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A generous full moon welcome for Chuseok
During Chuseok, Koreans traditionally gather together as a family to eat special holiday foods and perform ancestral rites called "charye" and "seongmyo" to thank their ancestors for a successful harvest. Families celebrate by cleaning their family grave sites, and bowing as they offer the fruit of the harvest to their ancestors and sharing the abundance of food with friends and relatives.
To celebrate the Chuseok holiday, palaces, museums, and selected venues in downtown Seoul will be open and hosting special events. In order to help you enjoy the upcoming holidays, we have gathered together information on some of the most interesting and important of these events.
Also, check out these blog entries, as some bloggers share their Chuseok memories.
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The Beauty of Hanbok
People say that Hanbok -- Korean traditional clothes -- is more comfortable than they thought. How about having the whole family dressed in Hanbok this Chuseok? Hanbok designer Kim Hye-soon shares with the readers on how to wear Hanbok properly.
◆ Women should wear proper undergarments
"The key to the elegant lines of the Hanbok comes from wearing the right underwear. Some wear Western patch coats underneath the skirt, but that only takes away the grace."
Kim stresses that the beauty of Hanbok lies in the underwear. One must wear an undershirt beneath the jacket in order to fully reveal the curving lines. In the old days, one used to wear 7 or 8 different garments beneath the skirt, but nowadays underpants and an underskirt would be fine.
◆ Men should never wear a white T-shirt under the jacket
Some men wear a white shirt under the jacket. But nothing should be seen between the jacket openings. If one must wear something beneath, he should wear one with a low neck line. Dress shoes go with Hanbok, and one should carefully choose the color of socks to match the shoes. Black shoes with white socks is a combination you must avoid at all times. Men do not need to wear an undershirt like women, but they must wear underpants. Kim stresses the importance of "Durumagi," a Korean coat, to compliment the formality and gracefulness of the Hanbok.
◆ Children should wear a larger hanbok
Children's hanbok should be bigger, because they grow out of them so fast. It is a typical trait of hanbok to be wide and loose around the body, so one or two sizes should not be too much of a problem.
"The key to the elegant lines of the Hanbok comes from wearing the right underwear. Some wear Western patch coats underneath the skirt, but that only takes away the grace."
Kim stresses that the beauty of Hanbok lies in the underwear. One must wear an undershirt beneath the jacket in order to fully reveal the curving lines. In the old days, one used to wear 7 or 8 different garments beneath the skirt, but nowadays underpants and an underskirt would be fine.
◆ Men should never wear a white T-shirt under the jacket
Some men wear a white shirt under the jacket. But nothing should be seen between the jacket openings. If one must wear something beneath, he should wear one with a low neck line. Dress shoes go with Hanbok, and one should carefully choose the color of socks to match the shoes. Black shoes with white socks is a combination you must avoid at all times. Men do not need to wear an undershirt like women, but they must wear underpants. Kim stresses the importance of "Durumagi," a Korean coat, to compliment the formality and gracefulness of the Hanbok.
◆ Children should wear a larger hanbok
Children's hanbok should be bigger, because they grow out of them so fast. It is a typical trait of hanbok to be wide and loose around the body, so one or two sizes should not be too much of a problem.
englishnews@chosun.com / Sep. 25, 2004 16:46 KST
The Right Makeup for Your Chuseok Hanbok
When you wear hanbok, you need to make sure that your makeup matches the traditional Korean costume. What is important is to emphasize a clear complexion and use the right blusher. To moisten your skin properly, take preparatory skincare steps before applying makeup base and foundation, and be careful not to put them on too thick. If you have dark circles under the eyes or spots around your chin, you can use highlighter to lighten the skin tone.
When applying blusher, make sure you do it in a U shape around the area that protrudes when you smile. Repeat this lightly several times to create a natural and slightly flushed skintone. If you have dry skin, apply a small amount of powder with a brush on your brow and nose. If you have oily skin, apply powder all over your face lightly by using a puff. As for eye makeup, avoid dark colors. Use pearly pastel colors and apply them lightly. Water-proof mascara is good for the Chuseok holidays, when women often have to work so hard they can hardly find time to adjust their makeup.
If you want a natural makeup and look as young as possible, don't wear lipstick too thick. Moisten your lips with lip balm before putting the lipstick on. Use a lip liner in colors matching your hanbok and apply lipstick with a brush. Finish it with a lip gloss that also matches the color of your hanbok.
