The first guest to enter the house after midnight on the Lunar New Year’s Eve is believed to have a bearing on the family’s fortune throughout the year. — toquoc.vn
HANOI: According to traditional belief, what starts well will end well, so the first guest to enter the house after midnight on the Lunar New Year’s Eve is believed to have a bearing on the family’s fortune throughout the year.
That is the meaning of the xong dat (first footing), a Tet tradition in Vietnam, which has been passed down through generations and continued with equal enthusiasm today.
