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Chuseok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chuseok, also sometimes spelt 'Chusok', is a major traditional holiday in Korea, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the year. Nowadays, on Chuseok there is a mass exodus of Koreans returning to their hometowns, since hometowns are not only where one was born and raised, but where the spirits of one's ancestors are enshrined. One of the major foods prepared and eaten during the Chuseok holiday is Songpyeon (송편), a crescent-shaped rice cake which is steamed upon pine needles. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chuseok   (316 words)

Encyclopedia: Chuseok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Chuseok, which falls on August 15 of the lunar calendar, is perhaps the biggest national holiday in Korea. Chuseok is a period where separated family members gather to discuss their lives while enjoying the newly harvested grains and fruits. Chuseok is observed to honor ancestors followed by a much-awaited reunion of family and friends. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chuseok   (1039 words)

Welcome To Korea Now !!!-Society & The Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The name Chuseok comes from a phrase in a Chinese classic that praises the autumn full moon, which is said to be the most brilliant of the year. Chuseok is not only a time for solemn rituals - there are many recreational activities that are done at this time of the year. Another Chuseok custom is the tug-of-war, the result of which were used to predict whether the next year's harvest would be abundant or not. kn.koreaherald.co.kr /SITE/data/html_dir/2001/10/16/200110160029.asp   (1008 words)

Koreans celebrate family on Chuseok - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper Chuseok — also known as Harvest Moon Festival, Hangawi or Jungchujeol — is one of the major holidays in Korea. Chuseok falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which happens to be today. One of the most common food associated with Chuseok is songpyeon, a crescent-shaped rice cake made with newly harvested rice flour that is kneaded into dumplings stuffed with beans or sesame seeds. the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Sep/18/il/FP509180306.html   (1251 words)

Write, Teach, Travel: Chuseok (추석) Chuseok was mostly joining my host father's family for meals yesterday and today, and watching a fair amount of Korean television. It seems that during Chuseok, or maybe in general, more time and attention is given to the husband's side of the family. Chuseok was occasionally boring, but I enjoyed meeting the extended family and I feel like I bonded a bit more with my host family as well. writeteachtravel.blogspot.com /2004/09/chuseok.html   (2331 words)

A Canadian-Gyopo's Tour of Duty (2004-05): Happy Chuseok!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) What's cool is that Chuseok is a traditional holiday that has outlived all the kingdoms and governments of the entire Korean peninsula -- what is today North and South Korea -- as the day has been celebrated with an equal amount of cheer in both of the two Koreas. According to North Korean defectors, Chuseok has never lost its status as a major holiday in North Korea, nor has the communist government ever banned old family rituals of the day, such as charye (ancestral ceremony) by making an outing to their ancestors graveyards, called 'seongmyo'. I'll spend this Chuseok holiday well, and I have also invited my friend Changhee to come along as well as she does not have family in Korea right now to spend this time with. cgyopo.blogspot.com /2004/09/happy-chuseok.html   (540 words)

Case study: Bowing at the ancestors' tombs Chuseok is somewhat comparable to the American/Canadian Thanksgiving in that it involves a harvest celebration and is connected to their Harvest Moon. During this holiday, the grandparents will decide if this is the right time for the younger married couples to have their first child or to add another one, as the case may be. What makes the celebration of Chuseok problematic for Christians is that during the holiday, families visit the graves of their deceased ancestors. home.snu.edu /~hculbert/bow.htm   (598 words)

YONHAP NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) While Seol is significant as the start of the year, Chuseok, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, is the harvest season after the harsh toiling of farming in spring and summer. During the Chuseok holidays a great many people take long trips to their hometowns for family reunions and to pay homage to ancestors. On the morning of Chuseok, people offer cooked rice, wine and "songpyeon" (rice cakes), all made of new rice, to their ancestors to thank them for their blessings of a good harvest. english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20050915/510100000020050915161832E8.html   (782 words)

Adventures in Cluelessness: Chuseok To wit: this last weekend was Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving) and I was pretty much the only tenant left in the building (everyone else had gone home to be with family, and I can only assume the two other foreigners have been here long enough to have somewhere to go). I told him we ate turkey, and he didn't know what that is, so I made a thorough fool of myself strutting around making gobbling noises, which communicated to him precisely nothing, because, of course, he didn't know what a turkey was. See this vivid description of Chuseok "dipped in boiling resentment" and this more newsy look at the crappiness of the holiday. blogs.princeton.edu /pia/personal/b-applegate/archives/2005/09/chuseok.php   (476 words)

A Discussion of Chuseok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Chuseok, also known as Hagawee, is one of the Korean's major holidays. It is traditionally held on the night of the largest full moon of the year, and is held to celebrate the happy and satisfied feelings brought on by a good harvest. On chuseok, you show respect for your ancestors by giving them a portion of the fresh crops from the fall harvest and visiting their tombs. www.holderness.org /article_printable.asp?ArticleID=210   (281 words)