A Guide to the Chuseok Ancestral Memorial Service
The ancestral memorial service is the central event of Chuseok, Korea's most important holiday. It's a complex affair, and many Koreans are unsure about the principles for setting out the Chuseok ritual table or the procedure for the service and just follow what others do. Here, the Chosun Ilbo explains the correct procedure in easy-to-follow steps.
◆ How to Set out the Chuseok Ritual Table
Make five rows on the table. In the first row from the folding screen, place songpyon, goblets, spoons and chopsticks. In the second row, place grilled and seasoned meat or fish (jeok) and pan-fried dishes (jeon). In the third row, put soup, in the fourth row, slices of dried meat or fish and seasoned vegetables and in the fifth row, fruit in odd numbers. The principles may vary from region to region or from family to family, but the following seven principles are common. Remember, however, the most important thing is sincerity in preparing the dishes.
Assuming that the ancestral tablet is the north:
1. Red fruit should be put in the east and white fruit in the west.
2. Place jujube, chestnuts, pears and persimmons in that order from the left. You can change the order of pears and persimmons.
3. Put beef jerky on the left, and shikhye (an authentic Korean drink made from fermented rice) on the right.
4. Place kimchi in the east and seasoned and steamed greens in the west.
5. Place meat in the west and fish in the east.
6. Let the fish face east with its tail in the west.
7. Put rice in the west and soup in the east.
◆ Some Baffling Traditions Explained
Cut off the top and the bottom of fruit. An official from the liturgical committee at the SungKyunkwan University explains, "The basic principle is to peel the fruit, but after peeling the fruits, the colors change, so it is recommended to cut off only some parts." Cutting off the top and bottom also makes it easier to pile them up. Soy sauce should be served on the table in case the ancestors feel dishes are insufficiently seasoned.
No kalchi (hairtail), samchi (a kind of mackerel) or kongchi (saury) should be served on the table. In Korea, fish, whose names end with "chi" are considered negative, and they can also smell bad. Nor should peaches appear on the table, since Korean spirits don't like peach trees. Spicy seasonings such as powdered red pepper, garlic and green onions should not be included in the dishes for the Chuseok ritual table. But an official from the National Folk Museum of Korea adds, "The ancestral memorial service aims to honor our ancestors, so it is permissible to put dishes that they enjoyed in their life on the table."
◆ The ceremony
1. Place the paper ancestral tablet on the altar and fumigate the altar with incense. The head of the family, who leads the service, pours liquor into the goblet three times, and bows twice.
2. Everyone bows twice.
3. Pour liquor for each ancestor and put chopsticks over the songpyeon.
4. All should leave the room for a while or lie on their faces after shielding the table by setting up a folding screen in order for the souls of ancestors to eat the food.
5. Remove chopsticks. After everyone bows again, the service is over.
6. Burn the ancestral tablet. Then everyone may eat and praise the ancestors' virtues.
◆ How to Set out the Chuseok Ritual Table
Make five rows on the table. In the first row from the folding screen, place songpyon, goblets, spoons and chopsticks. In the second row, place grilled and seasoned meat or fish (jeok) and pan-fried dishes (jeon). In the third row, put soup, in the fourth row, slices of dried meat or fish and seasoned vegetables and in the fifth row, fruit in odd numbers. The principles may vary from region to region or from family to family, but the following seven principles are common. Remember, however, the most important thing is sincerity in preparing the dishes.
Assuming that the ancestral tablet is the north:
1. Red fruit should be put in the east and white fruit in the west.
2. Place jujube, chestnuts, pears and persimmons in that order from the left. You can change the order of pears and persimmons.
3. Put beef jerky on the left, and shikhye (an authentic Korean drink made from fermented rice) on the right.
4. Place kimchi in the east and seasoned and steamed greens in the west.
5. Place meat in the west and fish in the east.
6. Let the fish face east with its tail in the west.
7. Put rice in the west and soup in the east.
◆ Some Baffling Traditions Explained
Cut off the top and the bottom of fruit. An official from the liturgical committee at the SungKyunkwan University explains, "The basic principle is to peel the fruit, but after peeling the fruits, the colors change, so it is recommended to cut off only some parts." Cutting off the top and bottom also makes it easier to pile them up. Soy sauce should be served on the table in case the ancestors feel dishes are insufficiently seasoned.
