The land offering is also known as the “Tai Tho Ky Yen” ceremony. Legend has it that, during the Tran dynasty, when Princess Huyen Tran was married to the king of Champa, Dai Viet received a wedding gift from the land of two continents: Chau O and Chau Ly (Chau Ri). When Dai Viet people came to these two continents to settle down, they were not familiar with the soil and climate, so there was a ritual of worshiping the land. This ritual is to show respect to the native gods and wish for a peaceful settlement. The time to worship the land is done on auspicious days, auspicious hours, the “zodiac hour” of the second or eighth lunar month. People in these regions often tell each other to be rich to do double, narrow to make a single, but a tray of earth offerings usually has three tables including: upper table, middle table and lower table. Some places make two tables. Each table has the scent of lamps, fruits, betel nut wine, votive paper. The upper table is placed in a dress of the earth god, the food includes chicken and sticky rice, surrounded by sticky rice and tea. Particularly for chickens, we must have red flags, yellow feathers, and yellow legs. Especially, the chicken is just right (neither young nor old), fat and fat. The middle table is placed on the middle table, the five-way robe, the offerings include boiled pork, a plate of sticky rice, three plates of crabs and boiled eggs, a piece of boiled meat and salt placed on top, and a tray of rice offerings, especially a plate of boiled potatoes and vegetables, a cup of water. Grilled and grilled fish and meat. The table put clothes, porridge, rice, salt, potatoes, cassava, peanuts… The tables are placed in front of the house, the owner stands from the house to bow. The list of offerings and prayers includes the land and houses of the owner to the gods of streams, gods of wells and ancestors of villages and clans. Especially offering to the souls of the Cham people who used to reside, the souls that no one worships… When the ceremony is almost over, the householder takes some offerings such as sticky rice, bananas, crab claws, chicken eggs, sweet potatoes, baked rice paper, etc. into a small folded banana sheath (the people call it “salad”). Then bring it out and hang it at the corner of a tree in the garden or near the house. The custom of hanging Sa Let has become a very unique feature. Finally, after the donation of the land, the neighbors will be invited to join in the fun because they have the concept of “selling distant relatives to buy close neighbors”, as well as an opportunity to exchange events to tighten “neighborhood friendship”. Over the years, today people in the “five Quang” regions still keep the custom of worshiping the land as a beautiful cultural feature. Invite readers to watch the video: Dangers of using weight loss foods online. Source: VTV24.

The market is held at dawn to shine the first rays of sunlight on Cam Son (Tinh Bien, An Giang). The market serves about 500 households scattered on the Forbidden Mountain and thousands of tourists make a daily pilgrimage to the sacred high mountains. It is called a market, but the scene of trade and exchange is peaceful and full of sharing and love between vendors. Because, they all understood each other, were familiar with each other for almost their whole life on this deep mountain cloud market. It is called May market because all year round immense white clouds cover the entire mountain, mandala clouds wrap tangerines under people’s feet. Clouds are rolling dew, clouds hanging around the way … On the first day, May market appeared, Cam mountain had only about 30 roofs. The mountains and forests were still unspoiled, full of snakes and wild beasts. Having grasped the needs of daily life and food products of the households living in the sacred forest, the Cham women at the foot of the mountain bravely carried the goods to sell. May market space encapsulates at the foot of Vo Bo Hong on Cam Mountain. It is also a hard journey to have the bustling sales of goods on May market. Every morning, when dawn was not yet dawn, the business partners had to squirm themselves to climb the mountain. Buyers call it going to the market, but to the sellers, they call it “market climbing”. From the foot of the mountain to the top, May market has 3 sub-points, namely Bai Teo junction, Trai Hom junction and Truong Truong junction. Here, sellers take advantage of resting feet, wiping sweat and serving a few roofs halfway up the slope. Here, there is no concept of defiance. Throughout the fair, there was no more or less haggling. Buyers happily withdraw their money, sympathy for the pain of bringing “market” up the mountain of women and sisters. The path to May market is nearly 10 kilometers long, winding, meandering with successive slopes, cliffs ready to unravel, rolling stones, dark, smoking abyss. Double optical burden, how many years have passed, the day is as fresh as when driving the ball is still a product, a certain weight. A special feature of May market is that it does not sell wildlife like many other mountain markets. They sell simple and familiar products from the mountains and forests such as bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, chayote, cold rice … Every market has its own rules, at May market, whoever sells any product, is always loyal. With it, buyers are just waiting for their acquaintances to buy. If someone impersonates the May market selling counterfeit goods, it will be immediately discovered and boycotted. Even though it was a business, evil wouldn’t exist in this place. Cho May only holds meetings within 2 hours. Those who have stock will continue to carry to sell along the rock canyons, the paths leading to each house, hiding behind the canopy of the forest. Just like that, their feet ran until they ran out of stock before they returned home. People in May market have a song: “Bring dawn in the morning, bring sunset in the afternoon”. Struggling to make a living At 5:00 in the morning, from Van Linh Pagoda, we heard the resounding voices of greetings coming from May market. The scene of trading in the mist, beside Thuy Liem Lake, at the foot of Vo Bo Hong is like a place in the middle of a fairy tale. The earliest person to go to the market was probably Mrs. Neàng Say La (62 years old). At that age, Mrs. Say La was still diligent