Today is chuseok, the harvest moon festival in Korea. People get a three-day holiday, and the roads and the trains are packed to the brim as the 12 million people of Seoul visit their hometowns.
Here is a nice picture of the bright chuseok moon, taken in Seoul circa 1969.
The Korean is a Korean American living in Washington D.C. He lived in Seoul until he was 16, then moved to Los Angeles area. The Korean refers to himself in the third person because he thinks it sounds cool.
What do you say to each other at Chuseok? I've always wondered. I was very new to Korea last year.
ReplyDeleteWhatever it is, I'm saying it to you. Thanks for the pictures, it's fascinating to see how different Korea was in the not-so-distant past.
When I went to Korea to get married, they took me to a rural cemetery for Chuseok.
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