Why do Vietnamese have the habit of planting trees if Tet?

In the past, because the devil is cruel, and the gentleman, the demon bully, overwhelmed people. Devils take possession of all land and water. So the only way to eat thanks to bean and rent the land of the devil to transplant live. But the devil still does not agree. Devotions to the increasingly vicious They gradually increase the amount of land rent that the person has to pay twice and each year inched up a little.Finally, in order to take full advantage of human labor, the devil forced people to pay land rent in a special way they thought of as "eating the tops of the root". People do not tolerate, but the pressure on the devil to follow, otherwise they will collect the land again. So, the year after the harvest, the devil hugged all the rice, but the only people are the only straw. The sight of the starving man lies everywhere.Planting a tree on Tet is a long tradition in our country. To this day, many localities still retain this traditional customs. Why do Vietnamese people have the habit of planting trees on Tet? About this area, the ancients said that ...

Tet is about to plug the tree if the Devil is on, avoid teasing people ... (Folk painting)

Seeing injustice, the Buddha came down from heaven with the intention of helping him against the cruel exploitation of the devil. When planting next year, the Buddha advised people to rent the land to plow according to the previous year is to pay the root. But implicitly told him not to plant rice but to cultivate soil into beds to grow sweet potatoes. People keep doing the right word as Buddha taught. In the harvest season, the unbelievable demon who began to plot against themselves so subjective, dragged together to the field waiting for the tops. When harvesting, happy people dig up the root of the potato. Demons are very angry to see the burden of sweet potatoes are burdened on his home, pour into the pile of delicious looking. And the demon house just got all the strings and the potato leaves were not edible but just the pigs. Destructive flip-flop, but evil, the rule is that they set out so they hardened throat can not deny where.
In another season, the devils are discussing the new "eating the root". The Buddha succeeded, and the people turned to rice cultivation. Devil results eat broken. The grain of gold to go home, but leave the Devil. Soon afterwards they proclaimed "eat both root and top". Devils are sure this phenomena is out of the way against them.

But the Buddha discussed with him the new varieties. The Buddha gave the seeds of corn to sow everywhere. At the harvest, before the anger of the devil, the spoiled loaf of corn in the middle of the tree, while the tops and corn stalks are returned to the devil. In the home who has not eaten, the burden of maize has come to contain each of the full harassment. About the devil was a bit sour, melancholy to the neck but still can not do anything because the person has done the agreement. Finally, the demons decided to make people pay all the land without rent anymore, because they think there is no rent for nothing.

Buddha thought out how to negotiate with the devil, please buy a small piece of land, just in the shadow of a robe. The devil did not understand, he explained that it meant that he would plant a bamboo tree with a robe on the top, when the sun was shining on the ground, the rest of the devil. Devotees think that just a shirt to eat what losers, the high bidder should accept the words. The two sides make the covenant: In addition to the bamboo ball is the land of the devil, in the bamboo ball is the land of the people. Unbelievably, when the bamboo plant grows, the buddha flew up, tossing the casserole all over bamboo. Then bamboos allow the bamboo to soar up to the sky. Natural soil becomes dark. Demons panic to each other. The ball of cassia grows larger, grows up, overwhelms the ground, the cowls are so big, the demons must move back and forth.

Intestinal traumas, unfortunately, the demons hastily tried to recruit troops to rob the land. He concentrated against. Although the demons are very cruel, but thanks to the help, the demon also lost. After some unfavorable battle, the devil went to the military to see what the body and fear. They pretended to be afraid of fruit, banana and rice balls, boiled eggs. Back to the man and the Buddha also inquire and know the Devil's greatest fear is things such as: dog blood, pineapple, garlic and lime powder. In the aftermath of the war, the army of the devil brought many fruits, bananas and rice balls, boiled eggs to throw people and buddhas. The Buddha told him to pick all the food, then bring the dog blood, chili garlic, powdered lime everywhere. Devil's army was afraid of panic scurry, so the more you lose. In the end, the Buddha caught alive, exiled to the East Sea. On exile, They hurriedly bowed their love affair to allow two or three days to visit the grave of their ancestors' ancestors. The Buddha saw them crying heaven and earth, so he promised.

Since then, every year until the Lunar New Year is the day the devil is allowed to visit the ancestral grave ancestors, so people planted on the tree to let the devil know, not dare to sharpen the place where the people are. On the ground, whenever the wind shakes, there is a sound emitted to always remind the demons to avoid. Also on it is a bunch of pineapple leaves or branches to pick the Devil to fear. In addition, people also draw arrows pointing spearhead east and sprinkle lime powder into the ground on the New Year to ban the demon door. Long ago, the custom of planting Vietnamese plants ..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.