Phá cỗ Trung Thu is an activity that is always mentioned whenever the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and it is an essential tradition if you want to have a truly complete lantern festival. People often hear many definitions of phá cỗ Trung Thu, but very few people actually know what it is. In the article below, Mykingdom will explain to you more about how to phá cỗ Trung Thu for the reunion festival.
The Meaning of phá cỗ Trung Thu
Phá cỗ Trung Thu, also called "phá cỗ" during the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a traditional Vietnamese custom dating back a long time. The phá cỗ custom carries the meaning of bonding family members, creating beautiful memories in children's minds through activities such as games, eating, lantern processions,....
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Festival of Reunion, is a time when descendants often return to their grandparents’ home to gather around the feast, phá cỗ Trung Thu, and chat, confide, and share the joys and sorrows of life.
Preparing the feast to honor Heaven and Earth has the meaning of expressing gratitude for a bountiful year's harvest, a warm, close-knit, and happy family.
Cách phá cỗ Trung Thu ngày Tết Trăng Rằm
Phá cỗ Trung Thu luôn là “tiết mục” đáng mong chờ của các em nhỏ vào đêm trăng rằm. Vậy làm thế nào để phá cỗ Trung Thu?
Chuẩn bị mâm cỗ Trung Thu
Before phá cỗ, you need a Mid-Autumn feast table with all kinds of seasonal fruits, mooncakes, chewy mooncakes (bánh dẻo), candies, and traditional lanterns such as star lanterns, folded paper lanterns, carp lanterns, etc. You can also prepare a vase with neatly trimmed stems; the vase will make the feast table softer and brighter. Next, place the feast outside in the yard or in the center of the house to offer to Heaven and Earth and to ancestors.
Làm thế nào để phá cỗ Trăng Rằm?
After offering to Heaven and Earth and when the moon is at its highest, fullest, and brightest, parents can “phá cỗ” by bringing out cakes, candies, fruits, and lanterns to share with the children. Grandparents and parents can sit and enjoy mooncakes, the chewy kind, while sipping tea and chatting; the children can eat candy and fruit and carry lanterns to play with friends.
Phong tục “phá cỗ” được biến tấu đặc sắc
Although the traditional phá cỗ is increasingly less practiced in modern life because parents are often too busy with work and life, many companies and families have organized “phá cỗ” in more special ways, such as outdoor festivals or combining with charitable activities or community events to make the Mid-Autumn Festival more meaningful.
- Tổ chức lễ hội ngoài trời: Some families organize “phá cỗ” by holding Mid-Autumn events outdoors or going on picnics, camping, enjoying mooncakes and fruits in open spaces, decorated with distinctive accessories such as Mid-Autumn lanterns and strings of lights,....
- Tổ chức các hoạt động cộng đồng: Many schools and companies organize cultural activities with a decorated feast on stage to symbolize the tradition of “phá cỗ” on the full moon night, or organize charitable activities, such as distributing cookies to help poor children, so that rural children can join city children in phá cỗ Trung Thu.
Phá cỗ Trung Thu is an important part of the festival, not only bringing joy and reunion to families but also expressing the affection and respect of the Vietnamese people toward tradition and national culture. Please take time to reunite with your relatives, enjoy the sweet Mid-Autumn mooncakes with cups of tea, creating warmth for the family and sweet memories for the children.
