Chilseok

Chilseok
Gyeonu and Jiknyeo about to part, as depicted in a Goguryeo mural painting from the Tokhung-ri Tomb, 408 CE.
Date7th day of the 7th lunar month
2023 date22 August
2024 date10 August
Chilseok
Hangul
칠석
Hanja
七夕
Revised RomanizationChilseok
McCune–ReischauerCh'ilsŏk

Chilseok (Korean칠석; lit. Seventh Evening) is a Korean traditional festival which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Korean lunisolar calendar, originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. Chilseok is a period where the heat starts to dwindle and the Wet season begins, and the rain that falls during this period is called Chilseok water. As pumpkins, cucumbers, and melons start to flourish during this period, people traditionally offered fried pumpkins to the Big Dipper.