Lunar New Year ritual offerings to cost US$ 182 this year, up 2.3%
- 5 years ago
올해 설 차례상 차리는데 20만4천원…작년보다 2.3%↑
Next month, Koreans celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday of Seollal.
It's when families gather and set up a table of food and drink for ancestral rituals.
Data show that tradition for a family of four, could cost more than 180 U.S. dollars,... an increase of 2-point-3 percent.
The Korea Price Research Center looked at the price of ingredients at 8 traditional markets around the nation.
Among those, the biggest price spike was for apples, pears and jujubes.
They went up by 11-point-9 percent, 30-point-2 and 21-point-1 percent on-year respectively.
Last year's extreme heatwave is the key reason why.
Vegetable prices remained nearly the same, while meat and imported fish got cheaper.
Next month, Koreans celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday of Seollal.
It's when families gather and set up a table of food and drink for ancestral rituals.
Data show that tradition for a family of four, could cost more than 180 U.S. dollars,... an increase of 2-point-3 percent.
The Korea Price Research Center looked at the price of ingredients at 8 traditional markets around the nation.
Among those, the biggest price spike was for apples, pears and jujubes.
They went up by 11-point-9 percent, 30-point-2 and 21-point-1 percent on-year respectively.
Last year's extreme heatwave is the key reason why.
Vegetable prices remained nearly the same, while meat and imported fish got cheaper.