Happy Chuseok & Mid Autumn Festival!

Millions of South Koreans will be travelling home to their hometowns and overseas this coming Chuseok holidays. Chuseok is a major harvest festival that stretches a long weekend whereby everyone goes home to see their family and friends, celebrate the traditional holiday with lots of food, games or either relaxing somewhere in overseas. 

Public transportation especially buses, trains, KTX are swarmed with locals rushing home to see their loved ones, children on holiday mood dressed in bright beautiful hanboks, cheery happy faces looking forward for the long weekend. Even though the recent 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Gyeonju on Monday didn't affect much people as it was seen sea of people crowding around trains and KTX to go home.

Some traditional family will hold their ritual rites with a colorful array of dishes, food, sweets and fruits for their ancestors. They will also play traditional games and donned in traditional clothing's. Rice cakes (songpyeon) is the most common and traditional sweets that are made and served in Chuseok holidays. 

 

For those who are celebrating Thanksgiving (Chuseok) in South Korea, hope you have a great and wonderful holiday with your loved ones. As for the rest of the people in the other side of the world (like me), there is no major public holidays as I have to work. 

Nevertheless, the Chinese do celebrate Mid Autumn Festival (Mooncake festival) on 15th September. 

Here's wishing everyone a safe and Happy Chuseok and 
                               Happy Mooncake Festival 中秋快乐 !!!
                                   추석 즐겁게 보내세요!