Hanoi streets ablaze on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month.

Hanoi streets ablaze on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month.

Friday, February 2, 2024, 6:06 PM (GMT+7)

According to tradition, on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month each year, after preparing a feast to bid farewell to the Kitchen God and the Stove God as they ascend to heaven, people burn votive paper and release carp into rivers and lakes.

Video : Hanoi residents burn votive paper offerings in the middle of the street to bid farewell to the Kitchen God as he ascends to heaven.

According to observations by reporters from Dan Viet newspaper, on many streets in Hanoi on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, after performing the ritual of worshiping the Kitchen God and the Stove God, people brought votive paper offerings to burn in front of their houses.

Walking through the streets and alleys of Hanoi, you'll see people burning votive paper everywhere, with smoke filling the air.

Throughout the streets of Hanoi, fires burn brightly on the day of bidding farewell to the Kitchen God and the Stove God as they ascend to heaven.

Most people are aware of fire safety precautions while burning incense; they take everything to a safe corner and burn it in a basin.

However, in some places, smoke and dust from the burning paper money flew everywhere, obscuring the entire street corner.

Mr. Le Hoang said: "Today, my family is cleaning the altar, burning the old trays and stacks of money, and preparing offerings for the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month. Because the house is small, I burn the paper offerings outside the door."

Before burning, people carefully remove the plastic wrapping from the votive paper offerings.

The burning of votive paper offerings right on sidewalks and roads has caused many people to worry about the risk of fire and explosions, especially when the offerings are burned near flammable vehicles and objects.

A local resident who burns votive paper said that every year he burns votive paper on the day the Kitchen God ascends to heaven to pray for good luck and prosperity in the new year.

The worship of Ông Công and Ông Táo (Kitchen Gods) is a long-standing tradition in Vietnam. Many foreign tourists are quite curious about this custom.

According to popular belief, every year on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, the Kitchen God rides a carp to heaven to report everything that has happened in the family to the Jade Emperor.

On New Year's Eve, the Kitchen God returns to the mortal world to continue his work overseeing the hearth. On the day the Kitchen God ascends to heaven, Vietnamese people often burn votive paper and release carp as an act of compassion. They also believe that releasing carp on this day will cause the fish to transform into dragons (carp transforming into dragons), allowing the Kitchen God to ride through the dragon gate and ascend to heaven.

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Source: https://danviet.vn/duong-pho-ha-noi-do-lua-ngay-23-thang-chap-20240202113836077.htm