Offering rites of the North Central coast cultural region
Culture and belief A record of custom.
The rites
- Tế Văn Thánh (offering rite to the Văn Thánh), Võ Thánh (offering rite to the Võ Thánh) of the villageTế Văn Thánh in spring and autumn (on the Đinh day); tế Võ Thánh in autumn; Quan Thánh's birthday celebration in the fifth lunar month
- Lễ Cầu ngư, cúng cá Ông (fishing prayer ceremony, offering to the Whale)Each fishing village has its own day: from the first lunar month to the fourth lunar month in the central region, the eighth lunar month in Cần Giờ; the death anniversary (giỗ) of cá Ông follows each village's custom
- Tế lễ (communal rituals) of the villages of Thừa Thiên HuếXuân tế (Xuân tự, Kỳ an), Thu tế (Thu thường, Thu báo) in the seventh lunar month, Đông chí; lễ kỵ Thành hoàng, Khai canh on the date of each village
- 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 cầu mưa, tạ mưa, cầu tạnh (rain-praying, rain-thanking, and rain-stopping ceremonies)When there is drought or by the yearly custom at the start of the planting season: the Thái in Mộc Châu on the full moon of the second lunar month, the Black Lô Lô in the third lunar month, the Gia-rai in the fourth and fifth months
- Lễ rước sắc, mừng sắc phong (procession of the royal edict and celebration of the conferment)At the beginning of the communal house festival (in Nam Bộ: the first day of the Kỳ yên festival); Phú Gia (Hà Tĩnh) on the 7th of the first lunar month