Topic: Ancestor worship

1.GENERAL INTRODUCTION

In the custom of ancestor worship, Vietnamese people attach great importance to annual death anniversary offerings on the date of death, usually calculated according to the lunar calendar.

The Ancestor worship tray will depend on each region, the main dishes will be dishes that the Ancestors, or the deceased, like, or they can also be familiar dishes or local specialties direction.

2.ANCESTOR WORSHIP RITUALS IN VIETNAM

Time or offerings of worship:

How to arrange the ancestral altar:

The traditional death anniversary offering tray will include 2 savory, 2 light, 1 soup, and 1 plate of sticky rice.

The correct way to arrange the ancestral altar is extremely important and the homeowner needs to pay attention to it. To attract fortune and luck, you can arrange the altar according to the standard feng shui diagram as follows:...

In addition to preparing a decent offering of rice, you must prepare all the necessary items when worshiping your Ancestors including candles, incense, wine, tea, fresh flowers, fruits,...

When lighting incense, people must let the incense be straight, avoid letting the incense be tilted, crooked or leaning, causing the flame between the incense sticks to be uneven, causing the incense to go out, the incense ash to fall down can cause the offerings on the altar to catch fire or cause a fire.

3.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRUIT OFFERINGS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH

Before Tet, the Northern Tet market has many types of fruits prepared for beautiful five-fruit trays, but the five-fruit trays do not read like the South to create a meaningful wish, first of all it must be beautiful.

On both sides of the altar, place 2 sugarcane trees for the grandparents to use their canes to pray for peace for their children and grandchildren.

Different from the five-fruit tray in the North (any fruit can be displayed), the five-fruit tray in the South is decorated with 5 types of fruit combined into a meaningful, rhyming sentence: Cau, Coconut (Medium). ), Papaya, Mango(Xoai), Pineapple or Fig.

4.THE MEANING OF ANCESTOR WORSHIP CUSTOMS


Spiritually, ancestor worship symbolizes the good wishes of descendants to their ancestors, wishing them all the best, career, health, and luck.

Ancestor worship is a spiritual activity and a cultural belief of the Vietnamese people. The meaning of ancestor worship is rich in humanity.

  1. Conclusion

Worship symbolizes the connection between the past and the present. This promotes and creates good living values for the present.
We need to preserve and promote this wonderful tradition.

Vietnamese people not only worship their grandparents and parents, who gave birth and raised us, but also worship the heroes who have contributed to protecting the country.
For many generations, Hung Kings’s death Anniversary at Hung Temple has always been respected and celebrated every year.