Put Phones Away and Play Yut: Five-Day Lunar New Year Fun Across Korea
Creatrip Team
3 months ago
South Korea’s five-day Lunar New Year holiday (Feb 14–18) brings family-friendly events at parks, resorts and aquariums encouraging traditional play and new experiences. Lotte World Folk Museum in Seoul offers free traditional games like yut-nori, tuho and ddakji, plus small paid crafts. Everland in Yongin runs folk-game stations, fortune-telling (including saju and tarot), and a half-price admission for visitors in hanbok (traditional Korean dress). Seoul Land will give 214 couples a trendy chewy cookie (‘Doo-zzon Cookie’) on Valentine’s Day. Ski resorts such as Phoenix Park and Vivaldi Park host non-ski activities—K‑pop dance lessons for kids, magic shows, family bowling and free tarot sessions. Legoland Chuncheon features brick-building contests and games, while aquariums like Sea Life COEX and Aqua Planet offer ray talks, folk performances and prizes for winning staff-vs-visitor folk-game matches. Overall the holiday lineup mixes traditional Korean games and modern entertainment for families and couples.
