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birthday of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama
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Ch'usŏk
Chuseok (; , ), also known as Hangawi (; ; from Old Korean, "the great middle [of autumn]"), is a major Korean mid-autumn harvest festival which occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar, on the full moon. In South Korea, the festival lasts for three days, including the days before and after the full moon. In North Korea, Chuseok is a single-day celebration on the full moon only.
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As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as songpyeon, yakgwa, fruits like As
Korean New Year
day off to commemorate January 1 in the lunar calendar in Korea
Dano
Korean festival
Gangneung Danoje
South Korean Dano festival of Gangneung
Cold Food Festival
East Asian holiday in April, in which the lighting of fire is avoided, including for the preparation of food
Chilseok
Chilseok () is a Korean traditional festival which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Korean lunisolar calendar, originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. Chilseok is a period where the heat starts to dwindle and the wet season begins, and the rain that falls during this period is called Chilseok water. As pumpkins, cucumbers, and melons start to flourish during this period, people traditionally offered fried pumpkins to the Big Dipper.
Double Thirdth Day
East Asian festival