The meaning of the five-fruit tray of the Lunar New Year 2023
The display of the five-fruit tray of the Lunar New Year 2023 has an important meaning, people need to pay attention.
The five-fruit tray is an indispensable thing on the altar of every family during the Lunar New Year. Over time, the five-fruit tray has changed and many people no longer know the meaning of the five-fruit tray.
In different regions, even different families, will have different thoughts and concepts to arrange the five-fruit tray accordingly. Through the names of five fruits, each family conveys different wishes for the new year.
According to some researchers of Vietnamese folklore, the five-fruit tray is offered to ancestors to pay respects to the owner.
The five-fruit tray is not merely five different kinds of fruit, but it must also meet the standard, so that it is a collection of the results from the five directions (East, West, South, North, and Central) and five elements (Kim, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth).
A tray of five fruits to offer to ancestors to show respect to the owner.
In addition, choosing fruits to display on the five-fruit tray must also respect the law of color, needing to have all 5 colors: blue, white, red, black (dark), yellow.
Besides, the Vietnamese people were originally farmers, and since they started out as farmers, people want the results of their labor to multiply and develop.
Because of the symbol of growth and development, it is necessary to have many fruits such as bananas, bunches of grapes; many hands like buddha hands; many citrus like grapefruit; many eyes like na; many seeds like pomegranate…
How to display the five-fruit tray for the Lunar New Year 2023
Normally, a five-fruit tray is indispensable for bananas, and definitely green bananas. The green color of bananas is considered as the Wood element. A bunch of bananas have fruits wrapped around them like hands, meaning protection, affluence, care and attachment.
In the middle of the bunch of bananas is usually a yellow pomelo (corresponding to Hanh Tho), meaning to pray for good fortune (many people also use Buddha’s hand or ripe yellow pomegranate).
Choosing fruits to display on the five-fruit tray must also respect the law of color, need to have all 5 colors: blue, white, red, black (dark), yellow.
On the tray, Hanh Hoa are red fruits (usually watermelon) and Hanh Kim are bright white peaches and whips in the North; Hanh Thuy is symbolized by a black, dark fruit like plum, sapodilla…
Regarding the arrangement of the five-fruit tray, there are large and small fruits, so arrange them in a symmetrical manner.
Currently, with convenient trade, four-season fruits and easy transportation, families can choose from a variety of fruits according to their own preferences and desires.
