Korean Tourism To Learn Chuseok – The Traditional Mid-autumn Festival

In Korea, the biggest and most important New Year's Day of the year is not the Lunar New Year like in Vietnam, but the Mid-Autumn Festival Korean Travel Learn Chuseok - Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival When the rains and rains The end of summer ends, the whole of Korea begins to transform beautifully in the autumn sun and people eagerly prepare for Chuseok - one of the biggest traditional holidays in Korea: Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when the family is in harvest. Food and fruit full of house and prosperity. After Mid-Autumn, Korea entered a cold and harsh winter, food is only what has been prepared since the autumn. Climate conditions have greatly affected the psychology of Koreans. Therefore, in modern society in Korea, on Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone has to go back to their hometown to reunite with a large family, while on the Lunar New Year, Koreans can return home or not necessarily return home

. Just like Vietnam and other Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture, Chuseok (Mid-Autumn Festival) in Korea also takes place on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month. However, in the process of cultural interchange, each country, based on different geographical, historical and cultural conditions, only borrowed a formal vase to replace its own wine yeast, showing the spirit In Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival was originally an adult festival to celebrate a good harvest, worship the ancestors and then gradually change into a Tet for children, but this Tet holiday is not recognized as a public holiday. On the contrary, in an industrial country that is "workaholic" like Korea, people will have up to 3 days off to rest and prepare to welcome Chuseok Millions of people flocked to their hometown from Seoul, creating a terrible traffic jam (usually 3-4 times longer than normal) and South Koreans call this phenomenon a great migration.



The word Chuseok means autumn night, the night of the most beautiful full moon in the eighth lunar month. A Korean proverb has a saying: "Farmers in May, the fairy of August" to refer to May, the farmer has to work hard and busy with his crops, but in August, when he worked on the fields for a year. Gradually entering the harvest stage, you can rest freely like a fairy, the spring crop will also be more leisurely, no more "sweating, boiling tears". The origin of Chuseok has yet to be determined, but Chuseok Tet also has other names such as Hangawi, Gabae - Gia Card Day (Legend has it in the Shinla period, to this day, the king usually organizes the princesses to play games. Play the fabric weaving competition in the palace, the one who loses will have to prepare the dance and singing repertoire and the food.) ChuseokCharye Activities Early in the morning of the first day of Chuseok, the entire Korean family will gather meeting in the main house, where ancestors altar is displayed to conduct memorial services. If on the Lunar New Year, the typical dish is Tteok-guk (rice cake soup), on Chuseok the main dish used for worship is Mebap (newly harvested rice) After worshiping, family members will gather together to "enjoy the fortune" of the ancestors.



A feature in the culinary culture in general as well as the ritual culture in particular in Korea is that the dishes are displayed in small plates, called banchan. Just like Vietnam, on holidays like these, the woman in the family is always the busiest and most strenuous person to prepare offerings and dishes for other family members. The most important thing on Chuseok New Year is the expression of morality and filial piety to ancestors - the Beolcho and Seongmyo rites. These activities are similar to the Vietnamese custom of the grave in Thanh Minh period during the Lunar New Year. On Chuseok Day, Korean families will join the ancestors' grave, cut weeds and clear the area around the grave. After cleaning the grave, a platter of fruits, cereals and the products harvested during the season will be offered to the ancestors to pay homage and gratitude. is a typical Chuseok game passed down from the women of Seonamhaean province. The way of this game is that under the full moonlight, the girls will hold hands in a circle while singing and dancing.



In the agricultural society, the full moon is a symbol of fertility, proliferation, very similar to the function and symbol of reproduction, sowing and development of a woman's life. Therefore, the full moon day (full moon day) is also compared to the woman who comes to the "pistil" period. Ganggangsulae game on the full moon day is sublimation, is a song about the beauty of nature and women.Juldarigi - tug of war This is a popular game for all ages. The teams are equally divided in number of people, between villages and villages.

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