Offering to the Kitchen Gods
Flying storks and running horses" take the Kitchen Gods to heaven in the Mekong Delta
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Can Tho - The "flying storks and running horses" offering set to bring Ong Tao back to heaven in the Mekong Delta expresses the desire for speed and smooth traffic.
Western Kitchen Gods return to heaven with "flying storks and running horses
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Can Tho - Unlike the North, where the Kitchen Gods go to heaven with carp, in Western beliefs, the Kitchen Gods ride horses and storks, originating from the " storks fly, horses run" offering set.
Raising red carp to serve Ong Cong Ong Tao, people earn big profits near Tet
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Ninh Binh - Red carp farming households serving the Ong Cong Ong Tao festival are entering the biggest harvest season of the year, many families are busy selling fish to the market.
The largest red carp village in Thanh land is rushing before the day of Ong Cong and Ong Tao
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Thanh Hoa - Before the day of Ong Cong Ong Tao, in the largest red carp village in Thanh land, people are rushing to pull nets to harvest fish to supply to the market.
Hanoi people buy votive paper early for the Ong Cong and Ong Tao worshiping ceremony
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Near the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Hanoi people are busy buying votive paper to worship Ong Cong and Ong Tao, preserving traditional customs before the Lunar New Year.
Watch Dia Linh village craftsmen make statues of Tao Quan
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HUE - To have standard statues of Tao Quan, craftsmen in Dia Linh village must go through many elaborate stages, requiring good health, diligence and meticulousness.
