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What Is Chuseok in Korea? 3 Days of Songpyeon and Traffic

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What is Chuseok in Korea: a 3-day harvest holiday held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, under the year’s fullest moon. Families travel to their hometowns, honor their ancestors, visit graves and eat half-moon rice cakes called songpyeon. If you’re visiting, expect sold-out trains, quieter Seoul streets and some shuttered shops.