On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you cannot do anything

On the first day of Tet, in order to avoid unlucky procession and loss of fortune for the whole year, Vietnamese people often abstain from breaking things, avoiding anger, anger, groundbreaking, and excavation.

first. For water, for fire: According to Vietnamese beliefs, fire is red luck, luck, the first day of fire means bringing your luck to them, making the whole year in misfortune, or having disasters, the job is not as expected. In addition, giving water has a similar consequence. Water represents the family’s wealth and vitality, avoiding bringing water to others so as not to lose money. Image: Viet Linh. 2. Crying, angry: The old people thought that the first day of crying and quarreling would lead to sad and unlucky things for the whole year. Tet is an opportunity to reunite, to reunite with family, relatives and friends, so things should not affect the atmosphere of the spring day. Image: W esten. 3. Abstain from breaking things in the house: The ancients often perceived the fall and breaking of furniture, signaling separation, separation and a bad omen for the whole year. Therefore, in the first days of the year, fragile objects such as cups, dishes, mirrors … are used very carefully. Photo: Dmitry. 4. Abstain from borrowing and debt repayment at the beginning of the year: In the first days of the year, you should not borrow or give money because it will make your family fall into poverty for the whole year. This stems from the concept of opening the door to welcome fortune in the house. Therefore, if you pay or lend money or goods, it means “offering” your fortune to others. Image: W esten. 5. Abstain from awakening people who are sleeping on the 1st: If you go to New Year wishes to relatives and friends but the landlord is sleeping, you should wait for another visit instead of waking the person up. Not only customers, even family members should not wake up relatives, but let them wake up by themselves. According to folk beliefs, waking up people who are sleeping causes them throughout the new year will always encounter the urge and urge to say goodbye to others. Image: W esten. 6. Abstain from wearing black and white clothing : According to the concept, white and black are the two colors representing funerals and deaths, so in the first days of the year, you must wear colorful clothes such as red, yellow, pink, blue … thus creating fun and excitement. Image: Pixel. 7. Abstain from groundbreaking, digging soil : On the first day of the new year, fearing that the whole year of business is not favorable, Vietnamese people also abstain from digging the soil, pounding the mortar. Image: W esten. 8. Abstain from sweeping the house, dumping garbage: According to folk belief, sweeping the house on the first 3 days of the new year will expel the god of Tai from the house and the money will also follow, causing financial loss for the whole year. Particularly in the South, after cleaning, families have to put away all their brooms because they think that if they lose their brooms on Tet holiday, they will be in bad luck for the whole year and all their possessions could be stolen. Photo: Getty. 9. Don’t say bad luck: Vietnamese people think that words at the beginning of the year will affect the whole year, so Tet should only say good things to have a lot of luck. Therefore, the words and actions can bring such misfortune “ “Die”, “it’s over” … often advised to avoid using it. In particular, on New Year’s day, people should not speak loudly to avoid losing the peace, banishing the spurt. Minh Hoang.