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Korean Thanksgiving day, August 15th on lunar calendar, is one of two biggest holliday in Korea. As we were agarian society for long time on our history, we appreciate harvest every year for gods and our ancestors. Korean culture believes that August 15th is the right time to appreciate that. On Thanksgiving Day, all of our family and relatives are getting together and enjoy tasty foods with many enjoyable games. For those of you who are not familiar with Korean traditional culture, Hushu clinic wants to tell you a story about Thanksgiving Day.
Songpyeon is a Korean traditional rice cake. There are many kinds of Songpyeon depending on what's inside. Sesame, Honey, Beans, and adzuki beans. Sesame and beans have deep flavor and adults like them while kids like Songpyeon with honey and adzuki beans becuase of its sweetness. If you have not tasted Songpyeon yet, try to buy one at grocery stores or rice cake stores to taste one. It is going to be great!
Have you seen Korean traditional ceremony for their ancestors? This is a regular ceremony for every family during Thanksgiving Day. We prepare sincere foods for ancestor to thank about harvest in this year. There is an order on the both ways, from top to bottom and from right to left. Every food has the right position to be on the table. Usually we prepare fruits, rice, soup, cookies, fish, and meats, but it could be little different depending on regions.
Sansou, a Korean traditional tomb of an ancestor, is another place to go during Korean Thanksgiving Day. We bring all foods which have not been used for Jaesa above, and set the table in front of a tomb. Then, we serve the ceremony which is similar with Jaesa. A long time ago, Sansou was usually located near by house. However, many people have came up to Seoul and only few people live near by their Sansou. So, there is always horrible traffic to get Sansou but this never bothers Korean anyway.
Seereum is a very fun game to watch during Korean Thanksgiving Day. Two men try to throw another man down each other. The game will be over very quickly and you can't tak your eyes from the screen during the game. On Thanksgiving Day, the Seereum will be on the T.V during afternoon. Enjoy!
There are many enjoyable games during Korean Thanksgiving Day. If you happen to participate in one of those games, please go ahead. That will be fun.
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