Official observance
Chuseok (Korean Harvest Festival)
Lunar month 8, day 15 (regular month)
Share a sense of abundance with family under Chuseok’s full moon.
How did it begin?
This traditional Korean holiday on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month celebrates the harvest and gives thanks to ancestors. Also called Hangawi, it carries customs such as visiting ancestral graves, making songpyeon rice cakes and enjoying traditional games.
Source · 추석 — 한국민족문화대백과사전 ↗ (new window)
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