hankyoreh

Sept. 7 marks the beginning of “baekno” – which means “white dew” – is one of the 24 seasonal divisions according to the lunar calendar. Traditionally, the temperature drops and dew begins to form, signaling that fall has started. On Sept. 6, students from Midong Elementary school played with scarecrows at a farm outside the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation’s Museum of Agriculture in the Jongno district of Seoul.