Chuseok, also called Han-Ga-Wi (from archaic Korean for “great Middle”), is a major three day holiday in Korean. It is a celebration of the good harvest. Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food.
It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar Korean calendar. The celebration started on one day before and after. Therefore, it is a three days celebration.
A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok, but these vary from region to region. A lion dance is performed in the north-west, a tug of war in Jeolla and Gyeongsang provinces. Other regions hold Wrestling and archery contests. For all games, in all regions, a Nongak band performs.
In modern South Korea, on Chuseok there is a mass of exodus of Koreans returning their home towns to pray respected to the spirits of one’s ancestor. People perform ancestral worship rituals early in the morning. They often visit the tomb of their immediate ancestor to trim plants, clean area around the tomb, and offer food and drink, and crops to their ancestors. Harvest crops are attribute to the blessing of ancestor.
Taken from: Interlanguage English for senior high school
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