Bài giảng về Lunar new year

More commonly known by its shortened name Tết, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam.. During Tết, Vietnamese visit their relatives and temples, forgetting ab

More commonly known by its shortened name Tết, is the most important and popular holiday and

festival in Vietnam

Tết is an occasion for

pilgrims and family reunions

During Tết, Vietnamese visit

their relatives and temples,

forgetting about the troubles

of the past year and hoping

for a better upcoming year

They consider Tết to be the

first day of spring and the

festival is often called Hội

xuân (spring festival).

Tết Nguyên Đán

Tết in the three Vietnamese regions can be divided into

three periods, known as Tất Niên (Before New Year's Eve), Giao Thừa (New Year's Eve), and Tân Niên (The

New Year)

New Year's Eve The New Year Before New Year's Eve

This period begins one or two weeks before the actual celebration

The general atmosphere

leading up to Tết is in

the bustle of shopping,

decorating the home,

cooking traditional Tết

food and waiting for

relatives to return home

The first day of Tết is reserved for the nuclear family.

Children receive a red

envelope containing

money from their olders

This tradition is

called mừng tuổi (happy

new age) in the north

and lì xì in the south

During subsequent days, people visit relatives and friends

At Tết every house is

usually decorated

by hoa mai – Apricot

Blossom (in the central

and southern parts

of Vietnam) or hoa

đào – peach Blossom (in

the northern part

of Vietnam) or hoa

ban (in mountain areas) Apricot Blossom peach Blossom

In the north or central, the kumquat tree is a popular decoration for the living room during Tết

Vietnamese people also

decorate their homes

with bonsaiand flower

as chrysanthemum (hoa

cúc),marigold (vạn thọ)

symbolizing longevity,

ect

The traditional greetings are Happy New Year (“chúc

mừng năm mới” and “cung chúc tân xuân” )

People also wish each other prosperity and luck

Common wishes for Tết include:

Live up to 100 years (Sống lâu trăm tuổi )

Good health, and prosperity (An khang thịnh vượng) Plenty of health (Sức khoẻ dồi dào )

Congratulations and be prosperous (Cung hỉ phát tài ) Money flow in like water (Tiền vô như nước)

Some traditional food on Tết are:

Bánh tét and bánh chưng

roasted watermelon seeds - Hạt dưa

Pickled onion and pickled small

leeks : Dưa hành, củ kiệu

Jam: Mứt

Soursop (mãng cầu) coconut (dừa)

papaya (đu đủ), and mango(xoài)

Meat Stewed in Coconut

Juice : Thịt kho nước dừa

People are delighted to enjoy exciting games during Tết: bầu cua, cờ tướng, ném còn, chọi trâu, ect

They also participate in some competitions

presenting their knowledge, strength and

aestheticism such as: bird competition and ngâm

thơ competition

Fortune

One should give people

lucky presents: new

clothes, peach branche,

bánh chưng (or bánh tét)

and bánh dày, red things

(red symbolizes

happiness, luckiness,

advantages)

• One shouldn't say or

do bad things during Tết

• One shouldn't sweep the house or empty out the rubbish to avoid luck and benefits going with it, especially on the first day of the new year

Don'ts

Dos

For every country, in every period of history, culture, national traditions and language is the foundation of the social spirit, the motivation and goals of development, soul, strength life of the nation, that nation.(Với mỗi quốc gia, trong mọi giai đoạn lịch sử, bản sắc văn hóa, truyền thống dân tộc và ngôn ngữ luôn là nền tảng tinh thần của xã hội, là động lực và mục tiêu của sự phát triển, là linh hồn, sức sống của quốc gia, dân tộc đó.)

Therefore, the preservation and promotion of cultural identity, national traditions play a very important role in the construction and development of the country (Chính vì vậy, việc giữ gìn và phát huy bản sắc văn hóa, truyền thống dân tộc đóng vai trò vô cùng quan trọng trong công cuộc xây dựng và phát triển đất nước) Through the customary of New Year's Day, the more we love hometown, country, Vietnamese people, saying to myself will try to study and train hard to preserve, promote and introduce the definition nice to her friends

ta càng thêm yêu hơn quê hương, đất nước, con người Việt, tự nhủ với bản thân sẽ cố gắng học tập, rèn luyện chăm chỉ để giữ gìn, phát huy và giới thiệu những nét đẹp ấy tới bạn bè năm châu.)

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