Korean Lunar New Year Games
The Game Of Yut.
Korean lunar new year games. Paengi-Chigi spinning tops Yeonnalligi kite flying Neolttwigi see-saw game Jegichagi kicking jegi into the air without letting it touch the ground. Yut Nori Yoot Nori is a traditional Korean game that I grew up playing. As for traditional folk games yut nori 윷놀이 is a typical game during the holiday.
It is played with specially designed sticks and specific but simple rules. For the year 2018 Lunar New Year begins on Friday February 15th. In the past this game was commonly used as fortune telling notably by the mountain and small village neighborhoods.
Soellal is the time when Koreans return to their families and hometown to pay respect to their ancestors. Yut윷 refers to the four sticks used in the nori놀이 which means game. This is one of the most iconic game in Korea.
While these games are also played throughout the year they are very popular during the Seollal season. Each player or team will take turns throwing the yut sticks which are round on one side and flat on the other. Yutnori consists of the Yut four sticks the Mal tokens and the Mal-pan game board.