Definition

1. Noun:
   • The one-hundredth day ceremony: A traditional Vietnamese ritual held on the 100th day after a person's death, marking an important milestone in the mourning period and ancestor veneration.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Gia đình tôi đang chuẩn bị làm lễ trăm ngày cho ông nội. (My family is preparing the one-hundredth day ceremony for my grandfather.)
  • Lễ trăm ngày là một phong tục quan trọng trong văn hóa Việt Nam. (The one-hundredth day ceremony is an important custom in Vietnamese culture.)

Advanced Usage

• The ceremony is often considered a time when the soul of the deceased fully transitions to the ancestral world. It may involve a final farewell ritual, after which the immediate family can gradually resume normal activities.

Variants and Related Words

• Lễ cúng 100 ngày: Another term for the same ceremony, meaning "the 100-day worship ceremony."
• Lễ tang (n): Funeral rites.
• Lễ cúng 49 ngày (n): The 49th-day ceremony, another significant memorial rite.
• Giỗ (n): Annual death anniversary ceremony.

Synonyms

• Centenary ceremony (in this specific ritual context).
• 100th-day memorial.

Related Cultural Notes

• "Trăm ngày" is a key part of the sequence of post-funeral rituals, which often include the 3rd day, 7th day, 49th day, and 100th day after death, culminating in the annual death anniversary (giỗ).