Events: Various Kpop Artists 2012 Lunar New Year Greeting

Korean New Year, commonly known as Seollal (설날), is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day.

Korean New Year generally falls on the day of the second new moon after winter solstice, unless there is a very rare intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year, which occurred in 23rd January 2012. In such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice.

Korean New Year is typically a family holiday. The three-day holiday is used by many to return to their hometowns to visit their parents and other relatives where they perform an ancestral ritual. Many Koreans dress up in colorful traditional Korean clothing called hanbok. Special food "Tteokguk" (떡국) (soup with sliced rice cakes) is a traditional Korean food that is customarily eaten for the New Year. According to Korean age reckoning, the Korean New Year is similar to a birthday for Koreans, and eating Tteokguk is part of the birthday celebration. Once you finish eating your Tteokguk, you are one year older.

Not to mention the Korean celebrities, among their busy schedules on the Lunar New Year, which respectably more important than Solar New Year, their greet the fans with beautiful "Hanbok" and some wishes for better fortune in upcoming year. Let's check it out their greet and photos:

1. T-ara

- The girls from T-ara hopes in this New Year will be successful with their second promo in Japan, as by the end of their promoting new single "Lovey Dovey" they will be going to Japan.

Boram, Qri, Soyeon, Eunjung, Hyomin, Hwayoung, Jiyeon

2. A Pink

- The ultimate rookie of the year, A Pink revealed their hope for Lunar New Year, “We hope that everyone can find success in everything they do in the Year of the Dragon, and always stay healthy. We will be releasing even better songs this year.”

Park Chorong, Yoon Bomi, Jung Eunji, Son Naeun, Hong Yookyung, Kim Namjoo, Oh Hayoung

3. Dal Shabet

- 2011 rookie Dal Shabet said on their New Year wish, “We hope that you will fulfill all your dreams in 2012, and that you will be able to fly as high as ‘dragons’ in the new year.” “Please look forward to Dal Shabet’s new album, which will drop after the long weekend. We ask for your continued support!”.

Viki, Serri, Ah Young, Jiyul, GaEun, Subin

4. Nine Muses

- SM Entertainment 2010 formed, female group "Nine Muses" also giving greet for New Year at Kuki News in the middle their promo comeback. The 8-member group (composed of Sera, Hyuna, Erin, Eunji, Sam, Hyemi, Minha, and newest member Kyung Li) is currently hard at work promoting their latest digital single, “News”.

5. Go Ara

- On her beautiful winter hanbok, actress Go Ara said upon her tweets “I hope you had a good holiday. For those of you who couldn’t see your families, this is a time for you to reconsider your family as valuable people. Everyone, happy new year to the fullest.”

6. 4Minute

- The girls from 4Minute are known for their sexy appeal, but they seemed suited for beautiful and colored hanbok, and perfectly showed their feminism side. Their greatest wishes for New Year is to be successful in releasing their new album next month. Upon their Lunar New Year greeting they said “Our new album release is just around the corner. We will work to show you new sides of ourselves with this new album, that we have yet to reveal before.”