No kalchi (hairtail), samchi (a kind of mackerel) or kongchi (saury) should be served on the table. In Korea, fish, whose names end with "chi" are considered negative, and they can also smell bad. Nor should peaches appear on the table, since Korean spirits don't like peach trees. Spicy seasonings such as powdered red pepper, garlic and green onions should not be included in the dishes for the Chuseok ritual table. But an official from the National Folk Museum of Korea adds, "The ancestral memorial service aims to honor our ancestors, so it is permissible to put dishes that they enjoyed in their life on the table."
◆ The ceremony
1. Place the paper ancestral tablet on the altar and fumigate the altar with incense. The head of the family, who leads the service, pours liquor into the goblet three times, and bows twice.
2. Everyone bows twice.
3. Pour liquor for each ancestor and put chopsticks over the songpyeon.
4. All should leave the room for a while or lie on their faces after shielding the table by setting up a folding screen in order for the souls of ancestors to eat the food.
5. Remove chopsticks. After everyone bows again, the service is over.
6. Burn the ancestral tablet. Then everyone may eat and praise the ancestors' virtues.
englishnews@chosun.com / Sep. 21, 2007 09:33 KST
It's Hanbok, but Not as We Know It
Hand-painted with big flowers, the A-line skirt flutters whenever the model takes a step. The model wears a splendid crystal bangle on her arm to add a highlighting touch to the dress. But this is no fashion for summer vacation: it's a traditional Korean costume or hanbok. Designer Kim Hee-soo recently introduced a modernized, sexy version of hanbok at a charity fashion show at the Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel.
Actress Kwon Min-jung poses in designer Kim Hee-soo’s hanbok fashion show at the Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel this week. The designer broke away from the traditional notion that a hanbok somehow represents grace and modesty by infusing Western elements into the traditional Korean garment. Traditional designs of flowers, bird and animals like peacocks, tigers, dragons, peonies and magnolias, were hand-painted by Kim on skirts and jacket sleeves. But the colors and details are anything but traditional. The clothes were dyed in vivid colors like fluorescent pink and green. For jackets, sparkling beads replaced breast-ties, making them look like boleros. The Jokduri, the traditional headpiece for brides, was decorated with crystal like a tiara. One black hanbok painted with a forest of condominiums looked like the black chiffon dresses now in fashion.
The designer says a growing number of young brides buy hanbok to wear at the wedding banquet. "You look cool if you wear hanbok made of summer silk in vivid colors with a crystal bangle and a clutch bag," Kim says. Hanbok made of thin transparent Korean nobang (silk organza) is a good choice for summer. Short-sleeved or shawl-like hanbok jackets also featured in the show. A teardrop accessory is a good match with summer hanbok.
Actress Kwon Min-jung poses in designer Kim Hee-soo’s hanbok fashion show at the Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel this week. The designer says a growing number of young brides buy hanbok to wear at the wedding banquet. "You look cool if you wear hanbok made of summer silk in vivid colors with a crystal bangle and a clutch bag," Kim says. Hanbok made of thin transparent Korean nobang (silk organza) is a good choice for summer. Short-sleeved or shawl-like hanbok jackets also featured in the show. A teardrop accessory is a good match with summer hanbok.
How to Set Out the Chuseok Ritual Table
Many a housewife is confused about how to set up the ritual table for Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving, and annual practice is of small help when the challenge arises anew.
One familiar seasonal sight is of families squabbling over the exact positioning of fruit and meat while setting out the ritual table in the morning. To make matters worse, there is no single way to do it right, as it varies from region to region, family to family. But some iron principles apply, and here they are:
◆ Direct the ritual table to the north.
◆ Put better food closer to the soul of the dead.
Put rice and soup first. Then, arrange food in the order of quality and price from the perspective of the past. Put more expensive and better food closer to the souls of the ancestors -- that is, the back of the table. So, a ritual table should be set with fruit, the least expensive and valued food, in the front row; seasoned vegetables and fried dishes (jeon) in the next row; and boiled food in the last row. However, in some regions, the positions of fried and boiled dishes are interchanged. When there are too many dishes crammed in a row, you may move some to another row.
◆ Put better food to the right of the soul of the dead.
There are two reasons for putting better food on the right. One is that most people are right-handed and the other is that when we worship our ancestors, we place more senior ancestors on the right. Place meat on the right (west) of the souls of ancestors and fish on the left (east) because meat is more expensive than fish. Put the tail of fish on the right and the head on the left because the tail is the better part to eat.
Among fruit, red ones should be put in the east and white ones in the west. It is also worth remembering to place jujubes, chestnuts, persimmons, and pears in that order from left.
