Seoul's Boshingak Bell pavilion in the 1890s.
There are two popular ways Koreans celebrate the New Year. Many Koreans, for example, travel to mountain and sea side locations to watch the year's first sunrise. Others in Seoul witness the ringing of the Boshingak bell. Yonhap noted that:
Seoul's metropolitan government will hosted its annual Bosingak Bell Ringing Ceremony at midnight on Sunday in the center of the capital, with as many as 150,000 citizens, including ranking government officials, business leaders and celebrities, attending.
The bell in Seoul's Jongno district was rung 33 times to greet the New Year. [ 33 is a lucky number in Buddhism].
BTW
Historically, during the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910) the bell was rung several times each day. These bell ringings included signaled the opening and closing of Seoul's Great Gates.
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