Pyongyang, September 25 (KCNA) — Chusok is a folk holiday of the Korean nation.

In autumn, when the five grains become ripe, Koreans celebrated the evening of the fifteenth day of the lunar month with a clear moon as a holiday. Chusok means an evening in autumn.

A historical document refers to Chusok customs of the Korean nation.

On the day of Chusok, first, our people prepared various dishes, such as Songphyon (half-moon-shaped rice cake) and glutinous rice cake, with new crops of the year and visited their forefathers’ graves in clean clothes.

Songphyon is associated with Chusok.

On Chusok evenings, Korean ancestors cherished their desires while seeing a full moon on the top of a mountain or in front of their houses.

Chusok falls on the 25th of September this year.

The Chusok holiday custom was registered as a part of national intangible cultural heritage in May 2014.