[YAKSON HOUSE] LET'S KNOW ABOUT KOREAN PUBLIC HOLIDAY / KOREAN HOLIDAY / Korea’s full moon festival Chuseok
Korean Public Holiday Last time, we knew about Korean holiday Seollal . Seollal is the most important holiday in Korean with Chuseok. Today, we are going to learn about Chuseok. The Korean calendar is a hybrid one. It is a mix of the Gregorian and lunar calendar. So, Korean traditional holiday of autumn harvest festival Chuseok, occurs on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chuseok, also known as Hangawi . This weekend, tens of millions of Koreans returning to their ancestral hometowns. Traditional rites include an early morning ancestral worship ritual and the tending of family tombs, called beolcho . Most villages hold their own festivals. These are a variety of traditional plays and folk games that vary by region. Harvest festival, food is a holiday highlight, called songpyeon. Click here to go to Yakson House Homepage Click here to...