PHOTOS: Shoppers throng Seoul's Gyeongdong Market ahead of Chuseok holiday
By Kim Dong-wooPosted : September 13, 2024, 17:28Updated : September 13, 2024, 17:32
SEOUL, September 13 (AJP) - Gyeongdong Market, one of the nation’s largest traditional markets located in eastern Seoul, bustled with shoppers on Friday, one day before the five-day Chuseok fall harvest holiday begins.
People flocked to the market to purchase items for ancestral rites and family feasts, like fruits, meats and rice cakes. Gyeongdong Market opened in 1960, specializing in herbal medicine and ginseng.
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
Gyeongdong Market in Seoul is crowded with visitors on Sept. 13, 2024. AJP Kim Dong-woo
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
A woman shops at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
A woman shops at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
A vendor prepares fresh chicken at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
A man shops at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
Visitors walk past shops at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024. AJP Kim Dong-woo
People shop at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare for the Chuseok holiday. AJP Kim Dong-woo
Gyeongdong Market in Seoul is crowded with visitors on Sept. 13, 2024. AJP Kim Dong-woo
A shopper browses goods at Gyeongdong Market in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024. AJP Kim Dong-woo
SMEs and Startups Minister Oh Young-ju (center), German Ambassador to Korea Georg Wilfried Schmidt (left) and Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Ho pose at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024. AJP Kim Dong-woo
SMEs and Startups Minister Oh Young-ju (second from right), German Ambassador to Korea Georg Wilfried Schmidt (third from right) and Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Ho (fourth from right) examine goods at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024. AJP Kim Dong-woo
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