Korean calendar

Also known as Dangun calendar

Traditional lunisolar calendar in Korea

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Vinony's link graph records 3,097 inbound references to Korean calendar, and connects out to Anno Domini, winter solstice and Maya calendar.

It is catalogued under topics including Culture of Korea, Lunisolar calendars and Specific calendars.

Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: lunisolar calendar
Has part: Dangun era
Country: North Korea

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Commons category: Korean calendar

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Encyclopedic overview

Throughout its many years of history, various calendar systems have been used in Korea. Many of them were adopted from the Chinese calendar system, with modifications occasionally made to accommodate Korea's geographic location and seasonal patterns.

The solar Gregorian calendar was adopted in 1896, by Gojong of Korea. Koreans now mostly use the Gregorian calendar; however, traditional holidays and age-reckoning for older generations are still based on the traditional lunisolar calendar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korean calendar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.