New cloths are worn and straw ropes and fans are stung across the front door to bring happiness and good luck and seaweed and ferns for happiness and good luck. House entries and even may be decorated with pine for youth, longevity and strength of character, bamboo for luck, and plums for virtue and courage. On New Year's Eve, everyone gets a change to ring the bell in the Buddhist temple until it has rung a total of 108 times. Everyone laughs at the stoke of midnight to ensure good luck in the New Year. Craftsmen clean and honor their tools.
Food plays an important part as well.
Rice is always served and usually as mochi , a cooked glutinous rice cake shaped like a round ball. Korea Girls put three carnations in their hair. If the top flower dies first, the girls' later years of life will be arduous. If the middle flower dies first, her earlier years will bring her the most grief. If the bottom flower dies first, the girl will be miserable her entire life.