Today, June 19th (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month), Hanoi's traditional markets were bustling from early morning, with many items for the Dragon Boat Festival offerings selling well.
As the Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) approaches, people in Phu Thuong village, Hanoi, are busy cooking glutinous rice wine day and night to meet market demand.
The Dragon Boat Festival is not only about "exterminating insects," but also a golden opportunity to turn inward and eradicate the worms of greed, anger, and delusion that are secretly destroying our inner peace.
Besides preparing the offerings for the Dragon Boat Festival, families also need to prepare prayers to express their respect and gratitude to their ancestors.
The Dragon Boat Festival originates from a legend with profound cultural significance, representing the aspiration for a peaceful life, a bountiful harvest, and the remembrance of ancestors.
In traditional Vietnamese culture, the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) is considered a day for eliminating pests; so how do Vietnamese people eliminate pests?
Depending on the characteristics of each region, the offerings for the Dragon Boat Festival vary in composition; the North has sticky rice cakes, the South has glutinous rice dumplings, and the Central region has duck meat.
For Vietnamese people, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month – the Dragon Boat Festival – is a festival to eliminate pests, protect health and crops, and pray for good fortune and peace. What preparations are needed for this festival?
In 2025, the Dragon Boat Festival will fall on Saturday, May 31st. So, what is the most appropriate day and time to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?
Images of beautifully decorated offerings for the Dragon Boat Festival are constantly going viral on online forums, receiving a "flood" of praise from netizens.
This morning, June 10th (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month), despite the heavy rain, people in Hanoi still flocked to local markets to buy offerings to place on their ancestral altars for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Besides incense and flowers, the offering tray for the Dragon Boat Festival usually includes some summer fruits, some types of cakes, and glutinous rice wine.
These prayers for the Dragon Boat Festival, both indoors and outdoors, will help families perform the rituals of worshiping deities and ancestors in the most proper way on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, people often eat dishes that are traditionally believed to kill insects; do you know why the Dragon Boat Festival is called the day to kill insects?
The Dragon Boat Festival is an important traditional holiday in Vietnam and several other Asian countries; in Vietnam, it is a festival to kill insects and protect crops.
Eating duck meat on the Dragon Boat Festival is not only a traditional custom in many localities in Central Vietnam, but also a smart and reasonable choice.
The Dragon Boat Festival 2024 will fall on Monday, June 10th, 2024 (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month).
Along with the offerings, people in the past also prepared prayers with the meaning of wishing to receive good fortune on the Dragon Boat Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the festival for exterminating insects or pests, falls on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month every year.
Each region has its own signature dishes to eat on the Dragon Boat Festival. For the people of Hue, it's millet sweet soup.
Traditional Chinese cakes wrapped in bamboo leaves, which many families make themselves or buy from supermarkets, have been very popular in recent days.
As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, items like glutinous rice wine, fruits, duck meat, and rice cakes start to sell out quickly.
(VTC News) - Da Nang's streets are unusually quiet, with families gathering on the beach to "exterminate insects" on the Dragon Boat Festival.
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