every day, persisting with the load of boiled cassava. With her head wrapped in a bandana, wearing a jaggery-braided hat, Say La attracted me and any other crossroads while walking around May market. Her sweet potatoes were hot and smelly, mingling the aromas of the typical soil, rock and water of the Forbidden Mountains. This fish will sell from dawn until sunset. Mrs. Say La was born and lived most of her human life on the top of Thien Cam Son. Her life, the number of times going down the foot of the mountain can only be counted on the fingers. She had never known a city or town in her own region. She said she felt lost in the street, very strange, preferring to live in the mountains. She has been selling goods at May market for only ten years. Previously, she lived with her father on the top of Vo Bo Hon, specializing in collecting free medicines for people in the Forbidden Mountain area. From the day of her father’s death, she moved to a small house at the foot of the Maitreya Buddha statue living quietly with boiled sweet potatoes. Whoever buys as much as she also sells, but at most only 10 thousand dong. Whoever buys more, she smiles and says: “If you eat more, I will give you, no more money”. Her goods are only about 2 hours before they are finished. She turned her burden back, her back cuffs bent to the ground, her stray steps in the wind, for a moment was hidden in the mist. A familiar image at May market is a woman’s pair. Mrs. Neàng Thanh Sao (45 years old) said in a sigh, but did not forget to smile at ease with the profession that has been with her for nearly 20 years. She confided that in rainy days, the way to the Forbidden Mountain was slippery, her Lao sandals were worn out, easy to slip off, she took off her sandals with bare feet, had to press all 10 toes into the rock. Each time she fell to her knees, still trying to balance her load. In times of not being able to support it, both the body and the burden rolled to the ground, cutting them out. People on the mountain see vegetables covered with mud, the more they love, the more they buy. During her pregnancy, Ms. Sao still regularly climbed the market without skipping any session. Also fell, also slipped to the ground, but luckily, the god of the mountain, the god of the forest, loved the child in peace until the day of birth. Ms. Sao said happily that many women who climb mountains are extremely easy to give birth. She gave birth to 3 children, so naturally, none of them had to go to the hospital. This, Ms. Neang Kim San is a living witness. A lifetime of burden of rain 52 years old, Ms. Neang Kim San is still tough, persistent with the profession of “market climbing”. Quang’s burden is always heavy with tea and fruit cakes. In the army, Ms. Kim San belongs to the ranks of village elders with more than 30 years of age. That day, Kim San just got married, had little land, no job, and a poor life. Her husband went to Cambodia to fish, so he was engrossed in the country of Bien Ho, leaving his wife alone and hungry. Tried to do a few things such as collecting water hyacinth, picking crazy flowers in the flooding season but erratic, with no meals, she asked the sisters in the village to let them learn the profession “climbing the market”. Fruits are carried from the foot of the mountain to sell. She chose to sell sticky rice, tea, and bread, because these items are easy to get, popular with all households, and are rare goods in the mountains. In the early days, she felt like her legs fell off, her shoulders were purple, and she hurt her bones. The first week, she was carrying and crying so hard, she just wanted to give up. The sisters encouraged them, each took some of the goods, and together they sold them to help. Sisterhood “climbing the market” has revived her spirit. Every time her husband returns, Mrs. Kim San becomes pregnant. Her first child, she climbed the mountain until the day of birth. After giving birth exactly 1 month, she continued to go up the mountain, her shoulders weighed more goods, her anxiety increased a few parts. Children at home are hungry and cry, the mother is filled with chest tightness, she wants to suffocate. Looking at her, the sisters and brothers were so desperate to sell all of them, and yet they shared them so that she could quickly return to breastfeed. This child has just finished weaning, she is pregnant again. Why are you poor but give birth so much? Brothers and sisters are shy. She said, I miss it, just give birth to this child. But, come on, the 3rd and 4th continue to be born. She gave birth easily, simply and had something miraculous that could not be explained. Ms. San said that when she was 6 months old when she was pregnant with her third child, she fell down a cliff about 10m when she got stuck on a tree. At that time it was still foggy, the visibility was no more than 2m. The left wheel was splashed everywhere, losing both of them to the cliff. Sisters go together in panic to save each other. Pulling her up, her limbs were only scratched on the skin, the rest was unharmed. They quickly called a motorbike taxi to take her down the mountain. Mrs. San came home, felt normal and felt normal, so she did not go to the hospital anymore. The next day, she went to the market again from 3 am. By the ninth month, her pregnant belly surpassed her face and her legs were swollen, but she was still working hard. Going too much, working hard, the baby in the belly “emerged” 10 days earlier than planned. That day, Ms. San got up at 2 am, preparing to take care of the mountain trip, suddenly felt abdominal pain, then ruptured amniotic fluid. Before the midwife arrived, the child was born. Mrs. Kim San’s children were growing up like that, but none of them were sick. She always thinks, children come to me is predestined, to be with me is debt. 34 years old, Kim San is the mother of 4 children. She honestly said that if her husband did not leave to get another wife to find a son, she would probably still give birth. At the age of 44, Mrs. Kim San became a grandmother. The eldest daughter soon “broke the burden” in the middle of the road, then left her two grandchildren behind for her grandmother to take care of. She accepted all, hugged everything in her arms. In this life, she is willing to make sacrifices for her children and grandchildren, according to her philosophy of life.

