On September 22, Chuseok will begin in Korea. This is a major
harvest festival and a three-day holiday in
Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the
lunar calendar. Like many other harvest festivals, it is held around the Autumn
Equinox. As a celebration of the good
harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food.
Dates for Chuseok on the Gregorian calendar
Chuseok is on the following days:
- 2006: October 6
- 2007: September 25
- 2008: September 14
- 2009: October 3
- 2010: September 22
- 2011: September 12
- 2012: September 30
- 2013: September 19
- 2014: September 8
- 2015: September 27
- 2016: September 15
- 2017: October 4
- 2018: September 24
Chuseok, as well as the day before it and afterwards, are legal holidays in South Korea.
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