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Hangul Proclamation Day
It is an anniversary established to enhance
the superiority of Hangul and cherish virtue and a great achievement
of Sejong. It is every October 9.
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' September, the 28th year of
Sejong' recorded in the original copy of <the Korean script>
can be converted into October 9 by the solar calendar. That
is the reason that Hangul Proclamation Day is October 9. In
November 4, the society for the research of Korean language(the
former form of the institute of the Korean alphabet) established
September 29 as 'Gagya day', and changed the name to 'the Hangul
Proclamation Day' in 1928.
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In 1932 and 1933, the ceremony
was performed in October, 29 that is converted the lunar calendar
into the Julian calendar. From 1934 to 1945, the ceremony was
performed in October 28 that is converted the lunar calendar
into the Gregorian calendar.
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Considering the day written
in the end of the original copy of the <The Korean script>,
<The Korean script> was promulgated before September 10
by the lunar calendar, the 28th year of Sejong.
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Therefore, October 9 that September 10 by the lunar calendar, the
28th year of Sejong is converted by the solar calendar was fixed
as Hangul Proclamation Day. From 1946, events has been performed
in the day.
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