◆ The number of food should be odd.
◆ All food offered on a ritual table should be in odd numbers.
/Newsis * Food to Avoid
Peppers and garlic cannot be used; thus, kimchi is not offered on a ritual table. (In some regions, white kimchi made without using any peppers or garlic is used.) Among fish, those without scales like mackerel or those whose sound ends with "chi" like myeolchi (anchovy) and galchi (scabbard fish) are not permitted.
It was believed in the past that peach trees had the power to drive evil spirits away, so they are still not planted inside the house and peaches are not used for ancestral rites. But there is no restriction to imported fruit like bananas.
One familiar seasonal sight is of families squabbling over the exact positioning of fruit and meat while setting out the ritual table in the morning. To make matters worse, there is no single way to do it right, as it varies from region to region, family to family. But some iron principles apply, and here they are:
◆ Put better food closer to the soul of the dead.
Put rice and soup first. Then, arrange food in the order of quality and price from the perspective of the past. Put more expensive and better food closer to the souls of the ancestors -- that is, the back of the table. So, a ritual table should be set with fruit, the least expensive and valued food, in the front row; seasoned vegetables and fried dishes (jeon) in the next row; and boiled food in the last row. However, in some regions, the positions of fried and boiled dishes are interchanged. When there are too many dishes crammed in a row, you may move some to another row.
◆ Put better food to the right of the soul of the dead.
There are two reasons for putting better food on the right. One is that most people are right-handed and the other is that when we worship our ancestors, we place more senior ancestors on the right. Place meat on the right (west) of the souls of ancestors and fish on the left (east) because meat is more expensive than fish. Put the tail of fish on the right and the head on the left because the tail is the better part to eat.
Among fruit, red ones should be put in the east and white ones in the west. It is also worth remembering to place jujubes, chestnuts, persimmons, and pears in that order from left.
◆ The number of food should be odd.
◆ All food offered on a ritual table should be in odd numbers.
/Newsis Peppers and garlic cannot be used; thus, kimchi is not offered on a ritual table. (In some regions, white kimchi made without using any peppers or garlic is used.) Among fish, those without scales like mackerel or those whose sound ends with "chi" like myeolchi (anchovy) and galchi (scabbard fish) are not permitted.
It was believed in the past that peach trees had the power to drive evil spirits away, so they are still not planted inside the house and peaches are not used for ancestral rites. But there is no restriction to imported fruit like bananas.
englishnews@chosun.com / Oct. 04, 2006 15:51 KST
Choosing the Right Wine for Chuseok
Considering that traditional Korean holiday dishes are high in fat, you may get well benefit from drinking wine during this Chuseok holiday to protect your health. Giving a bottle of wine as gift to acquaintances or relatives will also make you popular. SOPEXA (Société Pour l'Expansion des Ventes des Produits Agricoles et Alimentaires), which has been offering opportunities to consumers to try French wines with a variety of dishes, says Korean food goes well with wine. The Chosun Ilbo has some tips on the best combinations, focusing on French wines.
◆ Bordeaux with Meat
◆ White Wines from Alsace with Fish
Korean fish dishes that are prepared for ceremonial purposes are usually steamed or broiled without adding special seasonings, and they go well with white wine. Choose wines whose aroma can hide the fishy smell. White wines from Alsace are good, as they are dry, have plenty of tannin and taste refreshing. Riesling or Muscadet wines are also recommended.
◆ Sparkling Wine with Pan-Fried Food and Seafood
As for price, French wines are more expensive than those produced in other countries because of their high-end image. The most popular clarets are the most expensive. For those who have little knowledge of wines, French wines are good. For people who like to drink wine, Chilean, Australian, and U.S. wines make a good present. There are also organic wines or very sweet dessert wines. Even experts find it difficult to select the right wine according to different occasions. So don’t be shy to ask staff at the wine shop for advice.
Hanbok Tips for Chuseok
◆ For Men, Topcoat Is a Must
Men's formal attire is completed by a topcoat or durumagi over the hanbok. It has wide sleeves and openings in the back. When performing the ancestral ceremonies, it is best to wear the complete package.
◆ For Women, Navy Skirt and Pendant
Traditionally, women wore blue skirts for happy occasions and big events. The color has joyous and congratulatory connotations and is therefore just right for Chuseok. For the upper body, wear a blouse called samhoejang-jeogori whose neckband, end band of sleeve, armhole and cloth string called goreum used to tie the upper bodice of hanbok are in different colors from the main body, or banhoejang-jeogori where the neckband, end band of sleeve and goreum only are in different colors from the main body.
