秋夕
추석
秋 (autumn) + 夕 (evening) — "autumn evening"
📅 음력 8월 15일
📜 Origin and History
The hanja "秋" depicts grain (禾) ripening like fire. "夕" is the half-moon — evening. 秋夕 = "autumn evening" — the day of the roundest harvest full moon. Also called Hangawi. Originated from the Silla weaving contest (Gabae) recorded in 「Samguk Sagi」. A harvest thanksgiving with new-grain ancestral rites.
🏯 Traditions
Ancestral rites, songpyeon rice cakes, ganggangsullae circle dance, tug-of-war, grave visits.
"秋夕 — the evening of autumn. Those who harvest know how to give thanks."
