Summer holidays in Korea

What summer holidays do you have in your country? How do you celebrate them?

In summer in Korea, we don’t have any specific holidays but based on the lunar calendar there are the three days which are the three ten-day periods of summer. In United States they are called the dog days. We call the three bok days, cho-bok, chung-bok, and mal-bok. Those days originate from an old custom that a long time ago, our ancestors decided on three days, which are the hottest days during the summer. When those days come, our ancestors would stop working and go on a picnic with delicious food and enjoy nature. Nowadays, those days are not public holidays but still people enjoy themselves during the day with some food, which makes people feel cool. Usually those days Koreans ate hot food because they thought fighting hot with hot is a good way to combat hot weather.