New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, is the most important moment during the Lunar New Year. This is the moment of transition between the old year and the beginning of the new year of At Ty 2025. Vietnamese families will perform New Year's Eve worship to say goodbye to bad luck and welcome good luck...
According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, the outdoor New Year's Eve ceremony will include offerings such as incense, lamps, candles, tea, flowers, fruits, vegetarian or non-vegetarian dishes. The outdoor New Year's Eve offering tray does not need to be too elaborate but must be prepared with sincerity, processed cleanly, safely and presented neatly.
The New Year's Eve offering must be performed at exactly the hour of Ty (11pm - 1am) on the 29th of December. Families need to place the offering tray in front of their house. For those living in apartments, they can choose the balcony or the main hall of the building. After arranging things carefully and neatly, proceed with the ritual of sending off the old god and welcoming the new god.
After finishing the outdoor New Year's Eve worship, the homeowner will proceed to worship the New Year's Eve indoors. Outdoor New Year's Eve worship should not be done after midnight. Therefore, the offering tray and items need to be prepared and arranged completely before the hour of Ty.
The New Year's Eve offering tray in the house also has similar offerings, plus a tray of five fruits, betel and areca nuts, votive paper money, candies and Tet jam. Note that the savory offering tray must be placed below the altar or on another table, not on the altar.
When the ceremony is completed, the person performing the ceremony is the oldest person in the family, dressed neatly, modestly, and modestly. It is necessary to light candles, burn incense, and express respect, pray to the gods, and invite ancestors to come home to celebrate Tet.
The New Year's Eve ceremony in the house must be completed before 1:00 a.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year 2025. To ensure everything goes smoothly and quickly, families should prepare carefully and according to the correct rituals.
