Chuseok (추석) - otherwise known as Hangawi (한가위) by Koreans or as “Korean Thanksgiving” by Westerners - is one of the most significant public holidays in Korea, together with Seollal or the Korean New Year (설날). It falls on the 15th of the 8th month in the lunar calendar, on the day of the harvest moon (the largest full moon of the year) and it lasts three days, including the day before and the day after the set date. Chuseok is meant to celebrate the autumn harvest (Chuseok = “Autumn Eve”).