There are two different kinds of ancestral rites in Korea; 제사 Jesa and 차례 Chalye. All the process is similar, but the most different thing is that Jesa is done at night, and Chalye is done at morning. Jesa is a kind of celebration whose death like birthday. There is no more birthday for dead person instead they do Jesa on the date when the person died. On the other hand, Chalye is for all the ancestors (usually up to great-grandfather) of the family.
There is process to do the rites. There are order and rule when they put food on the table. But each family has little different rules, the food as well. Pour drink, and put chopsticks on Songpyun (on Jesa or Chalye on Seolnal which is Lunar New Year's Day, they put spoon and chopsticks), Keunjeol (Deep bow) twice, and wait for a while. They believe that ancestors eat food, so they give some time to their ancestors. Then take off the Jibang which is papers on the 병풍 Byungpoong (folding screen) and burn it. If ashes go high, it means good for family. Finally, it is time to eat.
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| Songpyung (Half-moon-shaped rice cake) is a sort of symbol of Chuseok |
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