Sacrifice to Guan Gong is very common in shops in Vietnam. Why not the god of wealth?

In fact, this reason is mainly the relationship between Vietnamese culture and Confucian culture. Because Vietnam has been ruled by China for thousands of years since ancient times, that is to say, China's traditional culture has influenced Vietnam for nearly a thousand years, especially in the Han Dynasty, when the rulers asked the Vietnamese at that time to learn China's words and saw China's books, that is, the Confucian culture at that time had gradually penetrated into Vietnamese life. In fact, Confucius has a very high position in Vietnam.

This shows how far-reaching the influence of Confucian culture on Vietnamese culture is. In addition, during the Yongzheng period, Guan Gong was canonized as King Annan, so many temples of Guan Gong were built at that time. Now, almost every place in Vietnam is related to public temples, including northern and central Vietnam, which makes Guan Gong the most common god in daily life in Vietnam at that time.

Secondly, we should talk about the relationship between Guan Yu and China's Confucianism. At that time, Guan Yu lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Dong Zhongshu put forward the idea of exclusive respect for Confucianism, Confucianism at that time was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although Guan Yu was only a martial artist and left no works, the book he read the most in his life was Spring and Autumn Annals, and his attitude and behavior in dealing with people were completely in line with Confucianism.

It is precisely because he practiced this kind of Confucianism all his life, so Confucius at that time was promoting his own thoughts and constantly improving Confucianism. At the same time, he also shaped the image of Guan Yu into a tall image in people's minds at that time, and even called Guan Yu a warrior saint.

Vietnam is deeply influenced by Confucian culture, so it respects Confucian culture very much. It is precisely because of this that Confucianism shaped Guan Yu's tall image at that time, so such propaganda also improved Guan Yu's position in Vietnam. In Vietnam, Guan Yu's image symbolizes loyalty. Then there are some literary works to spread the image of Guan Yu's loyalty and courage, which is more deeply rooted in people's hearts.