Doan Ngo Tet is celebrated at Ngo time, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month every year. Vietnamese people also call Doan Ngo Tet the festival of insect slaughter.
People organize Doan Ngo Tet to launch the launch of insect catching, destroy pests and diseases that harm crops, and pray for a bumper crop.
In many places, families have the habit of eating asphalt cakes, water sweet soup, lotus seeds... to kill pests and diseases in people.
According to the belief on Doan Ngo day, you must clean your mouth 3 times to keep the insects clean, eat a bowl of wine to keep the insects drunk, and then eat fruit to keep the insects dead.
According to the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center, Doan Ngo is considered the strangest Tet of the Vietnamese people.
Hanoi Book of land, customs recorded customs, Doan Ngo Tet was bound withai leaves,hand nails dyed, handcuffs tied...
Or Dong Khanh geographical sources write: "Doan Ngo Tet is prepared with full wine and fruits for the ancestral festival from early morning. Everyone drinks alcohol, eats fruit, it's called killing insects.
That day, people picked preservatives for use, picked choice leaves depending on the year and tied them into the shape of the symbolic animal of that year".
According to popular beliefs, people often avoid throwing away messy shoes to avoid enticing the spirit, so they should stay away from hospitals and hospitals because the air in these places is too strong, easily causing disease and enticing the spirit.
In some regions, adults wake up not to put their feet on the ground but have to show off their mouths 3 times to clean up pests, then eat a boiled duck egg.
Many people also think that they should avoid dropping money on a bad New Year's Day because at that time they have lost their fortune, causing luck to decline.
If staying in a hotel or motel, you should avoid choosing the first and last rooms of the hallway. These two locations absorb negative energy, easily causing the body to get sick.
After the Lunar New Year, perhaps "Tet giet hai" is a Tet with many customs associated with people's lives, an occasion for families to gather.
In Asia, Doan Ngo Tet is a traditional Tet holiday in some East Asian countries such as North Korea, Japan, China... According to the customs of each country, the offering tray also has additional special offerings.