In the past, no woman who had not given birth to a boy was allowed to wear a purple goreum. The norigae is a pendant trinket worn by women to show off their wealth and class. How to wear it differed according to seasons, materials and size; middle-class women usually wore fabric, handkerchief and ornamental knives.
◆ For Children, Striped Jacket and Hood
Children wore a five-colored striped jacket until they were six or seven. Each color represents a point of the compass -- blue for east, white for west, red for south, black for north and yellow for the center -- and symbolizes longevity and a healthy life.
Girls wore earflaps or fur hats, and adolescent girls braided their hair and wore red pigtail ribbons until they got married. Boys wore a hood made from a single piece of fabric, and those from wealthy families had them adorned with gold. Even today, on their first birthday and on holidays, babies wear a striped jacket and hood or earflaps.
englishnews@chosun.com / Sep. 12, 2008 10:02 KST
Amusement parks open at discount prices during ChuseokPosted Sep. 17, 2010 Happy Chuseok! In celebration of the harvest full moon holiday, amusement parks in and near Seoul will be giving special discounts from Sept. 21 to 23. Everland  In honor of the harvest, over 3,000 pumpkins from around the world will be on display, from a giant specimen that weighs over 100 kilograms to rare varieties like millstone pumpkins and golden ball pumpkins. There will also be a display of two 4-meter high pumpkin trees and a three by six meter tunnel made of pumpkins for visitors to explore. At the Everland zoo, three newborn lions will make an appearance. Twice a day the cubs will appear in Hanbok and children will be allowed to feed them milk. Meanwhile, the Bug Garden will display its collection of some 200 autumn bugs, and give a concert daily until Oct. 17. There will also be exclusive discounts for expats visiting the amusement park. From Sept. 18 to 30, Everland will offer a discounted admission price of 22,000 won for the main park, and 15,000 won for its water park, Caribbean Bay. To take advantage of the deal, simply visit the news section of the English Everland website, print out the coupon and fill in the form. A single coupon will cover admission for a group of up to four people. For more information and group reservations, please call John Kim: 02-759-1940~1. Everland’s English website: http://www.everland.com/MultiLanguage/english/index.html Special Coupon Page: (http://www.everland.com/MultiLanguage/english/everland/news/1198337_8424.html) Lotte World  In addition to the talent shows, a 25-member female nongak (farmer music) band will perform a fusion percussion play. Visitors to Lotte’s folk museum will have a chance to play a giant version of yunnori (a traditional board game), along with other folk games. Children can participate in crafting dolls from mulberry paper, making a badge of one of the 12 zodiac animals, or enjoy a pottery class for a small additional fee. Foreigners will receive a discount of 22,000 won on admission and rides. Teenagers will get in for a mere 18,000 won and children for 17,000 won. Just go to the English website, and click the Chuseok icon on the left to print out the coupon, and then bring the coupon and proof of overseas citizenship to the ticket gate. The discount coupon can also cover one accompanying Korean citizen. For inquiries, please call 02-4921~7 Related website: Lotte World (http://www.lotteworld.com/Global_eng/Main.asp) Coupon: http://www.lotteworld.com/Global_eng/popup/20100918_foreigner.html Seoul Land  Expats can enjoy the festival and rides for the very reasonable price of 10,000 won. No coupons or forms are required, but visitors need to bring their passport or other proof of non-Korean citizenship to the ticket booth. The discount will run from Sept. 18 to 26. Website: Seoul Land (http://eng.seoulland.co.kr/eng/) The Seoul Dasan Call Center (120) will continue to provide consultation for locals, expats, and tourists throughout the Chuseok Holiday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For inquiries regarding traffic information or for other forms of assistance, please dial 120, and then press 9 for service in English, Chinese, and Japanese. By Kim Hee-sung Korea.net Staff Writer Chuseok activities for international studentsPosted Sep. 20, 2010
By Cindy Ji-Eon Kim Korea.net Staff Writer Festivals and events enliven the Chuseok holidayPosted Sep. 20, 2010 With the three-day Chuseok holiday falling mid-week this year, many people have managed nine-day vacations by taking Sep. 20 and 24th off. With the extra two days of vacation, this year's Chuseok offers a chance to relax and enjoy a wide variety of special events. Downtown Seoul will be hosting many special Chuseok events, as will other cities around Korea. Here are some tips for things to do over the holiday: City Hall's Seoul Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Square will play host to the two largest cultural events in Seoul. Both events will be held on Sep. 22, at 11 a.m. At Seoul Plaza, visitors can enjoy games of tug-of-war and try making gotgam (dried persimmons) and see a demonstration of the ancestral rite performed by families every Chuseok, called "charye." Meanwhile, at Cheonggyecheon Square, people can try 15 popular folk games, including tug-of-war, yunnori (a traditional board game), jegichagi (shuttlecock), and neolttwigi (see-saw).
