Chuseok
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Significance | Celebrates the harvest |
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Ends | 16th day of the 8th lunar month |
Also called | Hangawi, Jungchu-jeol |
Observances | Visit to their family's home town, ancestor worship, harvest feasts with songpyeon and rice wines |
Observed by | Koreans |
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ID | 1188560 |
About Chuseok
Chuseok, literally "Autumn eve", once known as hangawi, is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in both North- and South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon.