To remember when is chuseok or when is Korean Thanksgiving, all you have to keep in mind is that it happens on the 15th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar. Chuseok Korea is the day when the moon is full and the brightest. Now, how does thanksgiving in Korea is celebrated? People travel back to their ancestral homes and pay tribute to their ancestors for a good harvest. On this Korean Thanksgiving Day or Korean mid-autumn festival, rituals and rites are performed to pay respect to their ancestors and hope that their spirits will look after the coming generations. Keeping in touch with their roots, many traditional chuseok Korean holiday dishes are prepared.