Museums and palaces will be pulling out all the stops to display the beauty of Korea's court culture. The Seoul History Museum will hold a fashion show based on the enthronement ceremony of King Jeongjo (1752-1800). At Unhyeongung Palace, visitors will be treated to a fashion show of Joseon Dynasty court costume on Sep. 22, followed by a reenactment of the royal wedding ceremony for Queen Min (1851-1895) on Sep. 25. For a traditional Chuseok experience for the entire family, head to Namsangol Hanok Village, Seoul Zoo, or the Seoul Flea Market, where people can play traditional folk games like tuho (arrow throwing) and yunnori.
Gyeonggi Provincial Museum will hold a folk games event on Sep. 23 at its outdoor playground. Visitors can try their hand at making traditional Korean holiday foods like rice cakes and enjoy ganggangsuwollae (a circle dance) or play traditional folk games. Along with the nearby Nam June Paik Art Center, the museum will be open for the entirety of the Chuseok holiday. Han River Park will be showcasing Seoul�� musical side with series of concerts, including classical, jazz and a cappella music at 8 p.m. at Yeouido, Gwangnaru and Seonyudo. As always, the river and illuminated bridges will provide a romantic background for couples to enjoy a stroll.
For those in a more energetic mood, the Seoul Drum Festival is being held from Sep. 4 to 30 at Seoul Forest. A total of 35 percussion teams from Africa and Europe will take the stage beside Korean groups for a series of dynamic and powerful performances. Everland, one of Korea's largest amusement parks, will hold a folk culture event from Sep. 18 to 26. The Everland zoo will have a special showing of three lion cubs, while the nearby folk village will hold nong-ak (farmers' music) and traditional martial arts performances. Visitors will also be able to enjoy a reenactment of a traditional wedding ceremony at the village. For those on the move, Incheon International Airport will set up traditional folk program zone near Gate 27, where visitors can try popular Korean folk games like jegichagi and tuho. The lucky ones who not only try their hand but win a game will be rewarded with songpyeon, half-moon shaped rice cakes, or traditional crafts. The airport will also host traditional music performances and set up a photo booth where visitors can try on traditional Korean clothes. For more travel information, click here to visit the homepage of the Korea Tourism Organization or call Korea Travel Phone: +82-64-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese, 24 hours) By Yoon Sojung Korea.net Staff Writer Enjoying Chuseok through songpyeonPosted Sep. 20, 2010 "If you make a beautiful songpyeon, you will have a pretty daughter," The students laughed briefly at the instructor's statement. "I already have a gorgeous daughter. But who knows? Maybe I will have a pretty granddaughter if I make a beautiful songpyeon today," one of the participants joked. Twenty expats gathered at the Itaewon Global Village Center on September 17 to learn how to make songpyeon, a special rice cake associated with Chuseok, a harvest holiday that falls on September 20 this year.  (Photo: Paul Hussey, head of the Itaewon Global Village Center, explains how to make songpyeon) The head of the Itaewon Global Village Center, Paul Hussey, translated between English and Korean to explain the instructor's directions for making songpyeon. The participants concentrated hard, diligently writing notes so they wouldn't miss a thing. Most of the participants were new to life in Korea, and eager to learn about the local culture. "I heard Chusoek is one of the biggest holidays in Korea. I think I learn lots of things about Korea through Chuseok, including making songpyeon," said Clarviel Medina.
By Jessica Seoyoung Choi Korea.net Staff Writer |
Chuzek is also known as Hangavi, the 15th day of the lunar hang gust. On this day a full harvest moon appeared in the sky. All come together to enjoy time together. He thanked his ancestors for the abundant harvest.
ReplyDeleteKorea's harvest festival is a time for family, food and fun! The Chuseok Games are a great way to celebrate the season and get everyone involved. Thanks for sharing!
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