Today is "Gyeongchip" (경칩), one of the traditional Asian markings of the seasons. It's the 3rd of the 24 yearly divisions and represents the coming of spring as insects and amphibians traditionally begin to come out of hibernation.
To celebrate, Naver put up a cute mini game with their logo doodle where if you click the doodle and then click the "Press me" button, you can start a fun minigame of having a frog, who apparently has just woken up from hibernation, hop across lily pads. On desktop you can use the keyboard, on mobile just tap the arrow buttons. Strangely addictive and cute.
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| Naver logo doodle for Gyeongchip |
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| One-box info in Naver results and the "Press me" button |
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| Mini game appears |
I couldn't get a good screenshot of the game in progress because when I stopped hopping to try to hit the screen snipper tool, I'd die and get the big GAME OVER box.
Go fast because there's a timer. The best I got was 107.
By the way, apparently people also used to eat frog eggs at this time:
During this time of year the ground and tree trunks would become covered with spring buds and shoots while animals woke up from their long winter slumber. One custom associated with Gyeongchip was hunting for frog or salamander eggs in rice paddy fields, ponds and ditches. It was believed that consuming those eggs would keep one healthy throughout the year.
Day of Awakening from Hibernation - Encyclopedia of korean folk culture
Zum also put up a cute logo doodle:
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| Zum logo doodle for Gyeongchip, "Winter sleep waking up day" |
As did Ilbe:
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| Ilbe logo doodle |
Interesting, today is also the anniversary of the founding of the Chosun Ilbo newspaper (March 5, 1920) so their logo doodle celebrates that fact:
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| Chosun Ilbo anniversary logo doodle |
Weather does seem wild lately but definitely moving towards warmer. Nice.
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