Housewarming Ritual (Nhập Trạch) for a New Home: Offerings and Step-by-Step Procedure
A guide to the Vietnamese housewarming ritual (nhập trạch): the offerings and each step in order, from the auspicious date to moving in.
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What offerings are mandatory for the nhập trạch ceremony?
There is no absolute mandatory list, but typically incense, flowers, betel nuts, wine, water, rice, salt, and a five-fruit tray are needed. For a meat offering, add a boiled rooster. Adjust based on region and conditions.
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Lê Quý Đôn
A great scholar of feudal Vietnam, author of many research works on history, geography, literature and philosophy
