I usually become a monster when I don't get to sleep enough. Usually my shortage in sleep is because somebody wakes me up in the early, early morning. It was the same when I was a young child. I was a monster even then, too. When I was a child, my mom woke me up super early twice a year. Of course I was always upset in those mornings. But, in one of those sleepy mornings, I got merry very soon because I could smell something delicious everywhere in the house. And that was the Chuseok morning.
Chuseok is one of the biggest and the longest holiday in Korea. It is a similar holiday to Thanksgiving Day. It is in the midst of autumn, usually in October, celebrating the harvest of good crops they have grown for a year. Furthermore, there are a few rituals to thank our ancestors that they helped us to harvest good crops. Also, every relative gathers and enjoy family time in Chuseok.
Since Chuseok is a holiday celebrating the fair harvest, people enjoy a lot of delicacy during the holiday. However, if I should choose the only one food that represents the Chuseok, I would definitely say Songpyeon. Songpyeon is a food similar to dumpling, but the difference is various colors like green, pink, and yellow. In addition, the ingredients of the filling are mashed sesame or chestnut. Moreover, every family member gets around the table and chat when they make Songpyeon. So Songpyeon offers not only an entertaining cooking experience but also a great opportunity to catch up each other and get close.
After the preparation, the ritual is waiting for people. The ritual is called Charye. Koreans believe the dead ancestors' spirits come back to home when they do Charye. So to bring them home, people put up the screen, bring the photo of their ancestors and put all those delicacy on the table. When everything is ready, every person in the room bows twice with thanks and respect, starting from the eldest person. They believe the spirits taste all the delicacy while they are bowing. When Charye is over, people are finally allowed to have all those delicious foods.
Chuseok one of the favorite holidays of Korea, because there are lots of delicious dishes including Songpyeon and families can share their hearts while preparing and having a ritual. Although some preparation might take some time and energy of everyone, it is a very meaningful and heartwarming holiday.
1. Does the essay have a thesis statement that identifies the process?
ReplyDelete(“people enjoy a lot of delicacy during the holiday” / After the preparation, the ritual is waiting for people)
2. Does the writer include background information?
(Chuseok is one of the biggest and the longest holiday in Korea. It celebrates in October and every relatives gather together to enjoy this.)
3. Does each paragraph present a different part of the process?
(First is about the food and preparation, second is about the ritual)
4. Are the parts of the process organized in a logical sequence?
(After the preparation, the ritual is waiting for people -> When everything is ready, every person in the room bows twice with thanks and respect -> When Charye is over, people are finally allowed to have all those delicious foods.)
5. Do the body paragraphs have any facts, definitions, or details? Tell the writer if any of these supporting details aren’t sufficient.
(The body paragraphs have facts and information about Chuseok.)
6. Does the writer include an evaluation, recommendation, or warning in the conclusion?
(Evaluation – writer evaluates the whole essay.)
I enjoyed your essay very much. It has a nice hook and it is not only informative but also interesting.
ReplyDelete1. Yes, it has.
2. Yes, it is very informative.
3. Yes, but it could be better if you didn't use the First and Second expression.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. Evaluation
I usually become a monster when I don’t get to sleep enough. The reason of my shortage in sleep is usually because somebody wakes me up in the early, early morning. I was the same a decade ago: I was a little monster when my mom waked me up in early morning. My mom woke me up super early twice a year without any tolerance. I was always upset in those mornings without any doubt. However, I soon got over that upset morning once a year. I got merry very soon because I could smell something delicious everywhere in the house. The morning I could stay happy even though I was forced to wake up was the Chuseok morning.
ReplyDeleteChuseok is one of the biggest and the longest holiday in Korea. It is a similar holiday to America’s Thanksgiving Day. Chuseok is in the midst of autumn, usually in October, celebrating the harvest of good crops that farmers have grown for a year. Furthermore, people thank to ancestors about their help and blessings for people to harvest fine crops with few rites. In addition, every relative gathers and enjoy family time in Chuseok.
Since Chuseok is a holiday celebrating the fair harvest, people enjoy a lot of delicacy during the holiday. However, if I should choose only one food that represents the Chuseok, I would definitely say Songpyeon. Songpyeon is a food similar to dumpling, but the difference is that it has various colors like green, pink, and yellow. Also, the ingredients of the filling are usually mashed sesame or chestnut but it varies family to family. The best part of Songpyeon is the time we make it. Every family gathers around one table and has little chat while they make Songpyeon. In other words, it offers not only an entertaining cooking experience but also a great opportunity to catch up and get closer to each other.
After the preparation, what waits people is the rite. The rite is called Charye. Koreans believe the dead ancestors’ spirits come back to home while Charye. So to bring them back home, people put up the screen, bring the photo of their ancestors and put all those delicacy on the table with certain rules. For example, white food goes to the left and red food goes to the right of the table. When everything is ready, every person in the room bows twice with thanks and respect, starting from the eldest person. They believe the spirits taste all the delicacy while descendants are bowing toward them. When Charye gets over, people are finally allowed to have all those delicious foods together.
Chuseok is one of the favorite holidays of Korea, because there are lots of delicious dishes including Songpyeon and families can share their hearts while preparing and having a rite. Although some preparation might take some time and energy of everyone, it is a very meaningful and heartwarming holiday.