Offering rites of the Hoa people
Other names: Hán, Triều Châu, Phúc Kiến, Quảng Đông, Hải Nam, Hạ, Xạ Phạng
Culture and belief A record of custom.
- Language family
- Sinitic
- Population
- 749,466 (2019)
The rites
- Cúng tiết Thanh minh, tảo mộ (Thanh minh observance and grave tending)Thanh minh solar term
- Tang lễ (funeral rites: common rites, announcing the death, placing the body in the coffin)From the time a family member passes away until burial; the same text is also used at the memorial ceremonies afterward
- Cúng vía Ngọc Hoàng mùng 9 tháng Giêng (offering to the Jade Emperor on the 9th day of the first lunar month)The 9th day of the first lunar month; some guides note the ceremony is held at the hour of the Rat
- Offering at the cây hương (incense pillar) and the outdoor altarOn the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the first day of the lunar month, giỗ (death anniversary), Tết; in the South it is also where offerings are made on giao thừa (New Year's Eve); the Hoa people in Đà Lạt burn incense every morning
- Year-end thanksgiving ceremony at đền, chùa, đình, phủIn the twelfth lunar month, before Tết Nguyên đán (Lunar New Year)
- Lễ vía Quan Thánh Đế Quân (festival of Quan Thánh Đế Quân)Each place has its own date: the 24th of the sixth lunar month (Hội An, Chợ Lớn), the 13th of the fifth lunar month (Cần Thơ), and some places the 13th of the first lunar month
- Lễ vía Bà Thiên Hậu (festival of Bà Thiên Hậu)The 23rd day of the third lunar month; the lễ mộc dục (statue bathing rite) is held before that; many shrines in Nam Bộ also carry Bà's palanquin in procession on the full moon of the first lunar month