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![Calligraphers write family mottos and ipchunbang scrolls with phrases such as “Great fortune with the arrival of spring” and “Good health and abundant blessings,” for residents at a free calligraphy event at the Busan Nam-gu Office on Jan. 29, six days before ipchun, the symbolic beginning of spring. Ipchunbang scrolls are pasted on front doors for good luck at the start of spring. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11358876.jpg?imageId=11358876&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![People with umbrellas pass through Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul as rain falls on Jan. 21. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12048271.jpg?imageId=12048271&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)