Google Doodle shared an illustration by artist Dason Yun to celebrate Chuseok, a South Korean festival
Google Doodle celebrates Chuseok, a South Korean festival by sharing an illustration by Seoul-based guest artist Dason Yun.
Only the day of Chuseok is observed as a holiday in North Korea. It takes place near the autumn equinox, at the very end of summer, or in the early autumn, like many other harvest festivals around the world. A significant mid-autumn harvest festival and three-day holiday, Chuseok is also known as Hangawi from the archaic Korean for “the big middle” and is observed in South Korea on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month on the full moon.
Like many other harvest celebrations around the world, it occurs close to the autumnal equinox, at the end of the summer, or in the early fall. In South Korea, It is the biggest traditional holiday. Chuseok, which translates to “autumn evening,” has its origins in the previous agricultural civilization of Korea. Every time a full moon shines in a mid-autumn sky, folks take a break and express thanks to their ancestors for a bumper crop.
Koreans visit their ancestral houses to celebrate the bountiful harvest, where they gorge on local delicacies like songpyeon, yakgwa, Asian pears, hallabong, and rice wines like sindoju. similar to dongdongju Charye and Seongmyo, which are often performed in conjunction with Beolcho, are the two principal Chuseok traditions. Making the ancestors’ favorite meals as an offering is an important ritual.
