Definition

Noun: - Post-worship feast: An old custom in former Vietnamese villages where, after a ceremony to worship a deity or spirit, the community would gather to eat and drink together. This term is now considered archaic and refers to a historical rural practice.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau lễ tế đình, cả làng cùng tham gia hương ẩm. (After the communal house ceremony, the whole village participated in the post-worship feast.)
  • Tục hương ẩm thể hiện tinh thần cộng đồng của làng xã ngày xưa. (The custom of the post-worship feast reflected the communal spirit of villages in the past.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is exclusively used in historical or literary contexts to describe an old tradition. It is not used in modern, everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Lễ tế (n): Worship ceremony; the ritual that precedes the .
• Yến tiệc (n): Feast, banquet (a more general, modern term for a lavish meal).
• Cỗ bàn (n): Feast (a common term for a prepared spread of food, often for ceremonies).

Synonyms

• Tiệc làng (n): Village feast (a descriptive synonym, though not a direct historical equivalent).
• Bữa ăn cộng đồng sau lễ (n): Communal meal after a ceremony (a descriptive phrase).

Notes on Meaning

• The term hương ẩm specifically combines "hương" (village, native place) and "ẩm" (to drink), implying a communal village drink/feast. Its meaning is fixed to this historical context and does not refer to general dining or drinking.

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Post-worship feast (ở nông thôn ngày xưa)