The Tet Holiday is the biggest annual celebration in Vietnam,
which is held during the first 3 days of the Lunar New Year. During these days,
people welcome the new coming year with good health, luck and success. The Tet
holiday is very special for Vietnamese families as they reunite and celebrate
together.
The preparation for Tet holiday takes place very soon because it requires many steps. All members of families clean and redecorate their houses together, and then they buy food, drink such as cookies, sweets, candied fruit, melon seeds...to offer to their guests and to store up because during this occasion many shops are closed. A branch of peach flower or a kumquat tree will be present in every home during these special days. Children are the most excited, as their parents will buy them new clothes. In addition to buying things, many Vietnamese families make Chung cake, pickled onion, frozen meat, which are our country's traditional food on Tet holiday. We decorate the ancestral altars with a five-fruit tray, vegetables, sweets, and flowers.
In the last day of the previous year, people become more excited as they feel that the New Year is very near to them. Everybody waits for the sacred moment when the clock points 0:00 am and light fireworks everywhere to wish for health, luck and happiness throughout the next year. Normally Contrary, on the first morning of the year everything seems peaceful and quiet as people are sleeping longer to enjoy the moment with their extended family. However, there are some families who get up early to go back to their hometowns to visit their ancestors' graves and relatives. From the noon on, everybody goes to their neighbors' houses to wish them a happy New Year. The children wear their new clothes are very excited, as they will get lucky money from adults. There are many activities to welcome the new coming spring during this occasion, like children writing their first essay, in the hope for good results in school. In spring festival, everyone takes part in the traditional games such as rollercoaster, tug of war, cooking rice, cock fighting etc., to express their happiness while farmers wish for better crops. Women often go to pagodas to show Buddha their hearts and wish their families good things and power to avoid bad luck. During the first days of New Year, Vietnamese people do things that are supposed to be good for themselves and their loved ones such as wearing red clothes, buying salt, praying... and avoid saying taboos (related to death, breaking...). Each region in Vietnam has its own customs for celebrating the Tet holiday, which are special and unique.
"Tet" is the word that is very familiar to Vietnamese people whenever we think about our country. This is the time for family reunions, festivals and people giving love to their loved one. As for me, I enjoy the warm and cozy Tet's atmosphere when all extended members of my family stay and talk together.
The preparation for Tet holiday takes place very soon because it requires many steps. All members of families clean and redecorate their houses together, and then they buy food, drink such as cookies, sweets, candied fruit, melon seeds...to offer to their guests and to store up because during this occasion many shops are closed. A branch of peach flower or a kumquat tree will be present in every home during these special days. Children are the most excited, as their parents will buy them new clothes. In addition to buying things, many Vietnamese families make Chung cake, pickled onion, frozen meat, which are our country's traditional food on Tet holiday. We decorate the ancestral altars with a five-fruit tray, vegetables, sweets, and flowers.
In the last day of the previous year, people become more excited as they feel that the New Year is very near to them. Everybody waits for the sacred moment when the clock points 0:00 am and light fireworks everywhere to wish for health, luck and happiness throughout the next year. Normally Contrary, on the first morning of the year everything seems peaceful and quiet as people are sleeping longer to enjoy the moment with their extended family. However, there are some families who get up early to go back to their hometowns to visit their ancestors' graves and relatives. From the noon on, everybody goes to their neighbors' houses to wish them a happy New Year. The children wear their new clothes are very excited, as they will get lucky money from adults. There are many activities to welcome the new coming spring during this occasion, like children writing their first essay, in the hope for good results in school. In spring festival, everyone takes part in the traditional games such as rollercoaster, tug of war, cooking rice, cock fighting etc., to express their happiness while farmers wish for better crops. Women often go to pagodas to show Buddha their hearts and wish their families good things and power to avoid bad luck. During the first days of New Year, Vietnamese people do things that are supposed to be good for themselves and their loved ones such as wearing red clothes, buying salt, praying... and avoid saying taboos (related to death, breaking...). Each region in Vietnam has its own customs for celebrating the Tet holiday, which are special and unique.
"Tet" is the word that is very familiar to Vietnamese people whenever we think about our country. This is the time for family reunions, festivals and people giving love to their loved one. As for me, I enjoy the warm and cozy Tet's atmosphere when all extended members of my family stay and talk together.
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