LEARN ABOUT THE REGULATIONS FOR BUYING OFFERINGS DURING SACRIFICE PERIODS THROUGH SOME HAN NOM CUSTOMARY DOCUMENTS OF HA DONG PROVINCE

Abstract

      Sacrifice is one of the important customs, present in most Han Nom customary documents of Ha Dong province. In particular, regulations on sacrificial offerings and objects of buying offerings are the main content of the sacrificial custom during the annual sacrificia periods. Learning about the content of buying offerings regulations, about the differences and changes in buying offerings regulations, aims to identify the characteristics of buying offerings regulations in sacrificial periods as well as better understand the nature of the change in buying offerings regulations between old and new customs of the sacrificial customs of Ha Dong province in particular, and Bac Ky in general during the pilot period of reformed customs.