Where to go over the Chuseok holiday, starting with the places that have something on

If you want one performance out of the holiday, Yongsan is the easy option. Search interest here is the highest of the ten candidates.

The listed stage is Yeollin Madang (열린마당). It runs on three days, the 24th, 26th and 27th, twice each at 13:00 and 15:00. The 24th has the Gyeol Korean traditional orchestra and Samul Gwangdae. The 26th has Sori ON and Yeonhui Company Yuhui. The 27th at 15:00 is pansori singer Kim Jun-su with Second Moon.

It is free on the spot, with no booking. The museum closes on the 25th, Chuseok day. If the day itself is your only free one, number 2 suits better.

If any of the four days will do, a palace is the easiest call. From the 24th to the 27th, Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Deoksugung and Changgyeonggung, plus Jongmyo and the Joseon royal tombs, are free. Only Changdeokgung's Huwon is left out.

Jongmyo, which normally needs a booking, takes walk-ins for these four days. The guard changing ceremony in front of Gwanghwamun runs at 10:00 and 14:00. The sentry ceremony is at 11:00 and 13:00, the patrol ceremony at 15:00. That scene everyone photographs happens five times a day.

The National Folk Museum inside the grounds has two days of free programs, the 26th and 27th. It closes on Chuseok day. Across the road at Gwanghwamun Square, traditional games and performances run free all four days. Unhyeongung also runs traditional games and Korean music from 11:00 to 17:00 across the four days.

If you want to shape songpyeon and thresh rice with children in the daytime, head to Yongin. From the 24th to the 27th, "House to House on Chuseok Day" runs across the village.

At 11:30 on Chuseok day there is a seongju gosa rite with a farmers' band. At the performance hall, visitors join hands and step into the ganggangsullae once the show ends. "Songpyeon at the Nobleman's House" shares out from 16:00. At "Mr. O's Early Rice Harvest" you thresh rice and pound a mortar. The Hanguk-gwan bibimbap buffet runs at lunchtime on the 25th and 26th only.

This is the one you buy a ticket for. Website opening hours are 10:00 to 22:00 as of 20 September. Prices are not in the articles, so the ticket page on the website is the accurate source.

If the rites fill the daytime and you go out at night, the Suwon fortress wall fits. From 19 September to 6 October it lights up daily from 18:00 to 22:00. All four holiday days fall inside that.

At Hwaseomun, the 35-minute panoramic projection "Saebit Dongnak" plays. The foundation's notice lists three showings, at 19:30, 20:30 and 21:30. "Oreubit Water Pagoda" at Jangan Park reacts as you move. "Suwon Universe" at Jangammun wraps around you at 360 degrees. The three sit along a 1.5km route.

Seating at Hwaseomun is free on weekdays, ₩5,000 at weekends and on public holidays. All four holiday days are a weekend or a public holiday, so the seating costs. From the bus transfer center at Suwon Station exit 4, buses 11, 13 and 60 take 10 to 15 minutes.

If you are going out of the capital region for the holiday, Andong is the one. It runs 11 days, from 24 September to 4 October. All four holiday days sit inside that. The opening ceremony is at 19:00 on Chuseok day, on the main stage at Andong Station.

Overseas companies come from 23 countries, 27 teams in all. Korean traditional mask dance brings 17 groups. Ten madangguk and new-work teams join them. Hahoe Village stages Hahoe Byeolsingut Talnori. At 19:00 on the 26th, Seonyu Julbulnori lights up Mansongjeong and Buyongdae.

Watching is free. Only some hands-on programs and the mask dance hall performances are paid. Neither the articles nor the official notice mention shuttles or parking. For directions, call 054-840-3400 first.