Chuseok 추석; 秋夕

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Koreans around the world are celebrating Chuseok from Sep. 23 through 25, the fall harvest celebration sometimes referred to as the Korean Thanksgiving. In South Korea, congested traffic and closed businesses are the norm as most Koreans seek to join their extended families for the long holiday.



JTBC News 9.23 shows a traditional Chuseok table.

Chuseok (Hangul: 추석; 秋夕; [tɕʰu.sʌk̚]), literally "Autumn eve", once known as hangawi (Hangul: 한가위; [han.ɡa.ɥi]; from archaic Korean for "the great middle (of autumn)" ), is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in North Korea and South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon.[1] Like many other harvest festivals around the world, it is held around the autumn equinox, i.e. at the very end of summer or in early autumn.

As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as songpyeon (Hangul: 송편 ) and rice wines such as sindoju and dongdongju. There are two major traditions related to Chuseok: Charye (ancestor memorial services at home) and Seongmyo (family visit to the ancestral graves).[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok

추석 잘 지 내 새요. (Chuseok jal ji nae sae yo.) Happy Chuseok!