- If elected as the temple keeper (Cu Tu), the family must be complete (both husband and wife, a model family, and must perform a reporting ceremony at His shrine…)
- If elected as the chief celebrant (Te Chu), the family must be complete (both husband and wife, a model family, and must perform a reporting ceremony at His shrine…)
If a family is in mourning, only one year after the mourning period ends may they enter the Communal House to perform tasks there.
- When a grand ceremony is held, the palanquin team must gather for 7 days at the cultural house and residential group, and the festival organizing committee assigns people to cook at the cultural house; they must not have intimate contact with women, and should frequently gargle and bathe with ginger water.
The festival is held to commemorate the merits of the Local Tutelary Deity, the god who manages the houses and land of the residents of Giang Chinh village. Incense and offerings are regularly made on the first and fifteenth days of each month and on the Ky Phuoc day of the first lunar month. The festival takes place on the 14th-15th days of the first lunar month to commemorate the merits of the gods and to pray for favorable weather, and for every household to be warm, prosperous, and happy.
Local authorities hold a meeting with Party cell secretaries, residential group leaders, and heads of mass organizations, then establish the festival steering committee and assign tasks to each committee member. The meeting takes place at Giang Chinh Village Communal House.
* Before the festival: Local authorities hold a joint meeting including secretaries, village heads, and heads of mass organizations. Then, a festival steering committee is established and tasks are assigned to each member. The meeting takes place at the village communal house or the residential group cultural house.
* The 13th day of the first lunar month
The elderly people in the village and some members of the ritual committee perform the ceremony of cleaning the worship objects, assembling the palanquin, and offering three types of water including clean water and fresh ginger water, then wipe again with alcohol. After that, the temple keeper and a group of elders dress the City God and the Local Tutelary Deity and clean the communal house.
* 14th day of the first lunar month:
- At 7:30 in the morning, the elders and the people offer a tray of glutinous rice and one pig's head selected to offer to the Saint and organize rituals at the Communal House. After the opening and ritual forms to report to the Local Tutelary Deity, the festival is held.
- At about 14:00 in the afternoon, palanquin procession. The procession includes 03 palanquins. The order of the procession includes a flag and drum team of 20 people leading. Then 20 people carrying dragon and lion. Next is the sword and eight treasures team and the ceremonial music team. The palanquin team includes the Long Dinh palanquin patrolling to clear the road, the Van palanquin, and the Bat Cong palanquin. Following the procession and palanquins are village mass organization groups and the people, starting from Giang Chinh Communal House to Tan Tien Communal House, Quan Rang Dong Communal House, then to Yen Phuc Communal House and back to Giang Le Communal House; before starting the procession, the procession team must make the Bat Cong palanquin turn 3 times in front of the communal house gate; the procession route is about 2 km long. After the palanquins are brought back to the communal house and installed, the elders ask for incense ash into the rear shrine and perform rituals at the front altar.
