2022 Trip to Korea: Day 8~11 Chuseok Holiday 추석연휴
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On September 9, 2022, I went to my mother-in-law’s home for Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving. My mom, who has kept the conservative tradition of Korea, pushed me on the back in the early morning of the day before Chuseok, urging me to go to my mother-in-law and prepare for Chuseok. My mother-in-law said to me, “You don’t need to come early to cook.” She added she would only cook fish, soup, and rice at home, and my sister-in-law would bring all the other food for the Chuseok memorial service.
However, I almost got kicked out of my mom’s house and came to my in-laws. After lunch with my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and niece, my mother-in-law and I went out for a walk. After passing the path lined with tall, mature trees, we reached Han River Park and walked along the wide open river. With the blue sky and white puffy clouds in the background, the lawn was full of people enjoying picnics or camping with tents.
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9월 10일 추석날 아침, 병풍을 펴고 상을 놓고 닦은 후 음식을 하나둘씩 놓았다. 어린 시절 산적(散炙)과 갖가이 전 등 평소에 잘 먹지 못하는 음식 냄새가 집안에 가득해지면 내 마음도 부풀어 올랐던 때가 떠올랐다. 차례 후에나 먹을 수 있어 침을 다시며 내가 좋아한 고기산적을 지켜보았었다. 과일과 전, 나물, 생선, 고기, 탕국과 밥을 놓으니 상이 가득찼다. 큰아들인 남편은 미국에, 둘째 아들은 코비드에 걸려 함께 하지 못하고 조카들이 향을 피우고 시아버님 사진을 바라보며 절을 올렸다.
On the morning of Chuseok, September 10, I brought out the traditional folding screen, set up the table for the memorial service, and laid the food out one by one. In my childhood, my heart swelled up when the smell of food, such as beef skewers and various Jeons, filled the house. As I could only eat them after the memorial service, I used to salivate and watch my favorite beef skewers. The table was filled with fruits, Jeons, namuls, fish, meat, soup, rice, and the representative food of Chuseok Songpyeon, the half-moon rice cakes. I put the picture of my father-in-law in the center of the table. His eldest son, my husband, was in the United States, and his second son, caught by Covid-19, could not be together, so two nephews made incense and did big bows looking at the pictures of their grandfather.
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"차례는 조상을 사모하는 후손들의 정성이 담긴 의식이다. 이로 인해 고통받거나 가족 사이의 불화가 일어난다면 결코 바람직한 일은 아닐 것"이라며 차례상 간소화 방법을 발표했다 한다. “모든 행복한 가정은 서로 닮았고, 불행한 가정은 제각각 나름으로 불행하다” 했던가. 돌아가신 부모님, 조부모님의 사랑을 기억하고 그리워하는 가정은 어떤 차례상으로, 어디서 모시든 행복할 것이다. 세상에 위대한 업적을 남기지 않아도 자신의 자손만은 기억해 줄터이니. 누군가 기억하는 한 존재는 살아있는 것이니.
For a traditional performance of a memorial service, some have to sacrifice themselves to cook all the food like this. As a result, complaints and discord in families have become more frequent. The Sungkyunkwan Ritual Establishment Committee (SREC) has released a simplified standard for a modernized memorial service amid criticism that this tradition does not fit into the modern nuclear family society. The new standard suggests taking turns instead of the eldest son bearing this responsibility and simplifying the Chuseok meal to eliminate a laborious ceremony. An acquaintance sent me two photos comparing the traditional ceremony, and the newly announced Sungkyunkwan-style ceremony.
“Chuseok memorial service is a ceremony filled with the sincerity of the descendants who long for their ancestors. If this causes suffering or discord in a family, it would not be desirable at all,” SREC added. “All happy families are alike, and each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Families who remember and cherish the love of their deceased parents and grandparents will be happy regardless of what kind of food they prepare or wherever they are. Even if a person does not leave a great achievement in the world, she or he will be remembered by descendants. As long as someone remembers, an existence is alive in someone's memory.
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성균관 차례상 표준안 https://www.chosun.com/culture-life/relion-academia/2022/09/07/I54SK4ARMJDT3GRI65L4DGKWIM/
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