Tag: New Year’s Eve prayer

The Vietnamese tradition of offering a farewell to the old year and welcoming the new one is celebrated with an ancestral worship ritual called the New Year's Eve Ceremony. This ceremony, also known as the "Ceremony of Dismissing the Old Age," takes place on the eve of the Lunar New Year, around 11 p.m. on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month. It is a time when families bid farewell to the passing year and invite their ancestors to join them in welcoming the arrival of a prosperous and fortunate new year.

On the eve of the 30th of the Lunar month, Vietnamese families come together to perform the 'Tang Nien' ceremony, a heartfelt ritual that bids farewell to the old year and welcomes the new. This intimate gathering, known as the 'all-year-end worship,' is a time for families to unite and invite their ancestors to join in the festive celebrations of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. The simplicity of the ceremony is key, emphasizing the sincerity and warmth of the occasion rather than elaborate rituals.