{"id":29351,"date":"2022-01-31T10:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=29351"},"modified":"2022-01-31T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:05:11","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-tet-holiday-vietnams-traditional-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-tet-holiday-vietnams-traditional-lunar-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about Tet Holiday – Vietnam’s Traditional Lunar New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0110\u00e1n, more frequently abbreviated as T\u1ebft, is Vietnam’s most significant and popular holiday and celebration. According to the Lunar calendar, it is the Vietnamese New Year, which marks the beginning of spring. T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0110\u00e1n is Sino-Vietnamese meaning the Feast of the First Morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The dates of the Lunar New Year vary from year to year, although it usually occurs in late January or early February. Tet Holiday is considered the ideal time for family members to come home and gather together since Vietnamese families are very close-knit. During T\u1ebft, Vietnamese go shopping for the New Year and visit pagodas and temples. The items of shopping range from food to clothing to decorations for the house. The Vietnamese think that Tet Holiday is a time to celebrate life after a long year of hard work, so people forget about their worries and focus on making the celebration as joyful as possible. Because of the high regard in which it is held, T\u1ebft is frequently consumed with unique, distinctive colors and flavors. Let’s look at some of the traditions and customs associated with this unique festival in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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A family gathers around on Tet holiday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    Food<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    B\u00e1nh ch\u01b0ng (Sticky square cake)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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    B\u00e1nh Ch\u01b0ng is a food made from glutinous rice, mung beans, and pork, as well as a variety of additional ingredients. B\u00e1nh Ch\u01b0ng, which is wrapped in green leaves (typically banana leaves) and represents the Earth, was created by Prince Lang Li\u00eau of the H\u00f9ng King dynasty. Aside from the traditional reasons, B\u00e1nh Ch\u01b0ng is chosen as the main food for T\u1ebft because it could last for days in Vietnamese weather (B\u00e1nh Ch\u01b0ng can survive at room temperature for nearly 1 month).<\/p>\n

    Gi\u00f2, ch\u1ea3 (Vietnamese sausage)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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    Gi\u00f2 ch\u1ea3 (Vietnamese ham\/sausage) is another traditional T\u1ebft holiday food that is typically served with X\u00f4i (sticky rice) and B\u00e1nh Ch\u01b0ng. Gi\u00f2 differs from Ch\u1ea3 in that Gi\u00f2 is boiled whereas Ch\u1ea3 is deep-fried. Ch\u1ea3 is made of lean pork and other ingredients, but it is not wrapped with leaves and boiled, but rather deep-fried in oil.<\/p>\n

    Th\u1ecbt kho h\u1ed9t v\u1ecbt (Braised Pork Belly with Duck Egg)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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    This dish is more popular in the South than in the North, but no one can resist its irresistible smell, flavor, and great compatibility with a bowl of steaming rice. The pork belly and egg are simmered in coconut juice and fish sauce until they are tender and have absorbed all of the delicious flavors. Because the dish is so diverse and simple to cook, it has become one of the most popular dishes served during the T\u1ebft Holiday.<\/p>\n

    X\u00f4i (Sticky rice)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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    X\u00f4i, like B\u00e1nh Ch\u01b0ng, is a very important part of T\u1ebft holiday in Vietnam. X\u00f4i is one of the key staple foods for T\u1ebft holiday. X\u00f4i can be found in a variety of forms, including X\u00f4i L\u1ea1c (sticky rice with peanuts), X\u00f4i \u0110\u1ed7 Xanh (sticky rice with mung bean), and X\u00f4i G\u1ea5c (sticky rice with unique “g\u1ea5c” fruit). Among these, x\u00f4i g\u1ea5c is the most popular due to its distinctive reddish color, which represents good fortune and fresh beginnings for the New Year.<\/p>\n

    M\u1ee9t (Jam)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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    M\u1ee9t T\u1ebft (T\u1ebft jam) is not a meal to be served on the T\u1ebft holiday, but rather a snack to welcome guests at this special time. This once-a-year snack combination has a wide range of flavors, including ginger, carrot, coconut, pineapple, pumpkin, lotus seed, star fruit, etc.<\/p>\n

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      Traditional customs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Despite the fact that many Vietnamese traditions are rooted in old cultural beliefs that may appear superstitious to others, families feel that their activities on T\u1ebft must include happiness, joy, and good luck. The following are some of the most well-known and long-standing T\u1ebft traditional customs that have been passed down from generation to generation.<\/p>\n

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      The young receive lucky money from the elder in the family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      Giving L\u00ec x\u00ec (lucky money)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      The first day of T\u1ebft is reserved for the nuclear family. From their elders, children receive a red envelope containing money. This tradition is known as m\u1eebng tu\u1ed5i (happy new age) in the north and l\u00ec x\u00ec in the south. Before collecting the money, children usually dress up in their new outfits and say the traditional T\u1ebft greetings to their elders.<\/p>\n

      X\u00f4ng nh\u00e0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      Because the Vietnamese think that the first visitor a family receives in the year determines their fortune for the whole year, no one enters a house on the first day unless they are first invited. One of the most significant traditions during T\u1ebft is being the first person to enter a house, which is known as x\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ea5t, x\u00f4ng nh\u00e0, or \u0111\u1ea1p \u0111\u1ea5t. According to Vietnamese tradition, if a family has good fortune on the first day of the lunar New Year, the entire year would be blessed. Typically, a person of decent temper, morality, and prosperity will be the host family’s lucky sign and will be invited first into the house.<\/p>\n

      People visit relatives and friends during the next few days. Traditionally, but not always, the second and even painting their home in preparation for spring, settle old debts and disputes, and pledge to behave kindly and work hard in the new year.<\/p>\n

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        Decorations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Traditionally, each family displays a “C\u00e2y n\u00eau,” an artificial New Year Tree made of a 5 to 6 m long bamboo pole. Depending on where you live, the upper end is usually decorated with a variety of things such as good luck charms, origami fish, cactus branches, and so on.<\/p>\n

        Every house in T\u1ebft is generally decorated with hoa mai \u2013 Ochna integerrima (in the central and southern regions of Vietnam), hoa \u0111\u00e0o \u2013 peach flower (in the northern part of Vietnam), or hoa ban (in mountain areas). In the north or central, the kumquat tree is a popular decoration for the living room during T\u1ebft. Its vivid orange fruits symbolize the family’s expectations for fertility and fruitfulness in the coming year.<\/p>\n

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        Hoa Mai is a T\u1ebft holiday symbol of good fortune.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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        Hoa Dao is also a Tet symbol in the North.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0110\u00e1n, more frequently abbreviated as T\u1ebft, is Vietnam’s most significant and popular holiday and celebration. According to the Lunar calendar, it is the Vietnamese New Year, which marks the beginning of spring. T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0110\u00e1n is Sino-Vietnamese meaning the Feast of the First Morning. The dates of the Lunar New Year vary from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[765,2],"tags":[13397,13432,13431,13433],"class_list":{"0":"post-29351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-moments","8":"category-news","9":"tag-tet-2022","10":"tag-tet-holiday","11":"tag-tet-tradition","12":"tag-vietnams-traditional-lunar-new-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}