R: When’s Chuseok?
M: It’s on August 15th by the lunar calendar and it’s called “Hangawi”.
M: It’s similar to Thanksgiving Day in America.
R: What do you normally do on Chuseok?
M: We visit our ancestors’ graves and make Songpyeon.
R: What is Songpyeon?
M: Ah, Songpyeon is a half moon-shaped rice cake which is steamed upon pine needles.
M: And in the evening, we make a wish upon the full moon.
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[Vocabulary]
한가위 : Korean Thanksgiving Day
부르다 : to call
성묘 : visit to one’s ancestral grave
송편 : half moon-shaped rice cake
반달 : half moon
솔잎 : pine needles
깔다 : to spread
보름달 : full moon
빌다 : to pray
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