한가위

[ han'gawi ]
「명사」 Noun
Hangawi

A traditional Korean holiday; it falls on the 15th day of the 8th month by the lunar calendar; on this day, people prepare special foods like songpyeon, half-moon-shaped rice cake, and newly harvested fruits, and hold a memorial service for their ancestors; they also enjoy a variety of folk plays such as ssireum, a traditional wrestling, juldarigi, tug-of-war, and ganggangsullae, a traditional circle dance.

Type:
Native
Level:
Intermediate

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