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Chuseok | |
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Official name | Chuseok (추석; 秋夕) |
Also called | Hangawi, Jungchujeol |
Observed by | Koreans |
Type | Cultural, religious (Buddhist, Confucian, Muist) |
Significance | Celebrates the harvest |
Observances | Visit to their family's home town, ancestor worship, harvest feasts with songpyeon and rice wines |
Begins | 14th day of the 8th lunar month |
Ends | 16th day of the 8th lunar month |
Date | 15th day of the 8th lunar month |
2023 date | 28 September – 30 September |
2024 date | 16 September – 18 September |
2025 date | 5 October – 7 October |
2026 date | 24 September – 26 September |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Mid-Autumn Festival (in China) Tsukimi (in Japan) Tết Trung Thu (in Vietnam) Uposatha of Ashvini/Krittika (similar festivals that generally occur on the same day in Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand ) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 추석 |
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Hanja | 秋夕 |
Revised Romanization | chuseok |
McCune–Reischauer | ch'usŏk |
IPA | [tɕʰusʌk̚] |
Original Korean name | |
Hangul | 한가위 |
Revised Romanization | hangawi |
McCune–Reischauer | han'gawi |
IPA | [hɐnɡɐɥi] |
Chuseok (Korean: 추석; [tɕʰu.sʌk̚], lit. 'autumn evening'), also known as Hangawi (한가위; [han.ɡa.ɥi]; from Old Korean, "the great middle [of autumn]"), is a major mid-autumn harvest festival and a three-day holiday in South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar on the full moon. In North Korea, they only celebrate for the day of chuseok.[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. It is the biggest traditional holiday in South Korea.
As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as songpyeon, yakgwa, fruits like Asian pear and hallabong, and rice wines such as sindoju (신도주; 新稻酒). and dongdongju. There are two major traditions related to Chuseok: Charye (차례; 茶禮, ancestor memorial services at home, also known as Jesa), and Seongmyo (성묘; 省墓, family visit to the ancestral graves), which is usually accompanied by Beolcho (벌초; 伐草, tidying graves, removing weeds around them).[2] Another major custom is to prepare the family's ancestors their favorite meals as an offering.