The full moon of the first lunar month (January 15, 2026 lunar calendar) of the year Binh Ngo 2026 falls on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 solar calendar. On this day, Vietnamese families will prepare a tray of offerings to Gia Than, Gia Tien, praying for health, peace, and luck...
According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, on the full moon day of the first lunar month (Tet Nguyen Tieu), Vietnamese people will prepare both vegetarian and vegetarian offerings. Among them, vegetarian offerings include incense, flowers, cakes, candies, betel and areca, fruits, gold coins and vegetarian dishes.
For the savory offering tray, many families will choose boiled chicken, sticky rice, soup, stir-fried vegetables, spring rolls, pork, wine...
Similarly, vegetarian and vegetarian offerings also display incense, flowers, betel and areca nuts, fruits, candies and gold coins.
Preparing offerings on the full moon day aims for sincerity, large or small depending on family conditions, culture, local customs, and regions. Therefore, homeowners can offer simple offerings such as incense, flowers, betel and areca, fruits and a cup of water... but the offerings must be arranged neatly, cleanly, freshly, and not spoiled.
When worshiping the full moon of the first lunar month, homeowners need to pay attention to:
- Do not move the incense bowl while cleaning the altar before performing the full moon ceremony of the first lunar month. The performer must dress politely, neatly, neatly, do not swear, curse or have impolite actions.
- Choose incense with a gentle fragrance, ensuring safety and quality. When burning incense, a tray of offerings is needed.
- Before the ceremony, the performer must keep their body pure, not to have sex with men or women, not to eat dog, cat, turtle, soft-shell turtle, snake, blood pudding, shrimp paste... During the ceremony, drink a cup of fragrant tea, wash hands with fragrant leaf water.
- On full moon days 14 and 15, homeowners should abstain from fishing. According to spiritual beliefs, fishing on the full moon day will bring bad luck.
