According to the folk tradition of our people, the altar is a sacred place to worship ancestors in the house. When placing the altar you absolutely need to avoid including under the rafters, under the stairs or the toilet. You should also not place the altar opposite the toilet or the kitchen because the air is very strong, not good for the place of worship, which can easily affect fortune and health. In addition, the altar wall should not be attached to the kitchen or toilet, above the pipes or drains. At the same time, you should also avoid placing the altar in places where there is a strong wind passing by because it will affect the sacred place. The worship area always needs quiet The place to place the altar you should put away from all kinds of audio equipment such as speakers, radio, TV … or musical instruments such as piano, trumpet, drums … because they will affect the spiritual place of your home. At the same time, because the heat of incense bowls and worshiping items is also incompatible with fans and air conditioners, placing them close together will not be good for electronic devices. If you commit this, it will cause turmoil in the family, not getting along, unstable health, especially the man in the family. Do not place the altar near the toilet Do not place in a dark place The altar is a place that needs quiet and separation. However, on the altar, it is always necessary to maintain enough light for the homeowner to easily observe, and at the same time, create a solemn and solemn atmosphere for the place of worship. When choosing yellow light is the right choice for most living rooms today. In addition, homeowners should avoid overusing decorative flashing lights because they are not good for the water room, which can easily affect the Buddha gods who are always on the higher throne than their ancestors. Besides, when placing the altar of God Buddha and the altar of ancestors, it is better to place them apart or make two separate altars. The reason is that Gods and Buddhas are often vegetarians, while their ancestors can eat salty foods. When you offer food, you should also separate these two altars. Do not place the altar lower than a person’s head The altar must be higher than a person’s head One of the principles when designing the altar is that you should set the height of the altar to be higher than the head to pay respect to the gods and ancestors in the house. When you place the altar lower than eye level, every time you burn incense or pray, the owner has to look down, which will cause difficulties. At the same time, this is a very serious taboo in Asian spiritual culture when the superior is lower than the lower.

Feng shui researcher Nguyen Xuan Cuong shares some notes when setting up the altar that families can refer to. Do not move the incense bowl to the wrong position At the end of the year, all families clean the altar to celebrate Tet. According to feng shui, should not arbitrarily move the incense bowl. If the bowl of incense is moved in a bad direction, it can even cause bad luck for the homeowner. The days bordering on the Lunar New Year are the occasion when people clean the altar and prepare to welcome the new year. Photo: Pham Thang. It should be noted, after taking out the incense, we should not hold the incense bowl to pour out the ashes. Because according to the concept of the ancients, this approach is very easy to spread talent and gossip. We should use a small spoon, scoop each spoonful of the incense to spill out. When cleaning, families should use a new towel, wipe from high to low. Wiping water is alcohol with crushed ginger branch. Fruit tray presentation The tray is an indispensable thing on the altar in every family during Tet. Around December 28 and 29, after cleaning the ancestral worship place, families began to set up a beautifully decorated five-fruit tray to place on the altar. Depending on the region, you will choose different fruits, the North usually includes bananas, oranges, Buddhas, grapefruit, peaches, persimmons, peppers … Each type represents a wish of the owner, ensuring the white color, Blue, yellow, black, pink. For the Northern people, the green banana bunch placed at the bottom represents the descendants who gather, gather, surround and protect each other. However, this type of fruit never appeared in the Southern fruit tray. They believe that bananas are associated with business failure. The conception comes from the pronunciation of the banana in the southern voice as “chewing”, which is close to “chewing”, just doing business is difficult. Many families choose to display the five-fruit tray according to feng shui with the concept of welcoming more fortune in the new year. Photo: Viet Linh. Southerners often prepare 5 kinds of fruits, namely custard apple, fig, coconut, papaya, and mango with the concept of “demand for fig, just enough to use”. Oranges and tangerines are associated with the concept of “tangerine do resignation”, which means a lot of work and hardship, so they are not displayed on Tet. Meanwhile, the Central people have an important respect to their ancestors and have almost no taboo on any kind of fruit, even in terms of flavor, color and name in the five-fruit tray. The fruit tray usually includes dragon fruit, watermelon, mango, grapefruit, grape, pineapple, apple, orange, pear, custard apple … The layout is simple, not too fussy, thereby showing some personality. the sincerity of the people here. Do not put fake flowers and fruit on the altar Many families often have the habit of displaying fake flowers on the altar because they both save money and do not have to change water. However, expert Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that plastic flowers or flashing electric lights should not be displayed on the altar. When descendants display real fruit, they will show their respect and respect to their ancestors. Fresh flowers and fruits should be used to display on the altar during Tet. Photo: Viet Linh. In addition, we should use fresh flowers to display on the altar, choose types with beautiful names, pleasant aroma. Fresh flowers should be used such as lily, yellow chrysanthemum, apricot blossom, peach blossom that is both beautiful, long-lasting, bringing the Tet atmosphere. According to traditional beliefs, some types of flowers should not be placed on the altar of Tet, such as lilies, orchids, and lilies. Also according to Professor Nguyen Xuan Cuong, in order to show respect to ancestors, homeowners are not allowed to bring wild flowers growing along the road to display on the altar.

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These objects not only show the complete and respectful owner, but also symbolize prosperity, full of wealth and long-term prosperity.

Phung Phuong Feng Shui will help homeowners place the altar of the God of Fortune properly with the above items!

Salt

Since ancient times, salt has been a precious asset, symbolizing a pure, strong will and carrying within itself the meaning of saltyness.

Place the salt jar in the middle of the rice jar and wine jar on the Than Tai altar to wish for a passionate, full and prosperous love life.

Rice

Considered “the pearl of heaven”, is the main source of food to feed people, moreover it also implies pristine purity.

Ordering rice jars is a way of expressing deep gratitude to the Gods who have given us a wet rice civilization and yearn for a full and prosperous life.

Alcohol

Wine is the drink of the gods, the wine is hot, natural, so it will be placed on the left hand side, along with the God of Fortune in the direction of the altar.

Tray of 5 cups of water

The tray of 5 cups of water represents Ngu Phuong Ngu Tho Long Than. If salt, rice and wine are placed behind the incense bowl, a tray of 5 cups of water must be placed in front of the bowl of incense with the meaning of Minh Duong condensed.

But according to the feng-shui concept of “Son of management, Thuy Thuy fortune”, placing water in front will help accumulate wealth for homeowners.

In addition to the necessary items above, you should sometimes add items to gather talent and close talent to bestow more prosperity and attract strong fortune.

* Information in the article is for reference and contemplative purposes.