Soldiers stand guard at the Memorial Gate in the Seoul National Cemetery the day before the Chuseok holiday last week. The cemetery is only allowing a limited number of visitors due to COVID-19.Soldiers stand guard at the Memorial Gate in the Seoul National Cemetery the day before the Chuseok holiday last week. The cemetery is only allowing a limited number of visitors due to COVID-19.Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Seoul National Cemetery is virtually empty.
"The role of a daughter-in-law is always burdensome. Most daughters-in-law still aren't able to say what they wish, and it doesn't seem like the older generation can easily change its conceptions," says Jang."Whenever I go visit my in-laws, I know I have to work." Lee Hyang Shin, 50, who works at a hospital and lives with her husband of 18 years and their two children in Iksan, gathered this year with some nearby family members, fewer than in the past, for a simple celebration."We got our food from a restaurant and ended up buyingone of the hallmark dishes of Chuseok, composed of lightly fried sliced vegetables, meat and fish — is notoriously labor-intensive to prepare.
Before the holiday, shoppers buy groceries at Gyeongdong Market in eastern Seoul for the preparation of ritual foods for Chuseok.Before the holiday, shoppers buy groceries at Gyeongdong Market in eastern Seoul for the preparation of ritual foods for Chuseok.Surveys have shown that some South Korean men seem aware of and sympathetic about the stress facing their wives during the Chuseok holiday.conducted in 2018 by the Seoul Foundation of Women and Family, 43.
And research supported a decade ago by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family found that of 800 male respondents, 90% said they were willing to help their wives prepare food — but"feel uneasy about working in the kitchen while their parents are
We need to adopt this holiday in the U.S.!
Gee I love my inlaws but that doesn’t sounds like a very fun holiday. 🙃
The end of an era.
Hoping this is the beginning of a new tradition.
If that's a 'holiday' I'd hate to hear what they do on vacation
Is this a joke? Seriously what?