Is Thanh Minh Tet a real Korean New Year? The easiest way to distinguish the Thanh Minh New Year and the real Korean New Year
Thanh Minh New Year
Weather was used in making calendars of ancient Eastern civilizations, including Vietnam. The weather calendar has just been associated with the moon phase, year and weather. The weather calendar is also applied to agriculture to facilitate farming according to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The Qingming period is the fifth of the 24 qi periods of a year. Tiet Thanh Minh arrived 45 days after Lap Xuan day. When the Spring Equinox period ends, the dusty and humid rains of spring have ended. The sky is bright, it becomes clear, it is in the cool wind, it is time for Thanh Minh period. The Qingming Festival in 2022 begins on April 5 of the solar calendar, which is the 5th day of the third lunar month.
In the concept of culture For Vietnamese people, the Thanh Minh period is also an opportunity for descendants to show respect to their ancestors and roots. Thanh Minh day in every year falls in the third lunar month. Many places also call it Thanh Minh New Year. Thanh Minh holiday in 2022 falls on the 5th day of the third lunar month, which is the 5th day of the fourth lunar month.
Qingming New Year
Cold Food Festival
On the other hand, Korean New Year is actually a “eating cold food” holiday. This holiday has a fixed calendar on the 3rd of the third lunar month every year. According to the old custom of the Chinese people, on the real Han New Year (March 3 of the lunar calendar), people will abstain from burning fire. From the day before, prepare cold food for the holidays.
However, the real Korean New Year in Vietnamese culture has its own characteristics. On the actual day of the Korean New Year, Vietnamese people do not abstain from fire and still cook normally. In addition, Vietnamese people also create floating cakes and vegetarian cakes to offer on the real Korean day – “cold food”.
The Korean New Year’s Day really means going back to the roots, remembering the merits of ancestors.
Qingming New Year
How to distinguish Thanh Minh New Year and Korean New Year easily
Thus, Thanh Minh New Year and Han New Year are actually two different holidays. Thanh Minh New Year takes place on the first day of the Qingming weather. The Qingming Festival in 2022 starts from the 5th day of the third lunar month (ie, the 5th day of the solar calendar) to the 20th day of the third lunar month (the 20th day of the fourth lunar month).
The real Korean New Year takes place on the only day of the year, which is March 3 of the lunar calendar. The real Korean New Year in the year of the Tiger 2022 takes place on April 3 of the solar calendar.
Many places believe that these two holidays are one and the same is not true. It’s just that many families want to gather together to make offerings for convenience. However, when understanding the nature of these two holidays and the starting time, families need to have a way to calculate the ceremony to be thoughtful and complete.
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