"I haven't said the word 'pinecone' in two years.": September 2005 Chuseok 2004 also pre-dated my first experience eating dog meat. They may not have had my back at certain times in the past, but they've survived fifteen months in Korea, where the sky is yellow on a clear day and cigarette smoke comprises 31% of the atmosphere, just behind nitrogen at 53% and ahead of mercury at 16%. Finally, I give thanks for my friends both near and far, but especially those who are near and feel no obligation to justify being drunk in public at 7 AM on a Wednesday morning in Asia. bradroach.blogspot.com /2005_09_01_bradroach_archive.html   (596 words)

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea Chuseok is about three weeks' away, but many Korean employees will have to pass through the holiday with thinner pockets this year. Chuseok, or Korea's harvest moon festival, falls on October 1, which is August 15 on the lunar calendar. About half of Koreans are expected to travel to their hometowns during Chuseok. english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200109/200109090397.html   (231 words)

Koreans celebrate five-day Chuseok holiday | Korea.net News Chuseok, which falls Sept. 28 this year, is observed to honor ancestors followed by a much-awaited reunion of family and friends. Over the holidays, most public and private shops are closed for business for five days until Wednesday of next week, and it is expected that approximately 40 million South Koreans will start the long trip to their hometowns to be with family over these holidays or go on overseas or domestic vacations. This year, Chuseok, the traditional autumn harvest festival, to many people delight, will be extended by an extra two days as the national holiday falls on Monday through to Wednesday following the weekend giving the people of Korea a total of five days of holidays. www.korea.net /news/news/newsView.asp?serial_no=20040924023   (497 words)

Asians in Morgan Chase (AIM), a JPMorgan Chase employee group, to hold Korean Thanksgiving celebration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) ChuSeok is the Korean Thanksgiving festival which takes place on the 15th day of the eighth lunar moon. ChuSeok is believed to have originated during the ancient Shilla Kingdom (around 500 AD), during the time of a month-long weaving festival. Today there are no more contests, but ChuSeok is a time to visit ancestral sites and pay homage to elders with food and drink. www.jpmorganchase.com /cm/ContentServer?cid=1065059556572&pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/Render&c=PRArticle   (279 words)

E-JOURNAL 박준열(20010134)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Chuseok is one of the happiest times of the year. Chuseok, August 15th of the lunar calendar, is letter of the red on caledar. In conclusion, among some good times of the year in Korea, Chuseok is the best times. 20010134pjr.blogspot.com   (616 words)

Window toward the outside world: Have you ever heard about Chuseok? Even though today is a big holiday, I worked in order to create a business plan to apply for a BM patent. This year Chuseok will fall on the 28th of September. The most important activity done at Chuseok is to give thanks to ancestors and also to give thanks to Mother nature for providing a bountiful harvest. ejohnkee.blogspot.com /2004/09/have-you-ever-heard-about-chuseok.html   (320 words)

People's Daily Online -- South Koreans to hit road for five-day Chuseok holiday With most public and private workplaces to be closed until Wednesday, government officials expect nearly 40 million South Koreans will head to their hometowns for family reunions or go on overseas or domestic vacations. Chuseok, the traditional autumn harvest festival, falls on Monday through Wednesday this year and will be extended by two days due to the weekend. The Seoul metropolitan government, for instance, estimates on the basis of a recent poll that about 3.78 million citizens would leave the capital city during the Chuseok holiday, down 1.7 percent from last year's 3.84 million. english.people.com.cn /200409/24/eng20040924_158175.html   (418 words)

Drinking with the "Family" - Lifestyles This Chuseok, a generous family from Pyongtaek additionally shared their home and heritage with a curious contributing writer for the Traveler. The first and third days of Chuseok are to travel to and from the home of their elders. For now, it is simply about Koreans honoring the family; for me, Chuseok was about being honored to join a family in their celebration and joy. www.thetraveleronline.com /media/paper688/news/2004/10/01/Lifestyles/Drinking.With.The.family-738241.shtml   (664 words)

