On this occasion, servicepersons, working people and youth and schoolchildren visit the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and mosaics picturing their smiling images on Mansu Hill and other parts of the country to pay tribute to them.

It is a custom of the Korean nation to put up New Year's greetings to elders ahead of others in the morning.

Jon Kum Ok, a resident in Rangnang District, Pyongyang, told KCNA that she prepared rice dumpling soup, steamed rice-cake and fruit punch for families and relatives.

Okryu Restaurant, Chongryu Restaurant and other public catering establishments in Pyongyang are crowded with people enjoying Lunar New Year's Day.

And colorful art performances are given in different parts of the country, adding a festive mood.

Seen at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang and other parts of the country are schoolchildren playing folk games like Taekwon-Do, kite-flying, top spinning, shuttlecock and rope-skipping.