- Northern: The tray is usually calculated according to the bowl, the plate includes 4 bowls and 4 plates, if the dish is large, then 6 bowls, 6 plates or 8 bowls, 8 plates. These bowls often have pork shank stewed with bamboo shoots, mixed cooked balls, chicken heart vermicelli, sprouted. The plate is usually sticky rice, banh chung, boiled meat, frozen meat, spring rolls, fried spring rolls, mannequins and pickled onions. Some families also offer chickens, chickens are usually castrated roosters.
- Central: On the offering tray of the Central people, there are banh chung, banh tet, melon dishes, Hue spring rolls, frozen meat, chicken with laksa leaves, Hue rolls, boiled pork, a bowl of dried bamboo shoots, Hue vermicelli, fried fish or ram. . The Central people’s tray is full of dishes.
- South: The offering tray is usually simpler, with only incense, flowers, lamps, jam, fruit, tea… But if it is a full salty tray, there will be boiled pork, boiled chicken, sticky rice, banh chung, tea…
The moment of transition between the old year and the new year, when the clock strikes 12 o’clock at night, the owner will sincerely pray for a new year of good luck and health for his family.
After offering New Year’s Eve outdoors, the owner will perform New Year’s Eve worship indoors to worship the Thong and ancestors, and ask the ancestors to bless the family in the new year to meet many good things.
New Year’s Eve offerings in the house
The New Year’s Eve worshiping ceremony in the house is the worshiping ceremony for Tho Cong, the god who governs the house. Indoor New Year’s Eve offerings are similar to outdoor New Year’s Eve offerings, but the hat will be removed.
The tray of offerings in the house will be prepared more fully and depending on each family, different dishes will be prepared. Usually, it is a pair of banh chung, chicken ceremony (chicken ceremony must be a young rooster that has not been roamed), a plate of sticky rice and a bowl of bamboo shoot soup.
New Year’s Eve offerings in the house.
The New Year’s Eve offerings in the house can be either savory or sweet depending on the conditions of each family.
- The savory tray includes: Banh chung, spring rolls, sticky rice, chicken… and some other dishes according to the needs and conditions of each family.
- Vegetarian tray includes: incense, flowers, candles, confectionery, Tet jam; wine/beer, vegetarian dishes and other beverages.
Depending on each region, the New Year’s Eve offerings also have their own differences. If the North’s tray is full of savory dishes, especially boiled chicken is indispensable, in the South, the offering can be simpler with a tray of five fruits, marigold flowers, incense burners, two candles, and paper. gold coins and a freshly chopped coconut.
When arranging items on the altar, the owner and family members stand dignified and polite in front of the altar. First, you need to pray to the god Tho – the god who is responsible for governing in the house, asking permission for ancestors and grandparents to come back to celebrate Tet with their family.
Next, the owner prays to the ancestors, asking them to bless the family members in the new year with peace and good health.
When offering New Year’s Eve, all family members must be present, standing dignified in front of the altar, clasping hands and praying to ancestors.
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