Unforgettable Memories in My Grandmother’s House
When I was young I lived in my grandmother’s house because both my mother and father had a job. The house was little bit small, but it was most comfortable place in the world. Color of the house was light yellow, so my neighbor called my home ‘yellow house’. Since my grandmother’s house was located in near mountain and also around the house, there were many trees, I could smell the scent of grass and flowers. In addition, early in the morning, I could hear the song of birds. Sometimes, the song roused me from sleep. Not only that, while I lived in the house I had 10times 4seasons and each season gave me special memory. Especially, in autumn there were 2 special events. These are Chuseok and harvesting. First, Chuseok is definitely the biggest national holiday in Korea, which is also called Korean Thanksgiving Day. In Chuseok, my relatives came to grandmother’s house. The previous day of Chuseok, grandmother, my mother and other aunts spent time to prepare foods and then my family sat around and started to make songpyeon, which was the highlight of the day. Although I was not good at making songpyeon, it was really fun and interesting. On the morning of Chuseok, our family was so busy. We had to hold an ancestral rite. Our family put diverse foods on the table and wore Korean traditional clothes, Hanbok. My father also wrote some information about family on a paper and placed it on the table. After that, under uncle’s direction, we started our ceremony. After finishing the ceremony we drove about an hour and visited the tomb. It was grave of my grandfather’s parents. After coming back to the house, we had a delicious lunch and started to take a rest and catted affectionately. It was the end of happy Chuceok! From the last part of summer to autumn my family had to gather in a crop such as jujubes, persimmons and chilies. First of all, we harvest red chili because it was ripe most rapidly among them. When it got really red and smelled like spicy