Mid-Autumn Festival according to the Lunar calendar is the 15th day of the 8th lunar month every year. This is a children's festival and is also known as the 15th lunar month festival, lantern festival, moon-watching festival, reunion festival, children's festival...
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| Mid-Autumn Festival tray. (Source: Food News) |
Mid-Autumn Festival in 2024 will take place on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, which is September 17th according to the solar calendar.
Children often look forward to this day because they are often given star lanterns, carp lanterns, lanterns, masks by adults and get to eat moon cakes; it is an occasion to show gratitude to ancestors and grandparents. However, to fully celebrate this Tet holiday, you need to pay attention to the things you should and should not do.
Should family reunion
Mid-Autumn Festival is a family reunion festival, so you should take time to visit your parents. Care for them more, give them loving words and beautiful actions to express gratitude to your parents.
Should wear red clothes
Folklore believes that colors affect the attraction of bad luck and good luck. Therefore, on the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival, people should avoid wearing dark clothes such as gray or black. Because these clothes will bring bad luck. Instead, you can wear red and yellow to symbolize luck, fortune, prosperity, and avoid bad luck for the next half of the year.
Should wear lucky bracelet
If you are still single and want to find your other half, you should prepare a red lucky string. You can wear it on your wrist, ankle, and note that men wear it on the left side, women on the right side.
Should tie hair neatly, sweep hair to one side
Hair is also considered one of the important factors that affect your ability to attract wealth. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, you should pull your hair back and keep it neatly to one side so that it does not cover your forehead. This will help your family always have good luck and wealth.
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Should do good deeds
On the full moon day, you can release animals to increase your blessings. In addition, helping those in need around you is also a good deed.
Should burn incense on the ancestral altar
On the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, before going out, you should burn incense at the ancestral altar. Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival of family affection, so burning an incense stick is to remember your ancestors, remember your roots, which is the identity of the Vietnamese people.
Do not worship Mid-Autumn Festival before noon
According to traditional customs, the Moon worshiping ceremony during the Mid-Autumn Festival should be held after noon, because at this time the Sun has gradually set and the Moon has begun to appear.
In particular, when preparing the tray for the Mid-Autumn Festival, you should not use fruits with distorted or ugly shapes to offer to your ancestors. The ancients believed that round fruits bring good fortune. Therefore, when choosing fruits, you need to choose carefully.
The Mid-Autumn Festival tray should be placed in the direction of the Moon. At the same time, you should wait until the incense has burned out and the votive papers have been burned before taking down the tray to enjoy the blessings with your relatives and friends.
Do not turn objects upside down.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families will display offerings and gifts to worship the moon and their ancestors, but be careful not to turn the objects upside down.
In particular, for items such as incense bowls, lanterns or other decorative items, placing them upside down not only affects aesthetics but is also considered disrespectful to ancestors and gods.
On an important holiday like the Mid-Autumn Festival, maintaining order and cleanliness also shows the family's sincerity and careful preparation.
Don't go out if you are sick or weak.
Mid-Autumn Festival is an occasion for people to have fun, participate in lantern parades, moon-watching activities... but not everyone should go out on this day. According to folk beliefs, people with health problems, illness, disease or discomfort should not go out.
In addition, women who have just given birth or had a miscarriage should avoid going out at night and should not sit outside to celebrate. At night, the yin energy is often very heavy, so women who have just given birth are often weaker than normal people, so they should limit going out. Moreover, the temperature at night is lower than during the day, making it easy to catch a cold.
No swearing
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival that celebrates family reunions and traditional values. Therefore, maintaining dignity and polite behavior is important.
According to folk beliefs, swearing and cursing during the Mid-Autumn Festival not only destroys the sacred atmosphere of the holiday but can also bring bad luck to you and your family.
Don't point at the moon
Folklore holds that pointing at the moon shows disrespect to the moon. This is one of the taboos that should not be done on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Moon is an object of worship during the Mid-Autumn Festival, symbolizing wholeness and perfection. Therefore, pointing at the Moon is considered an insult to the Moon and can cause unfortunate consequences.
Source: https://baoquocte.vn/tet-trung-thu-2024-sum-hop-gia-dinh-lam-viec-thien-va-hon-the-nua-286314.html
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