Tet holiday house, but really

What is a tree? Many Vietnamese people may not be able to answer this question!

The tree mentioned on Tet holiday is a good tradition of Vietnamese people who have lived in this world for many years. Every Lunar New Year occasion, every family planted in front of their yard, or set up in the house, above there were some objects with symbolic and local customs.

However, if you pay attention, you will see the "mentioned" tree each other, different from the tree itself. Many people build bamboo trees, but some people use some bamboo and bamboo trees, or even simply cane stalks.

So in the end, what is the tree?

Accumulation of the tree mentioned on Tet

In the past, the Devil occupied the entire land, and he only worked as a hired labor, and paid most of the harvested rice to the Devil. The devil increasingly exploits him too much, and eventually the Devil gives himself the right to "eat the tops for the roots".

People can only enjoy rice stubble, and they need to help the Buddha for help. Buddha told him not to grow rice but to grow sweet potatoes. That harvest season, he enjoyed the whole of potatoes, and the Devil only enjoyed leaves and sweet potatoes, according to the method of " eating the tops for the roots".

Next season, Devil moves through the "root feeding" method . Buddha told him to turn to rice again. As a result, Devouring the whole season, eating again.

Devils are angry, so the season after the statement "eat both roots and tops" . Buddha gave him a corn plant to sow everywhere. Demons are not good, and Man is harvesting corn. In the end, certain demons forced him to return all the land and not make another turn.

Buddha discussed with the mediator with the Devil, asking for a piece of land with the shade of a robes on a bamboo stick. If you see no damage, you agree. At that time, Buddha used magic to shade the robe that covered the entire land, causing the demons to lose their land to run to the East Sea.

Losing living land, Devil mobilized troops to rob them again. The Buddha displayed attacks with dog blood, pineapple leaves, garlic, lime . The loser was banished to the East Sea. Before going, Devil asked the Buddha for compassion to allow a few days to land a few days to visit the grave of his father's ancestors. Buddha pitifully should promise.

Therefore, every year, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the days of the Devil visit the mainland, people follow the old cultivating trees to keep the Devil in the place where they live. If there is a landslide, there will be noises when the wind vibrates to remind the demons to avoid it. On the top of the tree, there is a bundle of pineapple leaves or multi-beak branches to be feared. In addition, people also drew a bow with a spearhead arrow to the east and sprinkled lime powder on the ground in front of the door during Tet holidays to ban the Devil's door.

The tree stated in the history of Vietnamese literature

The tree has its origins in the "legend of the tree of Tet". So if you want to know what the tree is, please come to the simplified version of this story, according to Nguyen Dong Chi in the treasure of Vietnamese fairy tales.

From the above, you can see the "original version" of the tree mentioned as bamboo. This feat is not beyond the doctrines of Buddhism and Taoism, saying that Tet must be plugged in front of the house to ward off demons. The tree becomes a symbol of the protection of human peace in the holy days of heaven, while the people are entertained.

The tree mentioned in the fairy tale is bamboo.

However, over time, the tree becomes more of a symbolic object than a real tree. Today, the tree becomes a tree in general, and different for each region and ethnicity.

For big festivals of the Kinh people, the trees mentioned can be a tree, a bamboo tree, a tall bamboo tree or a clean bamboo branch. While ethnic minorities only use certain types of solid timber trees, such as rice of Gia Rai people.

The tree of the Central Highlands people.

The objects hanging from the tree are also different depending on the area. According to the legend of the Kinh, on the tree, there is hanging the land (bell bell), bundle of pineapple leaves or pluripotent branches to dispel demons.

But for other peoples, they can hang many other things, such as carp for apples, exorcism charms, or simply customary drawings.