Chance of betel
Legend has it since the time of Hung Vuong and associated with a famous fairy tale "betel and areca". Betel pieces include 4 ingredients: areca (sweet taste), betel leaves (spicy), roots (bitter) and lime (strong taste). The betel dish represents the unique national lifestyle of Vietnam. Old books say that "eating betel nut makes the mouth smell good, relaxes the air, and consumes rice".
Betel pieces, making people closer, more open to each other. Betel pieces multiply joy, guests come to invite betel; the wedding party has a betel plate to celebrate; holidays, Tet, betel festival with strangers to get acquainted, make friends; to people who know betel pieces are tri-tri-good. The betel nut also warms people up in the cold cold days, alleviating the sadness when the family has mourning, and is sad and sympathetic by relatives and friends in the village. Betel is also a show of respect for the next generation to previous generations, so betel and areca on the tray of Vietnamese ancestors worship.