Chuseok

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Chuseok is a major Korean harvest festival and family holiday marked by ancestral rites, traditional foods, and visits to hometowns.

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Chuseok canonical 5
Korean Thanksgiving Day 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean holiday
harvest festival
public holiday in South Korea
alsoKnownAs Hangawi
Korean Thanksgiving Day
linked to: Chuseok
associatedWith agricultural harvest
autumn equinox period
full moon
celebratedIn Korean diaspora communities
North Korea
South Korea
country South Korea
culturalSignificance important expression of Korean filial piety
key part of Korean intangible cultural heritage
custom ancestral rites
family gatherings
folk games
gift giving
performing beolcho (weeding and cleaning graves)
performing charye (ancestral memorial rites)
performing seongmyo (grave visits)
visiting ancestral graves
visiting hometowns
duration 3 days in South Korea
economicImpact major gift and retail season in South Korea
followsCalendar lunisolar calendar
observedBy Koreans
occursOn 15th day of the 8th lunar month
publicHolidayStatus one of the biggest holidays in South Korea
relatedHoliday Mid-Autumn Festival
Seollal
Tsukimi
season autumn
theme ancestor veneration
family reunion
harvest celebration
traditionalDrink baekseju
makgeolli
traditionalFood freshly harvested rice
hangwa
jeon
newly brewed rice wine
songpyeon
traditionalGame archery
ganggangsullae
ssireum
yutnori
trafficPattern heavy nationwide travel

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Koreans traditionalHoliday Chuseok
Hanbok associatedWith Chuseok
Chuseok alsoKnownAs Korean Thanksgiving Day
linked to: Chuseok
Korea hasTraditionalHoliday Chuseok