By From the Discover Korea website comes this nice collection of pictures that shows that as much as Korea has changed over the decades some things still remain the same, like the mass exodus of Korean cities during Chuseok:
Ancestral service, 1980. Chuseok morning even now begins with a traditional ceremony "Charye" of an ancestral service, when family members put a special food set and bow down in front of the ancestor's names.
Chuseok holiday causes big traffic jams and it is hard to get train or bus tickets all over the country, the same was in the past.
Taking a bus during Chuseok holiday at Gwangju Bus terminal, 1970.
Taking a train during Chuseok holiday, 1969
Make sure to check out the link for more historic pictures from Chuseok in Korea. If anyone has any historic Chuseok pictures they want to share feel free to upload them at the ROK Drop Forums.
1:16 pm on October 3rd, 2009 1
Wonderful pics, thanks.
5:44 pm on October 3rd, 2009 2
[...] HT to GI Korea. [...]