2. 1 Chu-Seok !
Chuseok is on August 15th on the Lunar Calendar
Korean saying “Chuseok” or “Hangawi”
“Han” means “the middle”
“gawi” means “fall”
“Hangawi” means “in the middle of fall”
3. 2 Ancestral Rite !
In the morning of the Chu-Seok day, most of Koreans perform the
ancestral rite. (A long time ago, Korea was the agrarian society)
Preparing the foods for this rite
Make a deep bow like in the picture
After finishing the rite, every family has food together.
4. 3 Special Food ! (Song-Pyeon)
Songpyeon is the type of rice cake
Make dough and filling with sesame
seeds, adzuki beans, soybeans and
chestnuts.
Wise old Korean saying, if you can make
the beautiful songpyeon, then you will
have a beautiful daughter.
Mix the rice, flour and water
to make the dough.
Pinch off a little bit of dough
and make it look like the half
moon.
Filling with the sesame seeds,
adzuki beans, soybeans and
chestnuts (one small spoon).
Make it beautiful so “you will
have a beautiful daughter.”
Put songpyeon in a steaming
bowl and steam.
(about 18 minutes.)
Take songpyeon out of bowl.
Mix songpyenon and sesame
oil to make non-sticky.
5. 4 Special Play !
Gang-Gang-Sul-Le ! Ssi-Reum !
This is the traditional Korea circle dance.
The women hold hands with next person
and dance under the Full Moon.
Dancing and Singing the traditional song
“ganggangsulle” at the same time.
This is the traditional Korean wrestling.
Each person grabs the opponent by the
cloth belt (called satba).
A player looses the match when any part of
his body above the knee touches ground.
