Offering custom canoe, boat Southern

The vast majority of merchant boats, row boats all worship “Mrs. You” on the boat and the boat holds prayers in the 16th and 29th lunar month.

Southern people walking past, purchase, barter, community activities primarily by waterway vessels such as canoes, boats. This means more payload, size and how close is richly wood, design depending on the preferences of the owner or dependent and their use. Canoes then 3, 5, 7, 9 leaves … usually to go back at close range. Sampan boat there are boats, boat sky, row boats, boats trafficking …, often to buy sell and move farther in the distance.

Canoes and boats tied and very close to residents’ life by the topography southern rivers intertwined. Additionally, for those who trade on the boat maintains the same boat tradition by custom handed down from ancient times to trust a divine being always give shelter to them merchant may sell expensive, not crashed on vehicles and people on the river, sea and canal.

The vast majority of merchant boats, row boats all worship “Mrs. You” on the boat and the boat holds prayers in the 16th and 29th lunar month. About gifts if these vehicles are often offered on the chicken (symbolizing luck running operation) shall worship must worship duck boat (symbolizing swimming, moving smoothly across the river). Trays offerings include duck boiled with three cups of soup, a pot of tea, a bottle of wine and pastries, there where more offerings depending on the economic pig family. Trays cozy chairs placed in front, while conducting worship, boat owners burn incense to pray for sale, luck, health … About iconic “Ms. He” has many anecdotes but most storied owners often hear it’s a old woman and her two sons specializing in river rescue in distress. To pay tribute to old customers organize immolate pray She and their two sons always bless and help. And from that image, “Ms. He” always be people going boats, canoes brought to admonition and warning to people not to have these acts, gestures, words wrong or dishonest.

Do not know how real damage, but today, people trading on the river very successful private purchases as expected the move caught the dog cross the river and in front of the boat. However the sale will be difficult to meet the horizontal amphibious snake or goose. At night, watch the fireflies appear boat trip that will facilitate trafficking.

On boat in the South continue offering plentiful but have high similarities. To prepare closing new boat, never homeowners immolate also the first piece of plywood continue offering called “gim plot”. On that similar offerings tray tray of boat owners monthly offerings, but have attached a red cloth symbolizes luck. Pieces of wood planks “gim plot” to thicker pieces of wood next. After completion of the boat, the landlord should be returned to the nail was closed on pieces “gim Lot” boat builders to “caulking” in which the other wooden stakes respectively. Legend has it that, if lost the spikes there will be a lot of bad luck.

A customary worship other boats so popular is offered “to hit” means pull the boat ashore to repair, refresh … The form is similar to the monthly ritual offerings.

On offer boats for sale early exodus typically comes in two forms. One is if boat owners choose good day but for some other reason is not the present exodus offering onshore, then the boat ran over, ran to where the platter offered three times, then the exodus day optional. Secondly, if they do not do exodus always moves like on that after completion of the offer immediately.

Often, after the custom of worshiping boats, boat owners invite neighboring stool to drink alcohol, traditional music, discussing trade deal next trip.

Today the means of road transport, air thriving and gradually replaced the waterway transportation. Yet still many boats circulated in South River and picture nuances created specifically for the Mekong River Delta. And South continue offering boat people still maintain to this day as a spiritual and cultural traditions of folk traditions.