9/21 Topic1 : "Internet Changes Rituals for Chuseok"

[동희]

안녕하세용 저 동희입니당. 다들 추석 잘 보내셨나요??^^

이번주 주제는 추석과 관련하여 이야기를 나누웠으면 해서 이렇게 올렸습니다.

읽어보시고 궁금한 사항이나 수정할 내용이 있으면 아래 댓글에 남기시면 후다닥~ 해치우겠습니당.ㅋㅋ

다들 남은 추석두 잘 보내시구 주말에 뵐게용.^^

p.s.  첨부파일로 출력하세용 1장짜립니당.ㅋㅋ

Internet Changes Rituals for Chuseok

By Kim Tae-jong

Staff Reporter

Chuseok, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, is coming. Families gather in their hometowns, often enduring hours of traffic congestion on the highways, and offer newly harvested fruits and crops to their ancestors during an ancestral memorial service to thank them for the harvest.

But such a traditional image of the holiday has been gradually changing in the Internet era. Now, more and more people are simply clicking a mouse to stay connected to the traditions.

Grave weeding services

The Chuseok holidays extend three days this year from Sept. 13 to 15. But weeks prior to the holidays, families have already started their trip to their ancestors' tombs to hold a ritual, in order to avoid traffic jams during the holidays.

Last weekend, most highways were jammed with those trying to pay an early visit to their ancestors.

But even ``smarter'' holidaymakers opt out of congestions by using ``beolcho,'' or grave weeding services.

It is easy to find those that offer such services on the Internet and it only costs between 50,000 won to 100,000 won ($50 to $100) for grave weeding services, depending on the size of the grave. Most of these companies e-mail digital photos of the graves before and after to their customers.

``We have seen a soaring number of customers around this time of year,'' a staff member at a weeding service company said. ``You can save the time and money you would have spent coming all the way down to your hometown.''

According to the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, demand for the service has increased 30 percent every year. The federation started the weeding service in the early 1990s through regional networks nationwide.

Holiday food services

Another big ritual for the holiday is ``charye,'' or an ancestral memorial service performed at home early in the morning.

The traditional image would be of family members conducting memorial services by presenting fruit, newly-harvested rice and rice wine on a dining table to the deceased ancestors and making a big bow.

The eldest son's wife usually has to prepare dishes for the ritual as most families gather at the eldest son's house to perform the ceremonies. Due to the heavy preparation work, housewives sometimes suffer from ``holiday sickness'' even before the holiday.

But now with a couple of mouse clicks they can get the food delivered in time for the ceremony.

``It is a whole lot of work for old and young housewives,'' the head of a ritual food service firm said. ``Especially, young people don't know how to prepare traditional dishes.''

The price of ritual dish sets ranges from 150,000 won to 300,000 won, depending on the menu, but it can be cheaper than the total cost housewives spend shopping for roughly 20-30 ingredients, she said. But she admitted that due to the high cost, they mostly use imported ingredients.

But many people are voicing concerns over the ``convenience-focused trend'' in traditions.

``The most important thing is not the formality but the sincerity. Letting others prepare is just neglecting devotion to ancestors,'' Kim Jong-Dae, professor of the Folk Lore Department at ChungAng University, said. ``The holiday is also a time for families to gather and learn about their roots. The changing trend simply shows materialism and expediency.''

e3dward@koreatimes.co.kr

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1. what was your plan on Chuseok? How meaningful was it for you?

2. what makes it any different compared to other relevant holidays like Thanks giving day or something.

3. why do you think that a myriad of people try to visit their families and relatives,

   knowing that they would definitely have traffic jams this time of year?

4. what do you think about the trends above? Graving wedding services and holiday food services

5. Everything changes as time goes by. Would you be able to make any recommendations about what needs to be done with this holiday to keep track of These kind of trends

InternetChangesRitualsforChuseok.hwp

[소수진]

처음 참석하려 하는데...^_^;;;

[동희]

주저하지 마시고 오세용.ㅋㅋ 다들 새손님같다는.ㅋㅋ

[하이지니(박민정)]

아하~빠르시당~^^

[동희]

이번주는 제발 오실거죠?ㅋㅋ

[하이지니(박민정)]

네에~

[yellow-77(현수)]

나도...

[동희]

^^

[Friend(배석우)]

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[동희]

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[동희]

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[동희]

열공열공.ㅋㅋ

[June(최현경)]

hahaha~ I make sure that I will prepare this topic perfectly.^^ Thank you, 동희.^^

[동희]

I am looking forward to it.kkk

[Ace일우]

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[동희]

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[julie99(미정)]

참석요^^

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[n-mini77(최은정)]

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친절한 동희씨 ㅋㅋㅋ 잼나네요. 토픽 참참..석~~

[동희]

감솨합니당.ㅋㅋ

[Kara(김지현)]

처음이고 잘 못하지만.. 저도 참석해요^^;

[동희]

방갑습니당^^

[Kara(김지현)]

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[Jimmy(하수훈)]

처음 참석합니다..... 일욜에 뵙죠들.... (-.-)(_ _)(-.-) 꾸벅~

[동희]

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[Friend(배석우)]

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[동희]

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친절한 동희씨..^^ 스터디 프린트 해서 공부하고 참석 고고씽..^^

[동희]

고고씽~~ㅎㅎㅎ

[Hwany(김현환)]

처음인데..참석하도록 하께용^^

[동희]

처음이신 분이 이번주는 많은거 같네요 방갑습니당.ㅋㅋ

[막내(서지선)]

안녕하세요, 오랜만에 참석합니다. ㅎㅎ

[동희]

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[동희]

어제 스타워즈를 봤더니 순간.ㅋㅋㅋ

[Daunte]

수고했습니다. 내일 봐요.

[동희]

넵^^

[바라기(김효정)]

처음 참석인데 다들 기대되네요^^ 친구랑 같이 갈꼐요~ㅋ

[동희]

어서오세염.ㅎㅎㅎ

[얼장(서민지)]

죄송합니다..ㅜ..ㅠ오늘 참석하려구 했는데..갑자기 일이 생기는 바람에 가지 못했습니다. 방금 집에 와서 전화도 못 드렸구요..ㅜ..ㅠ다음에는 꼬옥 참여할 수 있도록 하겠습니다. 죄송합니다.

[동희]

아...ㅎㅎ 그럼 담주엔 꼭 오세용~^^