Day 5: Holidays

What Is Chuseok? Korea's Harvest Holiday

Learn what Chuseok (추석) is — Korea's biggest harvest holiday — including songpyeon, ancestral rites (charye), and the massive travel rush around it.

What Is Seollal? Korean Lunar New Year Explained

Learn what Seollal (설날) is — Korean Lunar New Year — including sebae bowing, sebaetdon money, tteokguk soup, and why everyone gets a year older.