Tiet Thanh Minh arrives 60 days after Lap Spring, 105 days after the Winter solstice day. The first day of this period is called Tet Thanh Minh. Thanh Minh Tet in 2019 falls on the 5th of April of the solar calendar (1/3 of the lunar calendar). Vietnamese people often worship Tet Thanh Minh at the family and ancestors’ grave, so it is necessary to prepare 2 ceremonies. Thanh Minh worshiping ceremony at the tomb Depending on the family, the Thanh Minh Tet ceremony at the ancestor’s grave can be a vegetarian or salty ceremony. The offerings include: incense, lamp, tea, fruit, wine, clear water, betel nut and gold coins. Vegetarian tray includes: Sticky rice, banana cake, fruit cake, water bottle, salted rice, burns, butter, honey cup. The salty tray in addition to the above has added meat wine, sausage, boiled chicken or braised pork rolls. If there are many incense bowls, each bowl must be lit, while the offerings placed on the table can be shared. When going to graves, the main job is to repair the tombs to be clean, re-fill the tombs for fullness, remove weeds and wild trees overgrown the tomb, then put the offerings to Tet Thanh Minh. Finished offering, waiting for the incense to burn about 2/3, then the ceremony to give thanks, turn gold and ask for fortune to go home to celebrate the family and ancestors at home. If it is written down on paper, then after reading it, it will also bring goods. When going to the gravesite, pay attention to walking gently, carefully, do not mess up and swirl rubble soil to avoid affecting the surrounding environment and landscape. Do not step on another’s tomb or kick offerings on someone else’s tomb. If there are young children, pay attention to the careful supervision of them. tet Thanh Minh New Year worshiping ceremony at home The offering at home does not require too fussy, depending on the conditions of each family or local customs and habits to prepare. You can make a tray to worship Thanh Minh Tet with a full range of savory dishes such as sticky rice, boiled chicken, sausages, bamboo shoots soup, vermicelli, adding a stir-fried plate … and some other offerings such as fruit, fresh flowers, betel nut, votive … Buddhist families prepare vegetarian offerings. Some families do not cook Tet Thanh Minh offerings, only burn incense with fresh flowers and fruits, tea, candies … to pay tribute to ancestors. Before worshiping, it is necessary to clean the house to be tidy and clean, to clean the ancestral altar. The worshiper must wear clean, neat clothes and put on incense, bow to the ancestors and read vows. When a week of incense burns out, the family can turn gold and ask for the enjoyment of the fortune.

This Tet holiday not only appears in Vietnam but also in China as well as the Chinese community around the world. For Vietnamese people, the real Korean New Year is still bold. These days, Vietnamese people will eat cold cooked dishes to commemorate the deceased. The fried cake variation is quite delicious and strange. Illustration Regarding the ritual of worshiping this day, books like 100 things to know about Vietnamese custom or Van vow nôm at home – The family ancestor worship practice, instructions: “The real Korean New Year worship ceremony includes incense, flowers, Betel areca and 5 or 3 bowls of floating cake with 5 or 3 bowls of vegetarian cake ”. In addition to the 2 typical floating cakes and vegetarian cakes of this Korean festival, today, in some places, people can also cook sticky rice and tea. In some suburbs of Hanoi and in Hat Mon (Phuc Tho, Hanoi), people here also make cakes to worship Buddha and worship their ancestors. Banh Nhot is also made from glutinous rice flour, but banh xeo has no fillings. Depending on each place, after boiling, the cake will be stir-fried with honey or stick a few peanuts on the outside. In addition to the traditional floating cakes – vegetarian cakes, people also create many variations of floating cakes with extremely funny shapes. In addition, people also mix cake flour with Gac, pineapple leaves to have a beautiful color. Vegetarian cakes instead of green beans can be pumpkin vegetarian cakes, red bean vegetarian cakes … In addition, some people also change fried floating cakes, fresh coconut floating cakes are also quite delicious and strange.