By Bảo Ngọc
Today, Ngọc will share the tradition of tomb sweeping, an important custom in Vietnamese culture. Explore the deep cultural tradition of tomb sweeping (tảo mộ) and ancestor remembrance in Vietnam. In this lesson, Ngọc explains how families gather before the Lunar New Year or during the Qingming period (tiết Thanh Minh) to clean grave sites (bia mộ), pull weeds, burn incense (thắp hương), and share family history with younger generations. You will learn vocabulary related to family heritage (cội nguồn), showing gratitude (lòng biết ơn), and the famous proverb about remembering your roots: "uống nước nhớ nguồn" (when drinking water, remember the source).
Part of Vietnamese Culture Unlocked