The service facility for offering offerings on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month is busy "closing orders" and delivering goods.

At this time, service establishments making offerings for the full moon of July in Ha Tinh city have received many orders not only from local people but also from other localities in the province.

Offerings for the full moon festival in July in Ha Tinh are increasingly being invested in more thoroughly by service establishments.

High order volume

Busy with work, the full moon of the seventh lunar month this year falls in the middle of the week, so Ms. Tran Thi Tu Anh (Tan Giang ward, Ha Tinh city) chose to go to the online market to buy offerings for the family's ancestral altar. Ms. Tu Anh shared: "In the Vietnamese mind, the full moon of the seventh lunar month is an important holiday, so I also have to consider where to put the offerings early to prepare properly. I chose a tray of chicken and sticky rice and a set of lotus flower sweet soup with the desire to show the respect of children and grandchildren to their grandparents and ancestors as well as pray for peace and good things for myself and my family."

As a trusted address for many customers in choosing offerings for ceremonies, Ms. Hong Thanh (Cao Thang Street, Ha Tinh City) has received nearly 80 orders for offering chicken, chicken sticky rice, roast meat, five-color sticky rice... At this time, she is gradually preparing ingredients to meet customer demand.

Ms. Hong Thanh (Cao Thang Street, Ha Tinh City) has received nearly 80 orders for making offerings for the 15th day of the 7th lunar month.

Ms. Hong Thanh said: “This year, many customers have “closed orders” early so that I can arrange the most thoughtful offering tray. The chicken sticky rice tray usually costs from 600,000 VND to 2 million VND. In addition, the establishment also serves individual dishes such as: sticky rice, five-color sticky rice, beef sausage, moon cake, pork sausage, lotus seed sweet soup... It is expected that orders will increase in the following days. Orders will be delivered to customers from the 10th day of the 7th lunar month (August 25)”.

Grasping the consumption trend of the people, Nguyen Quy clean fruit shop (Phan Dinh Phung street, Ha Tinh city) has added the service of arranging fruit trays for customers. Ms. Nguyen Thi Quy - the shop owner shared: "Usually during this period, people have a lot of demand for offerings, especially when going to pagodas, temples, and family shrines. The pre-arranged fruit trays are increasingly innovated in design, meeting aesthetic requirements. Customers mainly order fruit trays priced from 300,000 VND to 1 million VND. We have been continuously receiving orders since the beginning of the 7th lunar month. All fruits are carefully selected by the shop to ensure freshness and beautiful colors".

Nguyen Quy fruit shop (Phan Dinh Phung street, Ha Tinh city) provides fruit tray decoration service for customers.

Not only fixed establishments and stores, but also in traditional markets, many small traders are also keen to take advantage of the market, receiving pre-orders from customers in need. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa - a fruit seller at Ha Tinh City Market said: "Along with selling directly at the market every day, I also receive orders when customers have needs and "ship" them to their doorstep. This year, the products are quite diverse, and the prices are stable at this time."

Vegetarian dishes attract customers

In recent years, vegetarian trays of food have often been "in demand" from the beginning of the seventh lunar month. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy - owner of Nhan Duyen vegetarian restaurant (Ha Tinh city) said: "The full vegetarian tray service is increasingly favored by customers because it helps save time, suitable for busy families. The current trend of customers is to choose trays of food using natural ingredients such as lotus, mushrooms, vegetables... We have received about 70 trays of offerings on this occasion".

Vegetarian dishes are mainly made from mushrooms and vegetables.

According to Ms. Thuy, the vegetarian dishes at the store cost from 300,000 VND to 1 million VND/tray, depending on the customer's choice. Of which, the vegetarian dish costs from 400,000 VND - 800,000 VND and is the most popular choice with about 9 - 11 dishes. The restaurant also accepts orders for many types of pre-processed foods such as: braised sake, braised mushrooms, vegetarian spring rolls, sweet soup, sticky rice, vegetarian ham... Customers only need to cook them before placing them on the offering tray.

Nhan Duyen Vegetarian Restaurant (Ha Tinh City) received about 70 vegetarian trays of food on the occasion of the 15th day of the 7th lunar month.

Vegetarian cakes and sweet soups are also attracting a lot of customers. According to Ms. Thuy Linh (Nguyen Cong Tru Street, Ha Tinh City), the shop has been making banh troi and banh chay for 10 days now. The number of cakes ordered has reached thousands, customers come from Can Loc, Cam Xuyen, Thach Ha districts, Ha Tinh City... We will focus on making and delivering orders from the 10th of the 7th lunar month, the cakes are frozen for easy storage.

Vegetarian cakes and desserts also attract many customers because of their convenience and high aesthetics.

Ms. Tran Thi Hien in Cam Xuyen town said: "The 15th day of the 7th lunar month is considered the day of pardon for the dead, so I choose vegetarian dishes instead of meat dishes because it is believed to reduce the karma of killing during the month to purify the mind and pray for luck. As for food, vegetarian dishes are easy to digest and good for health, so I often choose vegetarian offerings on Tet and the 15th day of the 7th lunar month."

According to a survey, many shop owners now also accept custom orders for unique offerings such as peach-shaped dumplings, lotus-shaped sticky rice balls, lotus jelly, etc. to make the full moon offering tray in July more lively.

Although the way of decoration and preparation is different, "the full moon of the seventh lunar month" is still an important holiday that Ha Tinh people cherish to show gratitude to their ancestors, grandparents, and parents who have passed away and to pray for good things to come to every home and every person.

Thai Oanh

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/thuong-mai-dich-vu/co-so-dich-vu-mam-le-cung-ram-thang-7-ban-ron-chot-don-giao-hang/253217.htm