Ancestors skipped ancestral rites during pandemic
As COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges to countries around the world, the way Koreans commemorate traditional holidays might also be affected by the pandemic.
Chuseok, one of the country's two main traditional holidays celebrating the harvest season during which families gather to hold ancestral rituals, is drawing nearer but the number of COVID-19 infections here is not falling.
In "Hawa illok," written by Ryu Eui-mok of the Pungsan Ryu clan based in Hahoe Village in North Gyeongsang Province, an entry on Aug. 14, 1798 notes that the villagers discussed and concluded not to perform rites on Chuseok due to a smallpox outbreak in the village.Kim Du-heum wrote in his "Illok" on March 5, 1851, that he could not perform ceremonial rites due to smallpox running rampant in the country
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