When the persimmons are ripen to eat on the tree at the late Autumn,
our ancesters had it a rule to leave a few persimmons without harvesting all of them
from the persimmon tree so that those can be eaten by korean magpies during the winter time
when there would be rare food to eat by them. We can think this gesture is also part of Korean heritage!
When Pearl S Buck saw a persimmon left in a tree not being picked,
she asked, "Is the reason why people did not pick the persimmon is that it is too hard because it is too high?"
The person who was asked this question answered,
"It is called ‘kkachibab’ which means ‘a meal for a magpie’ in Korean. People have left it for winter birds."
Buck said, being very admired, "Wonderful! This is what I exactly wanted to see when I came to Korea,
not just watching historical remains or royal tombs. This is a good enough reason to come to Korea."