressed in hanbok, performed ancestral rites with the adults, ate delicious tteokguk, and bowed to their ancestors.
Greenie, who had a happy Lunar New Year, soon headed to her maternal grandparents' house.
With a swollen heart as we begin the new year.
The first day of the new year, the first day of the lunar calendar, is Seollal, our nation's biggest holiday.
Since ancient times, on the first day of the new year, people cleaned up, dressed up in traditional Korean clothes, and gathered with family and friends to pray for health and happiness.
These days, many families celebrate Seollal in a variety of ways.
Some people take advantage of long vacation periods to travel, while others observe ancestral rites in different ways, depending on their religion.
Greenie's story in the book also depicts a variety of family celebrations during the holidays.
Greenie's cousin Eunbi's grandparents go on a trip for the Lunar New Year, and my uncle, who goes to church, prays to God during the ancestral rites.
The way each household welcomes the Lunar New Year varies, but the hope and excitement for the new year, and the wishes of family and friends for each other's health and well-being, remain constant.
As we watch the story of Greenie, who had a lively holiday, eating delicious food, playing Yut Nori, and playing Jegicha, let's think about our family's holiday.

“Let us also send a golden heart of blessings.”
The meaning of family and holidays in Seollal!

Greenie and her father go to the market to buy apples and pears to give to their relatives, and they choose a special gold wrapping cloth to wrap them in.
“Dad, why is it gold? There’s also pink?” Greenie asks, and his dad tells him that if gold comes in the new year, good luck will come.
It depicts our desire to wish happiness to our family and friends even in the packaging of a small gift.
The sight of Green's family members asking about each other's well-being, cheering each other on as if it were their own, shows us that even though we don't see each other often, the strong fence called family is a great strength to us.
Green, who was once upset with his cousin Eunbi for not joining in on the play, is now smiling brightly with his sister and getting ready in hanbok as if nothing had happened. This makes us realize that although things can get frustrating and we fight sometimes, we are a family that cares for and loves each other, so we can quickly understand each other.
Seollal is a day when families check on each other's well-being, communicate, and welcome the new year with good wishes.
Read Greenie's Seollal story, which will bring a warm smile to your face just by looking at it, and think about the meaning of family and the holiday.
Also, let's talk about what wishes you and your family have for the upcoming New Year.

The real story of our child and our family's growth!
Korea's representative life fantasy picture book series, the 'Kim Young-jin Picture Book' series!

Kim Young-jin, the "father writer" who is much loved for his vivid stories that make you feel as if you are watching a story that happened in your own home, tells us a delightful family story once again with a story about the nation's biggest holiday, Seollal.
The faces of families gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year are filled with stories and smiles.
The conversations filled with joy and affection, such as being surprised at the children who have grown so much in the time they haven't seen each other, cheering on children who are immersed in something they like, and happily playing pranks, vividly show the families who have not seen each other for a long time.
The sight of the kitchen bustling with food preparation is as vivid as the delicious smell.
From crispy pollack pancakes to fragrant seasoned vegetables and sweet and salty marinated sanjeok, just looking at them will make your mouth water.
The lovely sight of Greenie and the children dressed in colorful clothes and bowing to each other is captured without missing even the bright facial expressions of each person, conveying the joyful and happy atmosphere of Seollal that is completed simply by the whole family being together.
Welcome a warm and happy New Year by reading "Seollal," the "real story of our children and our family," told by Kim Young-jin, a representative "dad writer" of South Korea.