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The unique custom of Vu Lan in Asian countries

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Chinese people leave empty seats on the table while Singaporeans abstain to take photos and swim in July lunar month. </div>
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According to the Chinese belief, July lunar month is the time to open the gate of hell and the souls return to the ocean. The 7th lunar month is also called Vu Lan or Trung Nguyen. On this day, the Chinese prepared a great hors d'oeuvres to offer their ancestors, three times daily, the main ceremony at sunset. They go to large temples and distribute rice to the poor, burn paper money and gold coins to the deceased and believe that the souls will work harder under the sound plane, not interfere with business, life earthly places. <a href="https://www.indochinavoyages.com/" target="_blank">Indochina tours and Laos</a></div>
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Ritual sacrifices take place on the street, including burning candles, incense, gold code for the soul of the canvas. At the feast of feasts, there is no lack of boiled chicken or roast pigs. There are also other weird customs such as an empty chair by the table and believe that the dead soul will sit there.</div>
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In Jiangsu, people drop four boats on the river, carrying Buddhist scriptures, pewter coins, lanterns and food for the soul. In Fujian, wherever the girls get married, they have to give gifts to their parents, which is placed in a chest or chest, including a hat. In Guangxi alone, people often kill ducks for worship because the souls usually stand on their ducks, thanks to piggybacking ducks that can freely travel between the tones and the ocean.</div>
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Hong Kong</div>
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The Teochew community in Hong Kong occupies a large proportion, so today they still maintain many habits of worship from the father. Hong Kong's soul-searching ceremony lasts throughout July and becomes a unique cultural feature in this district. Because of this, beside the modern development, Huong port still has many traditional values. <a class="titlex" href="https://thongtindulichthungnai.blogspot.com/2017/07/The-beautiful-destination-in-Ninh-Binh.html" style="color: #1a1a1a; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px; max-height: 36px; text-decoration: none;">The beautiful destination in Ninh Binh</a></div>
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During July throughout Hong Kong, people use public spaces from the square, river banks, empty grounds to worship ancestors as well as wandering souls, incense, gold, and free rice. . In many places they set up temporary temples during July and will be down at the end of the season.</div>
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Hong Kong people also abstain from activities such as sweeping clothes, outdoor clothing, urinating at the foot of the tree, going to the forest or opening the house at night, taking pictures at night, swimming , wedding...</div>
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Taiwan</div>
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The soul of Taiwan has a long tradition of dropping lights, hoping that the lights will illuminate the underworld for souls, calling souls below the earth to enjoy the offerings. They also pray for souls to be reincarnated in another life. Taiwanese people, the longer the lights go, the more fortunate they are.</div>
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Taiwanese people usually organize large scale procession festivals in many parts of the country, using dummy trucks, fruit and lion dances on the road. Traditionally, every household prepares meat, fruit, fresh flowers for hunger ghosts at a shrine or on a temporary altar in front of the house.</div>
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Like Hong Kong, although very modern, the custom of the full moon day in July in Singapore is still preserved in the Chinese community. In addition to cooking rice, burning gold coins, going to temples, doing good deeds, Singaporeans are very careful with spiritual taboos such as not whistling, taking pictures, hanging clothes outside the house, or going off the road during the night of the month.</div>
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Chinese in Singapore say swimming this month could be dangerous. In the concept of reincarnation in the lion island nation, a dead person will "give way" to the devil's rebirth. These spirits will wander in ponds to harm humans.</div>

The unique custom of Vu Lan in Asian countries

Chinese people leave empty seats on the table while Singaporeans abstain to take photos and swim in July lunar month. China According to the Chinese belief, July lunar month is the time to open the gate of hell and the souls return to the ocean. The 7th lunar month is also called Vu Lan or Trung N…

Sep 04, 2017

How to cross the road in Vietnam

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Many visitors call the road to be "art" and like a game of adventure but interesting. Foreign visitors to Vietnam have many interesting experiences. One of them was the way they faced traffic and they shared the secret to their success on Odditycentral. You can read more: <a href="https://www.indochinavoyages.com/holiday_locations/vietnam/" target="_blank">Vietnam travel tours packages</a></div>
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<b>"Forgotten" the standards of the road</b></div>
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"If you have a plan to come to Vietnam, be prepared to forget everything that is taught about the road, like waiting for vehicles to stop, pedestrian crossing, and traffic lights. In Vietnam, people take to the road by going straight ahead and making their own way while the cars are running, that's the only way. "</div>
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Pay attention to the vehicles that are running towards you</div>
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The streets are always full of cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians are easy to cross. You just need to pay attention to the direction of movement of the media, search the gap and slowly cross. "There is no better way to get there, because of the fact that traffic is a nightmare in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City," Sumitra said.</div>
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<b>Do not be scared</b></div>
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In the eyes of foreign travelers, motorcyclists are quite careful, they move slowly, acutely and cautiously so as not to crash into pedestrians. So what you should do is go straight to the road, slow but not stop and especially not be scared.</div>
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<b>Do not stand in front of the bus</b></div>
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Evelyn Hannon, a recent visitor to Vietnam, also talked about how she learned to make the trip here: "The hotel staff in my house advised that whenever I was ready to go down the street, then from They also told me not to step out in front of the bus because they could not stop easily, and I did not have to worry because they could avoid me. When the road step is not stopped, so drivers can predict my direction and adjust their steering wheel. "</div>
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<b>Vietnamese police are not scary</b></div>
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Evelyn said that when she was awkward on the road, she was helped by several men: a native man, a group of American students and a Vietnamese police man. "I realized that the cop in that bright blue outfit was lovely, he helped me out, and all you needed to do was smile and wave at them," Evelyn said.</div>

How to cross the road in Vietnam

Many visitors call the road to be "art" and like a game of adventure but interesting. Foreign visitors to Vietnam have many interesting experiences. One of them was the way they faced traffic and they shared the secret to their success on Odditycentral. You can read more: Vietnam travel tours packa…

May 10, 2017