Vietnam is a country that has thousands of years of history. Like many other countries in the world, Vietnam has a culture of its own identity that carries the most typical is the Lunar New Year. It is these features that make manners, shape and identity of the people in Vietnam.

Phong tục tập quán ngày tết của Việt Nam

          Lunar New Year is the most important occasion in Vietnam. Lunar New Year, according to the Vietnamese called Tet Nguyen Dan. "Nguyen" is to start, "Dan" is a new day. "Tet Nguyen Dan" is to start a new year, to welcome Spring with everything in its newest appearance. A new year comes with goodluck and in the mean time, all of the badluck will be gone, together with the passed year. "Tet Ta" (Lunar new year) is affected by Chinese Lunar New Year and East Asia Traditional Circle so that "Tet Ta" comes after New Years Eve. According to the old rule: 3 even years/a month of the Lunar Calendar, so the first day of the year is never before Jan 21st or after Feb 19th. Normally, this day will come from about the end of Jan to mid of Feb. The Lunar New Year lasts for 7-8 days of the passed year and 7 days of the new year.

According to East Asian culture and history of China, the origin of Lunar New Year from Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and change from time to time. According to folk beliefs, the New Year started from the concept "Thankfully the rain to sunshine", as well as originating from "tiet" (weather) upon under the operation of the universe, expressed in the cycle times the Spring - Summer - Fall - Winter, which, with a very special meaning for an agricultural country like Vietnam. Farmers for this is the occasion to commemorate the gods ar

The five fruits tray that we still use on ancestor altars is an indispensable custom in the Lunar New Year of Vietnamese people to pray for a new year with peace, luck, peace, wealth and happiness.The five fruits tray is a fruit of 5 different kinds of fruits, corresponding to the meanings that it brings, it is also the wishes that the homeowner wishes for a future of a new year. For example, papaya will symbolize fullness and fullness, but these cultural traditions in the North, Central and South have different traditional characteristics.

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1:Families in Vietnam clean, clean houses, clean objects in the last days of the year with the meaning of rearranging unfinished things, erasing bad things of the old year preparing to welcome the year. New with lots of fortune and luck.

2:Children and grandchildren in families will come together to visit and clean up the resting place of their ancestors and relatives. This is considered a popular traditional custom of Vietnamese people, expressing filial piety, as well as respect for the birth and deceased ancestors.