Directory of Ch'useok Resources

Home > Society > Holidays > Thanksgiving > Ch'useok

This category lists pages and sites related to the Korean observance of Ch'usok or Hangawi.

Ch'usok is celebrated on the l5th day of the 8th lunar month, the harvest moon. Since its marks the harvest time, it is considered to be the equivalent of the American Thanksgiving celebration.

It takes place in September or October of the Gregorian calendar.

Resources in This Category

• A Chusok Tale

  http://pusanweb.com/photos/Chusok/index.htm
  A westerner describes spending the holiday with a Korean family in this photo-essay.

• Celebrating Chu'seok at The Holiday Zone

  http://www.theholidayzone.com/chuseok/index.html
  Includes an overview of the holiday, craft projects, printable coloring pages, word wall cards, and literature recommendations.

• Chu-suk

  http://web.pdx.edu/~i6my/f97/f97juun2.html
  A Korean student writes about the traditional observance and explains why it is important.

• Chusok: Remembering Ancestors in Korea

  http://www.genesearch.com/korea/index.html
  A story about clearing graves in preparation for the Korean holiday.

• Chusok: The Korean Thanksgiving

  http://asiasociety.org/education/chusok-korean-thanksgiving
  An essay on the background of this three-day harvest celebration. Also explores gender roles, family structure, and North-South relations.

• PBS Online: Hidden Korea/Ch'usok

  http://www.pbs.org/hiddenkorea/chusok.htm
  Offers concise explanation of the holiday, along with a look at Korean burial traditions and the ways in which contemporary families honor their ancestors.

• Preparing for Chuseok

  http://www.buhaykorea.com/2005/09/15/preparing-for-chuseok-korean-thanksgiving/
  Offers a foreign wife's perspective on holiday preparations.

• Sisters

  http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~yisei/issues/spring_95/yisei_95_28.html
  Short story tells of a family divided by a holiday bombing raid during the Korean War.

• With a Full Moon

  http://web.pdx.edu/~i6my/f97/f97suno2.html
  A Korean student shares how Ch'usok is celebrated in her native country.

Related Categories

• Home > Regional > Asia > South Korea > Society and Culture
• Home > Kids and Teens > People and Society > Holidays and Special Days > Thanksgiving > Around the World > Ch'usok

 

Home > Society > Holidays > Thanksgiving > Ch'useok

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us