I deeply apologize.” Danielle, whose real name is Danielle Marsh, is a 17-year-old member of the rookie girl group born in New South Wales, Australia, and has a multiple citizenship in Korea and Australia. “The Lunar New Year is a holiday that many countries, including Korea, celebrate and my expression was highly inappropriate. “I immediately realized my mistake and deleted, but it had already been sent to many people and now it has become irrevocable,” she said in an Instagram post. It’s different than the new year that we. In traditional Korean culture, Lunar New Year is known as Seollal (), and it is celebrated at the start of the lunar calendar. Seohyun, a singer-turned-actor whose real name is Seo Ju-hyun, suffered a similar attack on her post on Sunday, reading “Happy Lunar New Year.”Ī Twitter post by British Museum criticized by Chinese users for calling the Lunar New Year a Korean Lunar New Year Efforts by Chinese social media users to force the use of the term 'Chinese New Year' were not limited to Korean celebrities, with the British Museum also coming under attack for publishing an article “Celebrating Seollal” that introduced it as the 'Korean Lunar New Year.' On the other side of the spectrum, Danielle of girl group NewJeans apologized Saturday after asking fans what they’re doing “on Chinese New Year” in a message on fan community service Phoning on Thursday. Korean Lunar New Year Seollal is the name of the Korean version of the Chinese New Year. What is Korean Lunar New Year Most people have heard of Chinese Lunar New Year, but they don’t realize that Korean Lunar New Year has very different traditions. “You have to get out of K-pop,” “I hate you” and “Why do you deny 5,000 years of history?” read some of the comments on the post. The post was soon filled with comments criticizing the singer and calling her out for calling it Seollal not Chinese New Year. Jang uploaded a post on Instagram on Sunday, the day of the Lunar New Year, reading “Have a happy Seollal!” with a picture of herself wearing hanbok, traditional Korean dress. Thanks for the overwhelming views of my blog post dated 18 February 2015 on how the Koreans celebrate Seollal (. Jang Won-young's Instagram post filled with Chinese users' comments reading ″Happy Chinese New Year″ Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year? K-pop stars Jang Won-young of IVE and Seohyun of Girls’ Generation have been bombarded by Chinese social media users after referring to the Lunar New Year holidays using the English term 'Lunar New Year' or Korean 'Seollal' instead of 'Chinese New Year,' while Danielle of NewJeans got in trouble for the exact opposite thing. Korean Lunar New Year Dates: From 21 to 23 January, 2023 From 9 to 11 February 2024 From 28 to 30 January, 2025 From 16 to 18 February 2026 Want to see something in particular Go directly to the point you are interested in.

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