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Daeboreum
The first full moon of the Korean year: nut-cracking, five-grain rice, daljip burning and a rope tug-of-war.
When is Daeboreum in 2027?
Daeboreum 2027 is on Sunday, 21 February 2027. Other years: 2026, Tuesday, 3 March 2026; 2028, Wednesday, 9 February 2028.
About Daeboreum
Daeboreum, the "great full moon", falls on the fifteenth of the first lunar month and ends the New Year season. On the morning people crack nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts, called bureom, to keep skin trouble away for the year, and drink gui-balgi sul, ear-quickening wine, hoping to hear good news. They eat ogokbap, five-grain rice, and dried vegetables prepared the year before, which are called namul. At night villagers climb a hill to see the moon rise and make wishes, and set fire to a daljip, a tall bundle of straw and branches, in the field. Rural communities hold tug-of-war with huge ropes, and children play with fire cans, in a game called jwibulnori.
Daeboreum dates: 2026, 2027, 2028
| Year | Daeboreum date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday, 3 March 2026 |
| 2027 | Sunday, 21 February 2027 |
| 2028 | Wednesday, 9 February 2028 |
What is eaten
- ogokbap
- bureom
- namul
Also part of it, and being written: Ogokbap (The five-grain rice.), Jwibulnori (The fire-can game.), Daljip taeugi (The burning of the moon house.).
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Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Daeboreum" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ganggangsullae: originally by photoren, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jultagi: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Traditional games of Korea: Davidturnswood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source