추석(한가위)-Chuseok (Hangawi) Related Photo Spam (Happy Korean Thanksgiving!)

from Pyeongtaek Youth Community Center website (ptycc.or.kr)

Happy Korean Thanksgiving!

Last year, when 추석/한가위 (Chuseok/Hangawi) came I really didn't know much about the holiday or understand what it celebrates. 
Bring on the Wikipedia articles! I love Wikipedia for many reasons, and one of them is their direct explanations for many Korean things. I think the article on 추석 (Chuseok) is very informative and fascinating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok

I also decided to just search 'chuseok' on Google Images this morning, and I found so many pretty pictures that I have to share some of them here. :)

 

Rice cakes and hanboks, from Allkpop.com's 'A Detailed Explanation of Chuseok'

The dance

"Ganggangsullae" I believe

from english.seoul.go.kr

Songpyeon rice cakes from allkpop.com 'A Detailed Explanation of Chuseok'

Cute kids and their crazy silly faces in the traditional hanbok. From wordpress blog 'The Groovy Bow Sequence Goes Korea' post titled 'Chuseok'

SNSD in hanboks. Picture came up when I searched 'chuseok' so I figure that's why they were wearing them, but if these are more like New Year's hanboks, let me know (and if you want, tell me if there's a difference!) from wordpress blog 'fathiakissop'.

From blog.ningin.com, I liked this picture because 1. It's Super Junior in hanboks 2. It's from a chicken commercial 3. You get to see a variation in the hanbok style when you look at the next picture....

Not sure why there is a difference, but clearly some of them are still wearing the same hanboks and others have changed+they've added the interesting scarves to all but one outfit. I wonder if it's photoshop *suspicious eyebrow raise* It's pretty anyway. From moonlightunes.wordpress.com

Rice cakes? from hancinema.net

Eating rice cakes under a full moon. From blogs.redorbit.com

Latern illustration. From http://cdn8.mixrmedia.com/wp-uploads/ningin/blog/2012/09/chuseok.png follow the link to see more Korean celebrities wearing the traditional hanbok. :) My favorite is this picture-

Yoogeun, a Korean child 'celebrity' from the variety/comedy show 'Hello Baby', in which Korean music stars take care of a Korean child for a few hours every day. Obviously, he got just about as much girl-attention as his handsome caretakers.

Lanterns! From tumblr

Last but not least, Google's own images in celebration of Korean Thanksgiving. When I was in Korea, I automatically accessed Korean Google products instead of American ones. I enjoyed the very different Google Doodles and learning more about the Korean historical events they celebrated. 

Happy Chuseok, everyone! 추석 잘 보내세요~ 

Sorry this is a short post with little writing, I'm busy lately and I want to dedicate my time to studies and finishing my South Korea Journey posts. But I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to spam everyone with gorgeous pictures of this holiday, hahaha. XD


-Argentia