Lunar New Year: Sisters “kill insects” with a series of dazzlingly beautiful dishes all over MXH

03/06/2022 15:06 GMT+7

Tet Doan Ngo (May 5, Lunar Calendar) also known as Tet Doan Duong has deep roots in China, but when it returned to our country, it was Vietnameseized, becoming the Tet “killing insects” and worshiping ancestors. first.

On this day, people start catching insects, eliminating pests that affect crops in the field, many of which can be eaten and considered as nutritious food. It is believed that when eating the first dish of the day, all insects and worms in the body will die. The worshiping ceremony on this day is usually seasonal fruit, fruit cake of natural origin… often indispensable. There are also other dishes depending on the locality.

Traditionally, on this occasion, women prepare fruits and cakes to burn incense. Although it is still a familiar seasonal fruit and cake, it is increasingly presented beautifully and solemnly. This year, the Dragon Boat Festival falls on a Friday (June 3 of the solar calendar), although it’s not the weekend, they have to go to work, but most of the women still prepare decent dishes to show their respect for their loved ones. with ancestors.

As a responsible and skillful woman, every year, Doan Phuong Thao (Hanoi) prepares a decent meal to worship her ancestors. This year is no exception for her. In addition to seasonal fruits such as lychee, mangosteen, and plums, Phuong Thao also prepares a lot of traditional dishes and cakes such as banh xeo, ash cake, braised tea, bee tea, rice wine, and sticky rice. , sticky rice wine, boiled potatoes, boiled peanuts, donuts, floating cakes, sticky rice with tea, sticky rice with gac… Besides, lotus flowers, jasmine flowers… are also indispensable in the festival of Doan Ngo’s Tet offerings. sister’s family.

Doan Phuong Thao’s rich “killing insects” offerings

Let’s see more “killing bugs” of other sisters:

The tray of offerings for the Lunar New Year of Ms. Tran Loan (Hoa Binh)

In addition to traditional dishes or fruits, Pham Thu Hien’s family (Hai Phong) also celebrates the Lunar New Year with braised duck with crocodile.

A simple but beautiful Doan Ngo New Year offering tray of Ms. To Hung Giang

Beautiful Doan Ngo Tet tray of Ms. Thoa Bong

The colorful offerings of Ms. To Quynh Trang

An equally attractive tray of Ms. Phan Thu Trang’s family (Trang Bun)

Ms. Vu Thanh Hoan (Hanoi) also had a decent meal with rice cake, banh xeo, banh troi, rice wine, sticky rice, plum, lychee.

A tray of offerings for the Dragon Boat Festival of Ms. Chun Chun Mai (HCMC)

A tray full of dishes from ash cake, rice wine, sticky rice with gac, lychee, pies, sticky rice cakes, boiled peanuts by Ms. Pham Hoa

Ms. Lam Ha (Yen Bai) also prepared a colorful “killing insect” tray from fruits and cakes.

Simple but meaningful tray of Ngoc Lien’s family

Another simple but sincere offering of the Doan Ngo New Year offering from Ms. Nguyen Hue

A tray of all kinds of summer fruits of Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh

Phung Ha’s rustic “killing insects” tray

According to phupuvietnam.vn