The Ulsan Pear » Blog Archive » Chuseok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Although it’s very common for a child to perform a deep bow to their older relative before receiving the money, for me a please and thanks was enough, and I passed out ten bucks to each of my nieces and nephews. After paying respect by actions similar to those described at the Chuseok ceremony, the visitors often leave something at the grave, usually something enjoyed by the deceased in their previous life, such as a bottle of soju, a favorite food, or even a lit cigarette (cynical comment withheld). For now, however, Chuseok continues to be a very important event for Koreans and for myself, a time where the importance of family and tradition come to the forefront of everyone’s mind and heart. ulsanpear.biz /wordpress?p=112   (1010 words)

eclexys » Blog Archive » Historical Perspectives on Chuseok, and some questions about ... There’s also something quite interesting in the same article I’m describing, titled “Chuseok Drudgery not for queens”, that mentions periods in history when dangerous situations sometimes caused Korean royalty to abstain from the (now required yearly) pilgrimages to ancestral hometowns for the Confucian ancestor-honoring ceremonies. The inordinate amount of cooking and household preparation involved often creates enormous amounts of stress, often compounded by the knowledge that one’s husband’s mother is likely to scrutinize (and unfortunately all too often, criticize) everything that the wife has prepared. The family I visited all rose early, though the mother rose earlier than the others by several hours… but it was a fairly harmonious time, at least as far as I could tell. www.gordsellar.com /2003/09/11/historical-perspectives-on-chuseok-and-some-questions-about-tradition   (1182 words)

Stars & Stripes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Daniel is wearing hanbok, the traditional Korean costume for ceremonies such as Chuseok. She’ll enjoy the Chuseok holiday with her family in South Korea this year but won’t have to cook much. But on Thursday, Rinke was among the many parents in Rosalind Rutledge’s first-grade classroom at Seoul American Elementary School who cooked traditional Chuseok dishes for a potluck lunch with their children. www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=31625   (606 words)

INSIDE JoongAng Daily   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Road traffic will be daunting on Sept. 27 as car-bound holiday makers leave Seoul during the Chuseok holidays, according to a survey by the Korea Highway Corp. yesterday. Although the Chuseok holiday begins on the 25th for people employed at companies that apply the five-day workweek, 31.2 percent of respondents said they would head for their hometowns on the 27th, while 45.1 percent said they would be back on the roads on the 29th. A car trip from Seoul to Daejeon over Chuseok is expected to take five hours and 10 minutes, from Seoul to Busan, 10 hours, and from Seoul to Gwangju, eight hours. joongangdaily.joins.com /200409/17/200409172302097579900090409041.html   (175 words)

A Canadian-Gyopo's Tour of Duty (2004-05): Chuseok with My Relatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Just your typical Korean-Canadian male who decided to quit his job making alright coin back home, who sold his car, who got his parents to move into his place while he's gone, who is currently unemployed, who is taking Korean Language lessons at a University in Korea...and is 31 years-old by Korean Age. This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. Chuseok spread at my Aunt's house...It isn't the fanciest of setups (which they were very humble about) in terms of the fancy backdrops with Chinese calligraphy on it and pictures of ancestors, but the food was delicious and it's the thought and action that count the most... cgyopo.blogspot.com /2004/09/chuseok-with-my-relatives.html   (1467 words)

Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Anne (Sung-hee), a Korean friend of mine with whom I studied back at Southern Illinois University in the US invited me to a wonderful Chuseok meal with her family; I just gave thanks that I was not eating whatever food was left to be picked over in Gung-Dong. I was not alone in giving thanks, however, as I learned that Chuseok is a holiday in which Koreans celebrate the harvest, much like the American holiday Thanksgiving. I hope all of you had a wonderful Chuseok, and I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. herald.kaist.ac.kr /2002_Oct%20Issue/English%20Update/mik.htm   (528 words)

INSIDE JoongAng Daily   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) For a little boy, it was just a great day to wake up to the sounds of a bustling kitchen and the wonderful smells of pan-fried foods. Before the holiday starts, the first daughter-in-law has to prepare the house for visitors and buy foods for rituals on the day of Chuseok, which is Sunday this year. Although the stress may be slightly less than for the first daughter-in-law, younger daughters-in-law are also stressed by buying gifts for their parents-in-law and visiting their husbands' homes where most of them don't feel comfortable because of the notoriously bad relationship between Korean daughters-in-law and their husband's mothers. joongangdaily.joins.com /200509/15/200509152142593109900091009101.html   (1068 words)

gdimension: Chuseok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) It occurs on the day of the full moon in the 8th month (according to the lunar calendar) of each year, which is the time when the moon appears to be the largest. As my in-laws are quite well-known around the island and my father-in-law is a former teacher/vice-principle, they receive many guests on the holiday (mostly my father-in-law's former students). Because they are entertaining so many guests on the actual day of Chuseok, Hyun-ju's family celebrates the night before the actual holiday. gdimension.typepad.com /gdimension/2005/09/chuseok.html   (551 words)

Bookish Gardener: Chuseok Chuseok began on Saturday, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, and the final day of this holiday, which is sometimes analogized to a Korean Thanksgiving, is today. My memories of the three years I spent in Korea as a child are rich and intense, but I don't remember celebrating Chuseok at all. After having recently read up on it some, my impression is that this is a holiday for extended families to get together, pay homage to ancestors by visiting their gravesites, enjoy special foods, and exchange gifts. www.bookishgardener.com /2005/09/chuseok.html   (641 words)

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