The Seoul-Busan highway is crowded with heavy traffic in both directions on Feb. 16, 2018, the Lunar New Year Day, as people travel to and from their hometowns for the holiday. (Yonhap)
The sun rises over Seoul at 7:50 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2017, the first day of the Lunar New Year. (Yonhap)
This aerial photo, taken on Jan. 26, 2017, shows heavy traffic clogging one side of a highway linking Seoul to the southwestern port city of Mokpo in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Jan. 26, 2017, as the annual exodus for the Lunar New Year holiday begins. Known as “Seol,” the Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 27-30 this year, is one of the two major traditional Korean holidays. The state-run Korea Transport Institute forecasts that as many as 31.15 million people will travel to their home towns or tourist sites nationwide during the Jan. 26-30 period. (Yonhap)
Two elderly men erect a post on which rice, barley, sorghum and other grains are attached at the folk village in the city of Yongin, south of Seoul, on Feb. 22, 2016, which is “Jeongwol Daeboreum,” the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. The rite is typical of customs observed by Korean farmers on Jeongwol Daeboreum to wish for a bumper crop in the new year. (Yonhap)
