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In September, when this photograph was taken, rice harvest was near. In fact, some rice
had already been harvested early for the Chusok holiday. Chusok is Korea's equivalent of Thanksgiving, a day for Korean families to gather and give thanks to their ancestors for a good harvest. They eat new rice and pine flavored rice cakes as part of the Chusok feast, and perform memorial services, often at an ancestor's grave. This scene is just minutes from Kangnung. The farm pictured is located near Ojukon, the historic home of the Confucian statesman Yi Yul Guk.
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