🎉 New Year's Eve bell at Bosingak
Where: Bosingak Pavilion, Jongno, Seoul
Nearby on the globe: Myeongdong Cathedral → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: December 31
December 31: New Year's Eve bell at Bosingak. At midnight on December 31, the great bell at Bosingak pavilion in Jongno, Seoul, rings 33 times to welcome the New Year. In the Joseon era, a bell was also struck 33 times at dawn to open the city gates. The crowd counts down together and makes New Year wishes.
✨ More events on this day
- 1879 💡 Thomas Edison showed his electric light bulbs to the public for the first time at Menlo Park, New Jersey, lighting up the night with glowing lamps.
- 1907 🎨 The first New Year's Eve ball drop took place in Times Square, New York. Crowds still count down as a glowing ball slides down a pole at midnight.
- 2004 🏛️ Taipei 101 officially opened in Taiwan. Shaped like a stack of bamboo sections, it was the tallest skyscraper in the world at that time. Taipei 101 →
🧠 Question of the day
How many times does the Bosingak bell ring for the New Year?
- 100 times
- 12 times
- 33 times
Show the answer
Answer: 33 times
🎂 Landmarks that opened on December 31
Questions
What happened on December 31?
December 31: New Year's Eve bell at Bosingak. It happened in Bosingak Pavilion, Jongno, Seoul.
Which landmarks opened on December 31?
London Eye (inaugurated 1999), Taipei 101 (opened 2004).
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosingak