This document provides an overview of Tet holiday traditions in Vietnam. It discusses the important preparations that take place a week before Tet, including cleaning homes, buying food/drinks, and decorating with flowers. Key activities on Tet include families gathering, children receiving "lucky money", and participating in rituals like the first footing. The document outlines regional differences in traditional dishes and customs celebrated during Vietnam's most important holiday.
This document provides an overview of Tet holiday traditions in Vietnam. It discusses the important preparations that take place a week before Tet, including cleaning homes, buying food/drinks, and decorating with flowers. Key activities on Tet include families gathering, children receiving "lucky money", and participating in rituals like the first footing. The document outlines regional differences in traditional dishes and customs celebrated during Vietnam's most important holiday.
This document provides an overview of Tet holiday traditions in Vietnam. It discusses the important preparations that take place a week before Tet, including cleaning homes, buying food/drinks, and decorating with flowers. Key activities on Tet include families gathering, children receiving "lucky money", and participating in rituals like the first footing. The document outlines regional differences in traditional dishes and customs celebrated during Vietnam's most important holiday.
This document provides an overview of Tet holiday traditions in Vietnam. It discusses the important preparations that take place a week before Tet, including cleaning homes, buying food/drinks, and decorating with flowers. Key activities on Tet include families gathering, children receiving "lucky money", and participating in rituals like the first footing. The document outlines regional differences in traditional dishes and customs celebrated during Vietnam's most important holiday.
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Full name: Lê Hoàng Nam
Instructor: Teacher… (họ tên thầy)
Class: EK3.VB2.NNA.ĐHCL Date: 28/7/2021 Audience: Foreign tourists who visit Vietnam on Tet holiday The aims of the lecture: To introduce generally about Tet holiday of Vietnamese people, to help audience understand partially about various activities and some taboos on Tet holiday.
TET HOLIDAY IN VIETNAM
Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. This is a special occasion for Vietnamese families to welcome the New Year after hard working days and reunite together. Vietnamese people celebrate the Lunar New Year annually, based on the lunar calendar. Tet became the national holiday and it also expresses deeply cultural characteristics of the country. It takes place around late January or early February. However, it is closer to a week or ten days, as many activities occur before or after. First, the preparation for Tet holiday takes place about a week before because it requires many steps. Members of families clean and redecorate their houses, especially the ancestral altars with a five-fruit tray, watermelon, and flowers. Then, they buy food, drinks such as cookies, dried candied fruits, roasted seeds (melon, sunflower, pumpkin,...), wine, beer or soft drinks, etc... to offer their guests and to store because many shops are closed for some days. Besides, a branch of peach blossom or apricot blossom or a kumquat tree cannot be absent from every home during these special days. Children are the most eager, as their parents buy them new clothes to celebrate the New Year.
Ancestral alter with fruit tray
Peach flower (in the North part of VN) Apricot blosssom (in the South of VN)
Kumquat tree Second, in addition to shopping, many Vietnamese families make Banh Chung or Banh Tet, pickled onion, frozen meat or caramelized pork and eggs, which are the country's traditional dishes on Tet holiday. Especially, in the 23rd day of twelfth month, people celebrate the traditional ceremony to see Kitchen God, who is trusted to bring their wishes to the God, to return to heaven.
Banh Chung and frozen meat in the North of Vietnam
Banh Tet and caramelized pork and eggs in the South of Vietnam Kitchen God and his Carp Third, the first day of Tet is the most important day and it is reserved for nuclear family. The action of being the first footing, the person who has good temper, good name, morality and success, to enter a house at Tet, is one of the most important rituals. After that, children wear colorful clothes and give their elders the traditional Tet wishes then receive “lucky money”, which is a sum of money wrapped with a red envelope. People believe that it could protect children from elves and also bring them good fortune, health in new year.
Nuclear family on the first day of Tet
The first footing
Finally, during the first days of New Year, Vietnamese people do things supposed to be good for themselves and their loved ones such as wearing red clothes, buying salt, taking chance or praying and avoid saying and doing taboos such as sweeping the house, loaning or paying, breaking something Each region in Vietnam has its own customs to celebrate Tet, which are very special and unique. Some good things to do during the first day of New Year
Some taboos should be avoided during the first day of New Year To sum up, "Tet" is a very familiar word to Vietnamese people whenever they think about the country. It drags people out of their routine life, brings those who are far away from home, reunite and give love with their loved one. Tet is a cozy and wonderful holiday. I love my country and this important celebration so much. That’s all. Thank you very much for you attention!
