Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Chuseok Holiday

Before the Chuseok holiday, my family bought many presents for relatives. And when the day came, we got up early in the morning, wore our Korean traditional clothes and some wore suits. We held ceremonies to pay respect to our ancestors. After that, we ate a delicious breakfast. During that time, we greeted our relatives and had conversations about their jobs, marriages and, cultural life, etc.



Next, we went to visit our family member’s graves. After that, we shared lot of foods and exchanged gifts and spent time together with our relatives. Chuseok is very important to me. Everyone live a busy life and they live in different places; so it is hard to meet our cousins frequently. There are only two opportunities for us to meet most of our relatives officially in Korea. It is during the Korean national holidays that are Lunar New Year's Day and Chuseok.  Also, students can get pocket money from elders.
To sum up the event, I met close relatives, ate delicious foods, and even got some money during the holidays. These are the reasons that I love this holiday. I think that Chuseok is a great holiday.
by Ko Byeong Hee
GEO Class 2-2
Prof. Stephen

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