Chuseok

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Chuseok
Songpyeon, a type of tteok to celebrate Chuseok.
Official name	Chuseok (추석, 秋夕)
Also called	Hangawi, Jungchujeol
Observed by	Koreans
Type	Cultural, religious (Buddhist, Confucian, Muist)
Significance	Celebrates the harvest
Observances	Visit to their family's home town, ancestor worship, harvest feasts with songpyeon and rice wines
Begins	14th day of the 8th lunar month
Ends	16th day of the 8th lunar month
Date	15th day of the 8th lunar month
2023 date	28 September – 30 September
2024 date	16 September – 18 September
2025 date	5 October – 7 October
2026 date	24 September – 26 September
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Mid-Autumn Festival (in China) Tsukimi (in Japan) Tết Trung Thu (in Vietnam) Uposatha of Ashvini/Krittika (similar festivals that generally occur on the same day in Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand )

Chuseok (Korean: 추석; Hanja: 秋夕; [tɕʰu.sʌk̚], lit. 'autumn evening'), also known as Hangawi (한가위; [han.ɡa.ɥi]; 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. In North Korea, they only celebrate for the day of chuseok.^[1] Like many other harvest festivals around the world, it is held around the autumn equinox, i.e. at the very end of summer or in early autumn. It is the biggest traditional holiday in South Korea.

As 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: 松餠), yakgwa, fruits like Asian pear and hallabong, and rice wines such as sindoju (Korean: 신도주; Hanja: 新稻酒). and dongdongju (Korean: 동동주; Hanja: 浮蟻酒). There are two major traditions related to Chuseok: Charye (Korean: 차례; Hanja: 茶禮, ancestor memorial services at home, also known as Jesa), and Seongmyo (Korean: 성묘; Hanja: 省墓, family visit to the ancestral graves), which is usually accompanied by Beolcho (Korean: 벌초; Hanja: 伐草, tidying graves, removing weeds around them).^[2] Another major custom is to prepare the family's ancestors their favorite meals as an offering.