Chusok

Chusok
The full harvest moon festival occurs on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, and is similar to the American Thanksgiving holidays. The day 14th and 16th of the 8th lunar month are also holidays, giving a total of three days off to allow people time to visit their hometowns. As the most important of all Korean holidays, during this period people jam the highways to visit their hometowns and family members. Similar to the lunar new year holidays, family members pay respect to their living relatives and visit the graves of their ancestors. Family members exchange gifts and play special games. It is also called Hangawi (한가위, from "han" = "great" and "gawi" = "middle", i.e. "a great day in the middle of the autumn").

The full harvest moon festival occurs on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, and is similar to the American Thanksgiving holidays. " 중추(中秋)의 만월 축제인 추석은 음력 8월 15일에 있으며 미국의 추수감사절과 유사하다. The day 14th and 16th of the 8th lunar month are also holidays, giving a total of three days off to allow people time to visit their hometowns. 음력 8월 14일과 16일도 역시 휴일이기 때문에 사흘 연휴 동안 사람들은 고향을 방문할 수 있게 된다. As the most important of all Korean holidays, during this period people jam the highways to visit their hometowns and family members. 추석은 모든 한국의 공휴일 중에서도 가장 중요한 날로서 이 기간 동안 고향과 가족을 방문하는 사람들이 고속도로를 가득 메운다. Similar to the lunar new year holidays, family members pay respect to their living relatives and visit the graves of their ancestors. 구정과 마찬가지로 가족들은 살아계신 친지들에게 인사를 드리고 조상들의 묘지를 찾는다. Family members exchange gifts and play special games. 또한 가족들끼리 선물을 교환하고 민속놀이를 즐긴다. It is also called Hangawi (한가위)  추석은 한가위라고도 한다. (from "han" = "great" and "gawi" = "middle", i.e. "a great day in the middle of the autumn").  (‘한’은 ‘크다’라는 뜻이며 ‘가위’는 ‘가운데’라는 뜻으로 ‘가을의 한가운데 있는 큰 날’이라는 뜻이다.) Chan's Advice! 오늘은 '추석' 관련 대화문과 실용영어 표현 몇 가지를 소개합니다. A: 추석이 무슨 날인가요? B: 그해 처음으로 수확한 곡식과 과일로 조상님께 차례를 지내는 날이에요. 설날과 더불어 일 년에 두 번 서로 멀리 떨어져 살던 가족들이 다 함께 모이는 민족 최대의 명절이죠. 음력으로 8월 15일이 추석이에요. A: What's Chuseok? B: on that day we make offerings of grain and fruit from the first harvest of the year to our ancestors. Along with Lunar New Year's, it's Korea's biggest holiday when family members who live scattered in distant places get together for a reunion. Chuseok is August 15th according to the lunar calendar.   * 추석을 맞아 고향을 찾는 민족 대이동으로 인해 전국 고속도로에서 교통정체가 예상된다.  As families migrate en-masse to visit home in time for Chuseok[the Harvest Moon Festival], there will be highway traffic throughout the whole country.   * 추석에 고향 잘 다녀왔습니까? How was your trip home during the Chusok holiday?   * 우리는 추석에 성묘를 다녀왔습니다. We visited our family grave during the Chuseok holidays.