Hangawi is an alternative Korean name often used for Chuseok.
The word is associated with the middle, or great center, of autumn and reflects the festival’s position in the eighth lunar month. Chuseok and Hangawi are commonly treated as names for the same major Korean harvest and family holiday.
Chuseok is the more familiar term in modern Korean and in English-language writing, while Hangawi appears in cultural explanations, traditional references, and holiday descriptions. The two names should not be confused with Seollal, Korea’s Lunar New Year celebration, which occurs in the first lunar month.
Both names describe the festival rather than a single food, ceremony, game, or moon-viewing practice. During Hangawi or Chuseok, families may perform charye, visit ancestral graves, prepare songpyeon, exchange gifts, and travel to meet relatives.