Suggestions to prepare a tray to worship the Korean New Year are fully and detailed

According to tradition, on the 3rd of 3rd lunar month, Vietnamese people bustle to prepare a real Korean New Year ceremony.
In the Chinese literal sense, “Han” is cold, “real” is to eat, the real Korean New Year is to eat cold food. The ceremonial ceremony for Korean New Year’s Day includes: floating cakes, vegetarian cakes, incense, flowers, betel and areca.

Floating cake, vegetarian cake According to Trinh Sinh culture researcher, the number of standard vegetarian cakes, floating cakes in the offering tray is 5 or 3 bowls of floating cakes, 3 or 5 bowls of vegetarian cakes. Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes, but symbolizing cold foods. That is the product from the bumper rice season to the ancestors as well as a prayer for good weather. Photo: VietNamNet Readers. The floating cake is made of glutinous rice dough and kneaded with water, filled with sugar. The cake is finished, placed in a pot of boiling water. The cake sinks and floats, picked out and soaked in boiled water, let it cool for hunting again, then picked it out on a plate. Floating cake plate is sprinkled with some fragrant roasted white sesame seeds. The vegetarian cake is also made of glutinous rice flour, kneaded with water and filled with, but filled with cooked green beans. The peas to make the cake must also be the same as the pepper beans, small, fragrant, steamed until finely pounded, mixed with white diameter. Vegetarian cake is placed in a bowl, filled with a little sugar tea mixed with melon flour or tapioca flour marinated with grapefruit flowers. Besides, on this day, many family members gather together to knead the dough and make cakes to show the spirit of solidarity and mutual support. Perfume, flowers, betel and areca In the worshiping ceremony, no matter how big or small, Vietnamese people are indispensable to compress incense, fresh flowers and betel and areca on the altar. Therefore, on the real Korean New Year, the worshiping tray will also be indispensable for these things. Note, the flowers used to worship must be fresh flowers. Glass of clean water In every Buddha or ancestor worshiping ceremony, a glass of clean water is indispensable on the altar. Water is a manifestation of the homeowner’s mind. Look at the glass of water to know: “Is my mind as pure as water?” Fruit tray In addition to the above foods, families can buy a plate of fresh fruit with about 5 kinds of fruit. Depending on the season, the homeowner chooses 5 fruits of different colors such as blue, red, yellow, purple … to represent the five elements, offering to the ancestors to show filial piety and wish good things. In addition, on this holiday, families do not need to prepare “high tray, full deck”, draw costly procedures but only need to be sincere, offer floating cakes, vegetarian meals to the altar of ancestors and grandparents, pray for the good and peaceful things in life. It could also be simpler, the family just set up a sincere plate of fresh fruit in the real Korean New Year ceremony.