TIN MỪNG CHO TRẺ – CELEBRATIONS OF TẾT
We are closer to Tết Nguyên Đán, shortened to Tết, is Vietnam’s Lunar New Year. Tết celebrates the beginning of a new year as well the coming of spring. It is based on the lunar calendar, and generally celebrated on the same day as the Chinese New Year. and is the most important annual celebration and public holiday in Vietnam. Tết celebrations can range from 3 days and continue for up to one week. The festival is split into the New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day.
Exuberant festivities are held — traditional food like bánh chưng, music and dragon dancing performed along the streets. During this time there is a real sense of celebration in the air, making it a festive time.
Celebrated as a time of renewal, Tết serves as an opportunity for Vietnamese people to pay homage to their ancestors, their parents, and have family reunions.
Preparations usually begin weeks before Tết, as people start to return home, clean their family graves, worship at their family altars and decorate their homes with apricot blossoms, peach blossoms and kumquat trees, symbolizing the hope of prosperity and well-being.