Year-End Offering in Three Regions: Dates, Offering Trays and Meaning
Cúng tất niên is the year-end offering that thanks the ancestors and sees off the old year: the day, the trays of three regions, the prayer and its meaning.
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Yes, they are the same rite of seeing off ancestors after Tet, but called differently by region. The North calls it hóa vàng, the South calls it cúng tất, and the Center calls it tiễn ông bà. The core meaning is gratitude and sending ancestors back to the underworld.
From the article “Seeing Off the Ancestors After Tet in Three Regions: How Do Hóa Vàng, Tiễn Ông Bà, and Cúng Tất Differ?”
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