About Daeboreum (Great Full Moon Festival)
Daeboreum, or Jeongwol Daeboreum, is the Korean festival of the first full moon of the lunar year, observed on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month — exactly two weeks after Seollal. Historically a farming community's prayer for a bountiful harvest and good fortune, it remains a lively folk celebration across Korea. The countdown above shows how many days are left until the next Great Full Moon.
Customs cluster around fire and food. At dawn people crack bureom — hard nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts — believing it keeps the skin free of boils for the year, and drink a cup of "ear-quickening" wine for good news ahead. Families eat ogokbap, a hearty five-grain rice, with dried vegetables. After dark come the spectacular fire rituals: daljip-taeugi bonfires of burning moon-houses and jwibulnori, swinging cans of fire across the fields, plus moon-greeting wishes as it rises.
Because it depends on the lunar calendar, Daeboreum moves each year, usually falling in February or early March — for example February 21 in 2027 and February 10 in 2028. The full moon symbolises abundance and the turning of the seasons toward spring planting. Add this Daeboreum countdown to your own page to track Korea's brightest full-moon night.
Upcoming dates
| 2027 | Sunday, February 21, 2027next |
| 2028 | Thursday, February 10, 2028 |
| 2029 | Tuesday, February 27, 2029 |
FAQ
When is Daeboreum?
Daeboreum falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, two weeks after Seollal — February 21 in 2027 and February 10 in 2028.
Why is Daeboreum celebrated?
It marks the year's first full moon, a farming-rooted day of wishes for a good harvest, health and fortune in the months ahead.
How is Daeboreum celebrated?
By cracking bureom nuts, eating ogokbap five-grain rice, lighting daljip bonfires and jwibulnori fire-swinging, and making a wish to the rising full moon.
What is bureom?
Bureom is the custom of biting hard nuts like walnuts at dawn on Daeboreum, traditionally believed to keep the skin healthy and free of boils all year.