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What offerings need to be prepared for a cúng giỗ (death anniversary ceremony)?
According to Phan Kế Bính's Việt Nam phong tục, whether the giỗ is large or small, the offering tray must always begin with one bowl of upturned rice and one boiled egg. Beyond that, each household may prepare a chicken, a tray of sticky rice, or several trays of food, along with incense, lamps, tea and wine.
From the article “What to Prepare for a Death Anniversary Ceremony? Offerings, Offering Tray, Prayer Text, and the Order of the Day”
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When to Burn the Mourning Scarf: The 49-Day, 100-Day, First Death Anniversary, Final Death Anniversary, and the Rites of Removing and Completing Mourning
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When Does the Trung Tuc Vuong Le Lai Temple Festival (Tep Temple) Take Place, and Why Is Le Lai's Death Anniversary One Day Before Le Loi's?
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Hanoi Family Traditions: Death Anniversaries, Weddings and Funerals, and the Unspoken Rules the Whole Clan Follows
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Vegetarian death anniversary offering tray: when should you hold a vegetarian giỗ and what dishes go on it?
A vegetarian giỗ uses plant dishes like gỏi cuốn, canh kiểm, bánh bèo and lẩu nấm, fitting when the deceased ate chay or the family follows Buddhism.
What goes on the first death anniversary (tiểu tường) offering tray and how does it differ from an ordinary death anniversary?
Giỗ đầu (tiểu tường) is the first death anniversary, with a tray of cơm úp, boiled egg, chicken, xôi and vàng mã, more solemn than an ordinary giỗ.
What Dishes Are on a Northern Vietnamese Death Anniversary Offering Tray and How Is It Arranged?
A Northern Vietnamese gio tray usually features boiled chicken, sticky rice, bamboo shoot soup, spring rolls, and a bowl of rice with a boiled egg.
What dishes are on a Southern Vietnamese death anniversary offering tray, and how is a Nam Bo gio ceremony held?
What goes on a southern Vietnamese giỗ tray and how a Mekong Delta death anniversary is held: the dishes, the two days, and the portions guests take home.
What to Prepare for a Death Anniversary Ceremony? Offerings, Offering Tray, Prayer Text, and the Order of the Day
What does a giỗ require? Offerings, the offering tray, the prayer text and the order of the day, drawn from Vietnamese historical sources.
Who Should Officiate the Death Anniversary Ritual: Eldest Son, Younger Son, Daughter, or Daughter-in-law?
A giỗ is not only the eldest son's duty. Younger sons, daughters and daughters-in-law can all hold the rite, depending on family circumstances.
What must be prepared for a yearly giỗ thường (cát kỵ) offering tray to make the rites complete?
Giỗ thường (cát kỵ) yearly rites need no full feast like giỗ đầu or giỗ hết. Core offerings: hương đèn, trầu cau, rượu trà, a bowl of upside-down rice.
What offerings go on the đại tường memorial tray and how is mourning ended?
Giỗ hết đại tường marks the end of two years of mourning. It covers the offering tray, how to arrange it, and the sequence for xả tang in Vietnamese custom.
Making Offerings One Day Early or on the Exact Day: The lễ tiên thường and the lễ chính kỵ
The custom of offering a day early is called lễ tiên thường, with the main chính kỵ the next day. Its origin, distinctions and meaning.
Traditional Ancestral Worship Trays by Region
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Death Anniversaries in Central Vietnam: the Hue-Style Tray and the Joint 7th-Month Giỗ in Quảng Nam
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Ancestor Worship of Vietnamese People: Origins, Norms, and What Has Changed
Ancestor worship is a long-standing Vietnamese custom, a moral standard, and a key part of spiritual life, with altars, death anniversaries, and Tet rituals.
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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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The death anniversary of Le Thanh Hau Nguyen Huu Canh honors the pioneer of Southern Vietnam, a ritual named a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2025.
How to Arrange the Mid-Autumn Festival Offering Tray
A detailed step-by-step guide on preparing offerings and arranging the Mid-Autumn Festival tray according to Vietnamese traditions.
How to Prepare the Full-Month and First-Birthday Offering Trays for Babies
A step-by-step guide to preparing offerings and arranging full-month and first-birthday trays for your baby, plus the prayer and regional notes.
How to Arrange the Worship Tray for Tet Doan Ngo (5th day of 5th lunar month)
Tet Doan Ngo worship tray guide: offerings like fermented rice and tro cakes, step-by-step arrangement following regional customs, plus safety notes.
How to Prepare and Perform the Kitchen Gods' Offering on the 23rd of the Twelfth Lunar Month According to Customs of Three Regions
How to prepare the offering tray and perform the Kitchen Gods' ritual on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, following regional customs.
Ancestor Worship Ceremony with the Unique 'Ma Co' Dance of the Lo Lo People
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How to Prepare the New Year's Eve Offering Tray (Tet) According to Customs
A guide to preparing New Year's Eve offerings, arranging the outdoor and indoor trays by Vietnamese custom, with safety notes and regional differences.
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What is Cung Mệnh?
Cung Mệnh (命宮, Mệnh Palace) is the primary palace in a Tử Vi chart, reflecting character, temperament, inner nature, and potential life direction.
What is Cung Thân?
Cung Thân is a special palace in Vietnamese Tử Vi astrology, placed by birth month and hour rather than fixed, reflecting inner tendencies and later life.
What is Cung Mọc?
Cung Mọc, or the Rising Sign, is the zodiac sign on the eastern horizon at birth. It shapes first impressions and outward persona.
How Do Families in Vietnam's Three Regions Hold the Year-End Ancestor-Welcoming Ceremony on the 30th of Tet?
The rite on the afternoon of the 30th of Tet invites ancestors home for the New Year. North, Central and South differ mainly in the feast and the fruit tray.
Tết Rites in Southern Vietnam: Welcoming the Ancestors, the Giao Thừa Offering, Tết Nhà on the Third and the Farewell
Tet rites in southern Vietnam: welcoming the ancestors on the 30th, giao thừa offerings outdoors and indoors, Tết nhà on the third, farewell on the fourth.
How to Arrange the Year-End Tat Nien Offering Tray: A Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step guide to preparing offerings and arranging the Year-End Tat Nien tray per Vietnamese customs, with the prayer and key notes.
What is Cung Mặt Trăng?
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What is Cung Hoàng Đạo?
Cung Hoàng Đạo is one of twelve equal divisions of the ecliptic, each tied to a constellation and used in Western astrology for personality, love and career.
Dinh Thầy Thím Festival (Tế Thu Ceremony, Thầy Thím Death Anniversary) from the 14th to the 16th of the Ninth Lunar Month: Rituals and the Legend of Thầy Thím
Dinh Thầy Thím Festival runs from the 14th to the 16th of the Ninth Lunar Month with spirit welcoming, cộ bánh offerings, Thỉnh sanh, and Tiền hiền rites.
Ede people's coming-of-age ceremony: the ritual of removing bronze rings marking adulthood
In Dak Lak, the Ede coming-of-age ceremony removes a boy's kông bracelets at 17, marking his adulthood and right to join community affairs.
How to Arrange the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month Offering Tray for the Family: What to Offer, How Many Trays, How to Place Them
How to set out Ram thang Gieng (first full moon) offering trays at home: how many trays, vegetarian or savory dishes, order of offering, layout and taboos.
Tet worship rituals in northern Vietnam from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to the vang ma burning rite: sequence, offerings and meaning
Northern Vietnamese Tet worship runs from seeing off the Kitchen Gods on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to welcoming ancestors and the vang ma burning rite.
