Nguyễn Triết Học
Interestingly, the taboo customs of three areas in Tet Festival
The North is taboo hanging bad luck paintings, the Central is taboo eating shrimp for fear of doing business go ... backwards, particularly the South carefully hide broom because they fear losing broom mean will be stolen the wealth ...
The North
Forbid sweeping: In three days of Tet, abstain of sweeping house for fearing throw away luckiness. So, everyone is cleaning house, garden before Eve.
With rich culture, the North is the land has the most taboo customs..
Forbid empty out garbage: this taboo custom came from a tale in "Suu Than Ki". It is said that, there is a dealer who passed the "Thanh thao" Lake, the angle of lake gave her a maid named "Nhu Nguyet". He became rich, full of money.
In one year, on the first day of New Year, Nhu Nguet had a small mistake, the boss beat his maid so her turned into a pile of garbage. The Merchant does not know, take away garbage. From there, he had poor as ever.
Not hang the "bad luck" paintings such as: jealousy fight, lawsuits ... but to find in the paintings of pigs, chickens, boy...
Forbid give fire to other people on New Year days: the first day, people abstain others come their house and ask for fire, because the concept is fire is lucky. Giving others the luckiness in the New Year, that year, their houses will get more bad luck like losing in business, in the shaky, unexpected misfortune when going out.
Sprinkling lime powder to 4 corners of garden: In the countryside, all families sprinkled lime to 4 corners of garden and paint follow the gate to ward off evil. So folk have a saying: "Early of year buy salt, end of year buy lime."
Be the first New Year's caller: The "heavy chickened", not be of compatible age with the landlord not to come home to the first day of the year. Who have bereavement shouldn't come to the other houses to avoid bad luck.
Avoid says the bad luck words: the New Year's days, we must refrain from the language and actions can bring unfortunately, also known as bad as saying: "Dead!", "Go Hell"
Forbid give water in New Year's days: because water is such as resource wealth and fortune in the wish: money comes like water, so if give water considered as loose fortune.
People to abstain giving water, or fire in new year's day to not to lose fortune
Forbid breaking dishes: Dishes symbolizes family, so these days is not broken dishes, cups, arguing, cursing each other, the unhappy things happened to the family.
Forbid burial: On Chinese New Year is a happy day for the entire nation, the opening day of opportunities for whole year, is very sacred. Family must put aside the sadness to fun with the entire nation.
Therefore, it has the custom hiding the mourning band in the New Year. Which family has big bereavement, abstain celebrate relatives, neighbors, and opposite, neighbors and relatives need to come celebrate and comfort the family misfortune.
The Central
Forbid some foods: the Central People forbid eating duck eggs, duck meat in the New Year and the first months of the year. It is thought that eating duck meat will have bad luck. Some areas do not eat shrimp for fear ... walking backwards like shrimp. If eating in the New Year, the work in that year will move backward, not forward.
Some places in the Central, people don't eat shrimp for fear of work next year will not forward but walk backwards like shrimp.
Forbid buying white clothing, white cotton during lunar first month.
South
In some areas in the rural South still have the taboo custom that do not let rice grinder is empty in the early days of year. This òresents the failure, loss of the season in New Year. Therefore, people often pour a little rice into grinder, implied wish New Year filled with rice.
Tet festival has custom that anyone visit house anytime, no matter what times, the householder have party, invited to drink wine, eat cake. Visitor may not refuse a meal, though full but must also sip a little.
In the South, visitors must not refuse a meal when the householder asked, though it must also sip a little.
Arriving home before Eve, though going out far or near. Who don't arrive home on time will work inconvenient in that year.
After sweeping, brush must be hidden. If the brush was loosen on New Year mean that year the family will be stolen all wealth.
(Via Internet)