# **Blessing the Little Princess: Celebrating a Baby Girl's One-Month Birthday**
Full moon ceremony is one of the traditional rituals in Vietnamese culture. It is an occasion for families to hold a ceremony to pray for the baby to be healthy, safe, and protected in the future. In this article, we will learn about the significance of the full moon ceremony, how to perform the ceremony, how to decorate, the altar offerings, and the content of the prayers.

Significance of the Full Moon Ceremony
The full moon ceremony is an important ritual in Vietnamese culture. It is an occasion for families to hold a ceremony to pray for the baby to be healthy, safe, and protected in the future. Moreover, the full moon ceremony also has the significance of family bonding, honoring the mother after the birth process, and preparing for the baby's new age.

How to Perform the Ceremony
The full moon ceremony is held on the day the baby turns 1 month old. On this day, the family will clean up, decorate the house, prepare the altar offerings, and necessary items. Then, relatives will perform the ceremony to worship the deities, thank the gods, ancestors, and protectors who have taken care of the baby during the birth process.

The typical steps of the ceremony include:

Lighting incense: to respectfully worship the deities, souls, and ancestors.
Opening the ceremony: to honor the gods and ask for their permission to hold the ceremony.
Worshiping the deities: to worship the gods, souls, ancestors, and pray for blessings for the baby.
Closing the ceremony: to thank the gods and ancestors who have attended and prayed for the baby.

How to Decorate
Decoration for the full moon ceremony needs to ensure solemnity and respectfulness. Some items needed for decoration include:

Fresh flowers: fresh flowers symbolize freshness, vitality, and good luck. Families can use popular flowers such as roses, lilies, chrysanthemums, and peonies.
Incense and fragrance: to create a sacred atmosphere, families can burn incense and fragrance during the ceremony.
Fruit: fruit is an important part of the full moon ceremony. Fruit symbolizes abundance, health, and success. Families can use fruits such as longan, rambutan, watermelon, mango, and papaya.
Other decorative items: families can use items such as lanterns, altars, sculptures, and carpets.

Altar Offerings
The full moon ceremony's altar offerings include food and drink prepared to worship the gods and ancestors. The altar offerings typically include:

Cakes: sweet and savory cakes.
Fruit: fresh or sliced fruit.
Drinks: water, etc.
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