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3 unusual facts about Hangul Day


Hangul Day

The tenth day of the ninth month of 1446 of the lunar calendar in 1446 was equivalent to October 9 of the Julian calendar.

In 1934, arose the claim that they must assume that the Julian calendar was used in 1446, so the date was again changed to October 28.

According to the Sejong Sillok (세종실록;世宗實綠), King Sejong proclaimed publication of Hunmin Jeongeum (훈민정음;訓民正音), the document introducing the newly created alphabet which was also originally called by the same name, in the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 1447.



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