Worrying about the New Year festival

(Baonghean.vn) -The full moon day of January has passed, but while many agencies and factories are busy getting back to work, many people still celebrate Tet with the idea that "January is the month of entertainment". In many temples, although participating in festivals is a legitimate need, there is stillpsychology of taking material things as a measure of sincerity. In many localities,drinking and gambling still not over

Go see a fortune teller at the beginning of the year

At a cultural agency, right after the first meeting of the spring, a few women gathered to talk about a fortune teller who could see through the past and see the future. In general, it was very good. The people in front whispered to the people behind, so the women invited each other to prepare offerings to go see a fortune teller. Although she did not believe much in fortune telling, but hearing it pleased her ears, Ms. H was curious to try it out. Ms. H said: When it was her turn, the fortune teller said that her house had to go through several alleys, with a ditch running through it. “In the city, every house has a ditch, either behind the house or in front of the door; and then we had to go through this alley and that house, because we were on an island and did not go through any alley. After a while of general gossip about her husband being a caring and loving person..., the fortune teller said that this year her family would have a bad luck, and she would definitely fall, so on the 15th or 1st of the lunar month, she should prepare offerings to go to the fortune teller to help her... Hearing this, I understood that fortune telling was a source of confusion and worry.” Ms. H. is fed up.

Spirit possession, an activity of "Mother Goddess religion" is being distorted

After Tet, it is no longer strange for people to go to fortune tellers to know about their love life, family, and destiny in the new year.Some people predict customers' fortunes using cards, based on their date of birth, reading "books", physiognomy..., some even use computers.Meanwhile, all kinds of books on horoscopes and fortune telling are widely available and openly displayed right at the gates of pagodas, temples, and historical sites. At Hong Son Temple (Vinh City), books such as: Decoding the mysteries of dreams, Palmistry and destiny, Destiny through moles, horoscopes... are displayed everywhere. The price of these books is about 20,000 - 100,000 VND/book.

Need to correct immediately

One early spring day, attending a festival, we were suffocated by incense smoke and burning votive paper.It is known that the act of burning votive paper is one of the rituals, becoming a social custom, but the burning of votive paper is being done excessively by people because they believe that the more offerings they make, the more they will be blessed by the gods or the dead. In fact, this is just a show-off to the living.measure sincerity with material thingsThis leads to unnecessary waste of money, which is condemnable.Decree 75/2010/ND-CP issued by the Prime Minister on July 12, 2010 on Regulations on administrative sanctions for violations in cultural activities clearly stipulates a fine of 500,000 - 1,000,000 VND for the act of "burning votive offerings at festival venues, historical - cultural relics, and other public places", but despite the order, the burning continues.

Thu Huyen