What are the origins and customs of Mid-Autumn Festival in Korea?

1, Autumn Night-South Korea's Mid-Autumn Festival Speaking of the three major festivals in South Korea, we must count "Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival in August 15 of the lunar calendar is one of the biggest and most important festivals in Korea. South Korea's Mid-Autumn Festival originated in China, but it has changed in a long history.

China people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival mainly because of family reunion. Those who can't get together also pay attention to thousands of miles. South Korea's Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a time for family reunion, but also a time to remember the kindness of ancestors. More importantly, it is a time to worship ancestors and sweep graves.

In Korean, Mid-Autumn Festival is called (Autumn Night). It is also a custom for Koreans to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, so they also call it the Mid-Autumn Festival (Korean Thanksgiving Day), and their holiday arrangements are written in English (Thanksgiving Day). Mid-Autumn Festival is a big festival in Korea, which lasts for three days. In the past, when the traffic was underdeveloped, people would use this time to return home to visit relatives.

Nowadays, before the Mid-Autumn Festival every month, major Korean companies will cut prices to attract people to shop and give gifts to each other. Koreans eat pine chips in the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is sometimes called muffin in China. It is a traditional Korean food made of glutinous rice. It is a Korean pastry food and one of the representative foods of Korean traditional culture.