and dongdongju ( Korean: 동동주 Hanja: 浮蟻酒). It is the biggest traditional holiday in South Korea.Īs a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as songpyeon ( Korean: 송편 Hanja: 松䭏), yakgwa, fruits like Asian pear and hallabong, and rice wines such as sindoju ( Korean: 신도주 Hanja: 新稻酒). at the very end of summer or in early autumn.
Like many other harvest festivals around the world, it is held around the autumn equinox, i.e. In North Korea, they only celebrate for the day of chuseok.
Chuseok ( Korean: 추석 Hanja: 秋夕, literally 'autumn evening'), also known as Hangawi ( Hangul: 한가위 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 lunar calendar on the full moon.
