As an agricultural population, a wet rice civilization, Vietnamese people take the Lunar New Year - Full Moon Festival in January to mark the end of the month of "fun" for farmers to start preparing for a new crop. Before going to the fields, people hold a ceremony to show gratitude to their ancestors, pray for good weather and good harvests.
According to Buddhist tradition, the full moon day of the first lunar month is an important and extremely special day, carrying great meaning. On this day, people go to pagodas to make offerings to stars to relieve bad luck and pray for peace. That's why on the full moon day of the first lunar month, many pagodas set up altars, chant and dedicate merit at the beginning of the year, hoping for peace and happiness.
From this Buddhist ritual combined with the Vietnamese custom of worshiping ancestors, the worship space of the full moon day of the first lunar month becomes even more meaningful. But in general, families hold ancestral worship ceremonies to express their filial piety to grandparents, parents, and deceased members of the family who have always protected their children and grandchildren to be safe and have good business in the new year.
Today, on the full moon day of January, the bright moonlit night begins a new year with the pure scent of warm spring weather, so Poetry Associations, Poetry Clubs of poetry lovers have organized activities, become an attractive literary playground for Vietnamese poetry lovers. Besides, depending on the customs of each region and locality, many activities are also organized on this day. But even with the addition of new things, the Lunar New Year still retains its value, it is a day of traditional cultural activities imbued with the humanity of the nation, and needs to be preserved.
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