According to Vietnamese folk beliefs, choosing the person to be the first visitor to the house at the beginning of the new year is very important, affecting the luck, health and fortune of the homeowner throughout the year.
Therefore, choosing the person to be the first visitor to the house needs to be careful, based on different principles, but the easiest is to have the Three Harmony, Six Harmony relationship, avoiding the Four Elements conflict, mutual harm and mutual destruction.
According to the calculation method of the perennial calendar, the ages that should not be invited to be the first visitor to the house in the year Binh Ngo 2026 include people born in the lunar calendar years 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000; people born in the year of the Rat (term conflict with Thai Tue), year of the Rabbit (term conflict with Thai Tue and Tam Tai).
Choosing the age to be the first visitor to the house according to the suggestion of feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha:
- Homeowners born in the year of the Rat: Should choose people born in the years of Monkey, Dragon, and Ox.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Ox: Should choose people born in the years of the Snake, Rooster, Rat.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Tiger: Should choose people born in the years of the Horse and Dog.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Cat: Should choose people born in the years of the Goat and Dog.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Dragon: Should choose people born in the years of the Rat, Monkey, Rooster.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Snake: Should choose people born in the years of the Ox, Monkey, Rooster.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Horse: Should choose people born in the years of Tiger, Dog, Goat.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Goat: Should choose people born in the years of the Cat and Horse
- Homeowners born in the year of the Monkey: Should choose people born in the years of the Rat, Dragon, Snake.
- Rooster year homeowner: Should choose people born in the years of Ox, Snake, Dragon.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Dog: Should choose people born in the years of the Horse, Cat, Tiger.
- Homeowners born in the year of the Pig: Should choose people born in the years of the Cat, Goat, Tiger.
Factors of mutual generation and mutual conflict of the five elements also affect the selection of people to be the first visitor at the beginning of the year:
- Homeowner with Metal element: Should choose someone to be the first visitor to the house under the Water, Earth, and Metal elements.
- Homeowner with Wood element: Should choose someone to be the first visitor to the house under the Water, Wood, and Fire elements.
- Homeowner with Water element: Should choose someone to be the first visitor to the house under the Metal, Water, and Wood elements.
- Homeowner of Fire element: Should choose someone to be the first visitor of Earth, Fire, and Wood element.
- Homeowner with Earth element: Should choose someone to be the first visitor to the house under the Metal, Fire, and Earth elements.
Procedures for preparing for the first-footing ceremony, first-footing house
Homeowner: Place two sweet sugar canes outside the door for the first-footer to bring in; prepare at least 5 lucky money envelopes for the first-footer to give lucky money to family members; put the envelopes in the safe and ancestral altar; the homeowner also needs to give lucky money envelopes to the first-footer.
First-footer: Dressed neatly, cleanly and tidily; has lucky names such as Phuc, Tho, Loc, Loi, Ngoc, Ngan, Phat, Dat, Minh, Sinh, Sang, Nghia, Duc, Nhan, Tin, Hung, Vinh, Viet, Anh, Linh, Quoc, Hung, Son, Ha, Hoang, Vuong, Quang...; no mourning at home; not pregnant; no business failure, bankruptcy; no alcohol or gambling addiction;...
The person being asked to be the first visitor to the house needs to be highly responsible. Come to the house with a cheerful, positive spirit, and a smile when entering the house.
