Every year, in the December of the lunar calendar, when the sun of early spring wakes up each young bud. The trees turn and bloom and the flowers have a blooming season, everyone is eagerly preparing to welcome a new year that begins with the traditional New Year's Day - Lunar New Year. The story of the birth and the meaning of the New Year is a long story that we would like to briefly introduce the following key features of the presentation: Table of contents

THE ORIGIN OF TET HOLIDAY THE KEY STAGES IN THE Lunar New Year

THE MEANING OF TET HOLIDAY THE ORIGIN OF TET HOLIDAY

The Lunar New Year comes from the agricultural culture of East Asian countries. To facilitate cultivation, each year is divided into 24 qi, in which each one has a transition moment called New Year's Eve. The most important weather in a year is called Nguyen Dan, later called the Lunar New Year. According to Chinese history, the Lunar New Year dates back to the year of Tam Hoang Ngu De (2879 BC). Through each stage of development of history, Tet also has many changes, but still retains the meaningful core of New Year's Day.

THE KEY STAGES IN THE Lunar New Year

The main New Year only takes place in three days: the first, second and third of the first lunar month. However, activities to prepare for Tet took place about 2 weeks ago. The first activity to mention in the coming Tet days is cleaning the house, redecorating the house, and remodeling the grave of grandparents. This is also the time when people buy new furniture and remove old ones with the wish that the new year will all be lucky and good. Each family prepares traditional jam cakes, food in which there is indispensable pickles, pork, chicken ... to worship grandparents on Tet holiday and also for children from far away to visit. On the 23rd of the lunar calendar, our people have the custom of taking Ong Tao and Ba Tao to heaven. In Vietnamese beliefs, this is a god that looks after big and small things in the family. Every year to this day, they ride carp to Heaven to collect everything for Ngoc Hoang. On the day of worshiping Mr. Tao and Ba Tao, apart from the left and yellow cakes, we cannot miss carp. At the 25th of Tet, families worship their grandparents, make a tray of rice to take them out, and then on the 30th Tet, they will pick up their ancestors to celebrate Tet with their children and grandchildren

The days before Tet are when the ancestors have prepared enough to sleep the fruit: globe, enough, mango, fig, banana, watermelon ... are the top selected fruits. The golden apricot in the south and the cherry blossoms in the north are also about to release the flower buds to welcome the New Year. In families that still keep the tradition of wrapping banh Chung and banh Tet, on the night of 29 or 30 of the New Year, people gather together to watch the cake pot and talk until late at night. On New Year's Eve, everyone reunites and together welcomes the important moment of a new year with the hope that all the good things will come. On the Lunar New Year, everyone is up early, dressed well and politely to wish each other a New Year. Children and grandchildren come to visit grandparents, burn incense to commemorate the deceased. Adults give lucky money at the beginning of the year for children. In some places it is still important to storm the land, choose the right person with the owner to come first so that the whole year can sail smoothly.

THE MEANING OF TET HOLIDAY

The Lunar New Year is an opportunity for people to rest and relax after a year of hard work. So this is also the time to take place many entertainment activities, entertainment, and exhibitions attracting tourists everywhere. Not only that, Tet is a rare opportunity for children and grandchildren to reunite with their distant grandparents. The brothers sit together on a reunion tray after a year of separation. Tet is also a good time for students to express gratitude to teachers and friends to meet again ... The traditional Tet holiday preserves the good values ​​of a nation with a tradition of filial piety, and when drinking water, remember its source, so Tet should be preserved and promoted for generations to come. Do not for personal interests but turn Tet into a time to eat, drink. Each of us should preserve this cultural beauty together to welcome a full spring coming!

Vietnam is proud to be a thousand years of culture, a culture full of Eastern beliefs with many customs in all aspects of life. The customs of our country is extremely diverse and rich, becoming a tradition that is thousands of years old and seems to have become a customary law deeply ingrained in human life, especially the traditional customs of Tet. .

One of the most important festivals of the year for Vietnamese people is Tet Nguyen Dan, also known as Tet, the traditional Tet. Tet Vietnam is like other East Asian countries, calculated around the beginning of the lunar year, the first day of a year according to the lunar calendar is called the first day of Tet. Attached to the Tet holiday is the appearance of the traditional customs and customs of Tet, including all human activities that have been formed throughout history, with stability into order. and received and acknowledged by the community, his fathers have spread it from generation to generation and generations and descendants continue to preserve and promote. During Tet holiday, there are many customs taking place at different times with different meanings. First of all, it is the year-end (year-end) custom, the custom of worshiping Mr. Cong - Mr. Tao on December 23, when people will clean up their kitchen and buy gold carp and bring it to home see off Mr. Cong - Mr. Tao to heaven after a year. Besides, there are also activities to pack banh chung, banh Tet, every family must have a new pot of banh chung, called Tet atmosphere, people usually pack it on the day of Tet 28-30 December. On the ancestor's altar is a beautifully decorated five-fruit tray, and in addition, a year-end rice bowl, or year-end rice making, is like a goodbye meal for an old year. New year everything must be new and bright, so before Tet there will be clothes to clean the house, even if people are busy until the last few days of the year, they must clean their house to welcome the new year in peace and luck. luckier. New Year's Eve also has the custom of worshiping New Year's Eve, usually people will put a small table out the door or in the yard with a vase, fruit plate and incense to pray for the wishes of the new year. Tet markets, flower markets are also held every year to increase the spring color of Tet. Add to that the crowded class of people coming to the temple to pray for a new year with new hope and new joy. This is what shows the spirituality of the Vietnamese people. From the old to the young come to the temple together to hope for a more favorable new year. And those are unforgettable images of Tet. Tet is also considered a reunion day, an indispensable spiritual food of the Vietnamese people. Those who leave their homeland on Tet holiday are a rare opportunity to have a reunion meal with their family. Sticking together a few red lines at the door has become a familiar image of the New Year's homeland. Traditional New Year is a cultural symbol, the most important holiday of the year for Vietnamese people, is an opportunity for children to gather with family, reunite with relatives, pay homage to grandparents and parents.

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