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Chuseok

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Chuseok (Hangul), literally "Autumn eve", once known as hangawi (Hangul:;; from archaic Korean for "the great middle (of autumn)"), is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in North Korea and South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon. [1]

52 relations: Ancestral home (Chinese), Archery, Baekje, Bulgogi, Cinnamomum cassia, Cold Food Festival, Dasik, Equinox, Festival, Full moon, Ganggangsullae, Goguryeo, Hanafuda, Hanbok, Hangul, Hangwa, Harvest, Harvest festival, Index of Korea-related articles, Japchae, Jesa, Joseon, Juldarigi, Korean Buddhism, Korean Confucianism, Korean shamanism, List of Buddhist festivals, List of festivals in South Korea, List of harvest festivals, List of Korean traditional festivals, Lunar calendar, Makgeolli, Mid-Autumn Festival, Neolttwigi, North Korea, Old Korean, Public holidays in South Korea, Pungmul, Rice cake, Silla, Soju, Songpyeon, South Korea, Ssireum, Teeterboard, Three Kingdoms of Korea, Tsukimi, Tug of war, Uija of Baekje, Weaving, ..., Yakgwa, Yugwa. Expand index (2 more) »

Ancestral home (Chinese)

In Chinese culture, hometown or ancestral home is the place of origin of one's extended family.

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Archery

Archery is the art, sport, practice or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.

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Baekje

Baekje (18 BC – 660 AD) was a kingdom located in southwest Korea.

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Bulgogi

Bulgogi (from Korean bul-gogi), literally "fire meat", is a gui (Korean-style grilled or roasted dish) made of thin, marinated slices of beef or pork grilled on a barbecue or on a stove-top griddle.

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Cinnamomum cassia

Cinnamomum cassia, called Chinese cassia or Chinese cinnamon, is an evergreen tree originating in southern China, and widely cultivated there and elsewhere in southern and eastern Asia (India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan of China, Thailand, and Vietnam).

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Cold Food Festival

The Cold Food or Hanshi Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which developed from the local commemoration of the death of the Jin nobleman Jie Zhitui in the 7thcentury under the Zhou into an East Asian occasion for the commemoration and veneration of ancestors by the 7th-century Tang.

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Dasik

Dasik(다식; lit. "tea food") is a bite-size hangwa that is normally accompanied by tea.

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Equinox

An equinox is commonly regarded as the moment the plane (extended indefinitely in all directions) of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 22-23 September.

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Festival

A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures.

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Full moon

The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective.

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Ganggangsullae

Ganggangsullae (Hangul: 강강술래) is a 5,000-year-old Korean dance that was first used to bring about a bountiful harvest and has developed into a cultural symbol for Korea.

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Goguryeo

Goguryeo (37 BCE–668 CE), also called Goryeo was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Manchuria.

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Hanafuda

are playing cards of Japanese origin that are used to play a number of games.

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Hanbok

Hanbok (South Korea) or Joseon-ot (North Korea) is the representative example of traditional Korean dress.

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Hangul

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (from Korean hangeul 한글), has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by Sejong the Great.

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Hangwa

Hangwa is a general term for traditional Korean confections.

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Harvest

Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.

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Harvest festival

A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region.

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Index of Korea-related articles

This is a list of articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts.

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Japchae

Japchae is a sweet and savory dish of stir-fried glass noodles and vegetables that is popular in Korean cuisine.

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Jesa

Jesa (제사, 祭祀) is a ceremony commonly practiced in Korea.

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Joseon

The Joseon dynasty (also transcribed as Chosŏn or Chosun, 조선; officially the Kingdom of Great Joseon, 대조선국) was a Korean dynastic kingdom that lasted for approximately five centuries.

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Juldarigi

Juldarigi (also chuldarigi) is a traditional Korean sport similar to tug of war.

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Korean Buddhism

Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Mahayana Buddhism.

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Korean Confucianism

Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism that emerged and developed in Korea.

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Korean shamanism

Korean shamanism, also known as Shinism (Hangul 신교, Hanja 神敎; Shingyo or Shinkyo, "religion of the spirits/gods"), or Shindo (Hangul: 신도; Hanja: 神道, "way of the spirits/gods"), is the collective term for the ethnic religions of Korea which date back to prehistory, and consist in the worship of gods (신 shin) and ancestors (조상 josang).

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List of Buddhist festivals

Japanese festivals and Barua festivals often involve Buddhist culture, as do pagoda festivals held as fairs held at Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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List of festivals in South Korea

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List of harvest festivals

This is a list of harvest festivals around the world.

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List of Korean traditional festivals

Korean Traditional Festivals (Hangul: 한국전통축제) are the Korean national and local festivals that have been continued among Korean people throughout its long history.

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Lunar calendar

A lunar calendar is a calendar based upon the monthly cycles of the Moon's phases (synodic months), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based only directly upon the solar year.

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Makgeolli

Makgeolli (막걸리), sometimes anglicized to makkoli, is a Korean alcoholic beverage.

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Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated notably by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese peoples.

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Neolttwigi

Neolttwigi or nol-ttwigi (널뛰기) is a traditional outdoor game of Korean women and girls that is typically enjoyed on traditional holidays such as Korean New Year, Chuseok, and Dano.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Old Korean

Old Korean is the historical variety of the Korean language or Koreanic languages dating from the beginning of Three Kingdoms of Korea to the latter part of Later Silla, roughly from the fourth to tenth centuries CE.

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Public holidays in South Korea

Public holidays in South Korea each belong to one or more of three categories.

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Pungmul

Pungmul is a Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing, and singing.

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Rice cake

A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object.

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Silla

Silla (57 BC57 BC according to the Samguk Sagi; however Seth 2010 notes that "these dates are dutifully given in many textbooks and published materials in Korea today, but their basis is in myth; only Goguryeo may be traced back to a time period that is anywhere near its legendary founding." – 935 AD) was a kingdom located in southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.

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Soju

Soju (from Korean) is a clear, colorless distilled beverage of Korean origin.

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Songpyeon

Songpyeon is a traditional Korean food made of glutinous rice.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Ssireum

Ssireum (Hangul: 씨름) or Korean wrestling is a folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea since the fourth century.

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Teeterboard

The teeterboard (or Korean plank) is an acrobatic apparatus that resembles a playground seesaw.

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Three Kingdoms of Korea

The concept of the Three Kingdoms of Korea refers to the three kingdoms of Baekje (백제), Silla (신라) and Goguryeo (고구려).

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Tsukimi

or, literally moon-viewing, also known as, refers to Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon, a variant of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Tug of war

Tug of war (also known as war of tug, tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, tugging war or toutrek) is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.

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Uija of Baekje

Uija of Baekje (599?–660, r. 641–660) was the 31st and final ruler of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

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Weaving

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

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Yakgwa

Yakgwa, also called gwajul, is a type of yumil-gwa, which is deep-fried, wheat-based hangwa (Korean confections).

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Yugwa

Yugwa is a type of hangwa (a traditional Korean snack or confection) made with glutinous rice flour and then deep-fried.

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Ch'usok, Ch'usŏk, Choesuk, Chuseok Day, Chusok, Hangawi, Harvest Moon festival, Korean Thanksgiving, 추석, 한가위.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok

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