Every year, on December 23, Vietnamese people prepare rice offerings to send him to heaven.

Every December, Vietnamese people prepare their rice offerings to send apples to heaven. 

This is a special culture, a beautiful customs of the Vietnamese people have been handed down and preserved for many generations.

The story of Mr. Gong

The God of Apples in Vietnamese folk beliefs is the story of "two grandmothers" - the god of the land, the god of the house, the god of the kitchen. And people are commonly known as apple or apple.

According to the story, Thi Nhi has husband Trong Cao. Although eating salty passionately together, but never have children. So, gradually Cao Trong or the story of rubbing his wife. One day, just for a small matter, Trong Cao made a big deal, hit Thi Nhi and chase away.

Nhi left home, wandered to another country and then met Pham Lang. Love each other, they couple into husband and wife. Mostly important, after the anger is too regretful, but his wife has gone away. Day and remember spinning, Trong Cao to find his wife.

Apple spirit in the folk beliefs of Vietnam is the story of "two grandmothers". 

Day after month, find forever, all the rice out of money, Cao must be a beggar along the way. One day, Trong Cao accidentally sought to eat right at the Nhi's house, while Pham Lang was away. Nhi soon realized that the beggar is the same husband.

She invited the house, cook the old husband invited. At that moment, Pham Lang returned. Nhi afraid of husbands suspected oan, should hide High under the rump in the garden.

Unfortunately, that night, Pham Lang burned the fire to take ashes to fertilize the field. When the fire came, the children rushed to save Cao. Seeing Nhi jump into the fire, Pham Lang love his wife also dance. All three died in the fire.

God found love living three people to love the room to be kitchen kings, also known as the apple Martial Arts and handed over to the new husband is looking for work in the kitchen, In the house, his wife is Turkish watch the market hammer.

Not only the lucky, the owner of the disaster, the apple also prevent the devil's intrusion into the home, keep peace for everyone in the house.

Every year, on December 23rd, the day of the Apocalypse raises the sky to report all human activities for a year so that Heavenly people can determine justice, reward and punishment for all human beings.

Customs and worship day  Tet  Mr. Gong Mr. Apples

According to legend, every year, the God of God sent to Earth to monitor and record the work of human evil.

Then, on December 23 every year, Guan Quan again mounted dragon carp to Heaven report all good and not good human activities in a year for Heaven to determine justice, reward the penalty For all human beings.

Therefore, in the concept of the Vietnamese, the three Spirit God (or King Kitchen) dispossessed sand, blessing the family, this blessing by doing the righteousness of the owner and the people in the house.

With the expectation that the Kitchen God will "bless" for his family is lucky, so every year on December 23, people do the ceremony to send the sky so tenderly.

Worship the New Year's Eve apples. Image: 

Apple Pie will include three sets of code, two sets of men symbolizing two apples he and a set of women symbolizing apples. There are also other gold, incense, flower, fruit, fruit, betel, betel. A well-prepared, full-service tray. The "golden code" will be burned after worship

The festival is usually held before 12 noon on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar (may be offered at noon, the evening of December 22 or the morning of December 23). Therefore, we will not receive any offerings.

According to legend, carp is the only means of transporting apples to heaven. Therefore, on this day, the family carp.

The families usually buy 3 carp in the water bowl placed beside the tray, after finishing the ceremony to bring down the river, implying that the fish will turn dragon, cross the dance, as a means for Apple Army to ride to heaven.

In addition, in the mind of the Vietnamese, "fish transcendental" or "dragon carp" also means the sublimation, the symbol of the spirit of overcoming difficulties, perseverance, persistence conquered knowledge to To succeed, to symbolize the personality of high bar or lead to a good result. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.(  3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.4/2/2018.