T? t ( [tet ??] or [t? : t ??] ), or Vietnamese New Year , is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a short form of T? T NguyÃÆ'ªn? ÃÆ'¡n , which is Sino-Vietnamese for "First Day Party on Day One". Do not celebrate spring arrivals based on the Vietnamese calendar, which usually has a fall date in January or February.
Vietnamese people celebrate the Lunar New Year each year, based on the lunisolar calendar (counting the movement of the earth around the sun and moon around the earth). Today is generally celebrated on the same day as the Chinese New Year, except when the hour-time difference between Vietnam and China produces a new moon that occurs on different days. This takes place from the first day of the first month of the Vietnamese calendar (around the end of January or early February) until at least the third day. Many Vietnamese are preparing for T? T by cooking special holiday meals and cleaning the house. These foods include bÃÆ'¡nh ch? Ng, bÃÆ'¡nh dÃÆ' y, dry young bamboo soup ( canh m? Ng ), giÃÆ'² , and sticky rice. Many habits practiced during T? T, like visiting someone's home on the first day of the new year ( xÃÆ'Â'ng nhÃÆ' ), ancestor worship, saying New Year greetings, giving lucky money to children and parents, and opening shop.
T? T is also an opportunity for pilgrims and family reunions. They began to forget about last year's problems and hoped for a better year ahead. They consider T not to be the first day of spring, and this festival is often called H? I xuÃÆ' Â ¢ n (spring festival).
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Customs
Vietnamese people usually return to their families during T? Q. Some people return to worship on family altars or visit their ancestral graves in their homeland. They also cleaned their family graves as a sign of respect. Even though T? T is a national holiday among all Vietnamese people, each region and religion has its own customs.
T? T in the three regions of Vietnam can be divided into three periods, known as T? T NiÃÆ'¡n (The second New Year's Eve from the back), Giao Th? A (New Year's Eve), and TÃÆ' Â ¢ n NiÃÆ'¡n (New Year), representing preparations before T? t, night T? t, and days and after T? t, respectively.
New Year
First day T? T is reserved for nuclear families. Children receive red envelopes containing money from their parents. This tradition is called m? Ng tu? I (happy new age) in the north and lÃÆ'¬ xÃÆ'¬ in the south. Typically, children wear their new clothes and give their parents a traditional greeting before receiving money. Because the Vietnamese believe that the first visitors the family received that year determined their luck for the whole year, people never entered the house on the first day without being invited in advance. The act of being the first person to enter the house in T? T called xÃÆ''ng ?? t , xÃÆ'Â'ng nhÃÆ' or ?? p? ? t , which is one of the most important rituals during T? t. According to Vietnamese tradition, if good things come to the family on the first day of Lunar New Year, the whole next year will also be full of blessings. Usually, people who have good character, morality, and success will be a sign of luck for the host family and invited first into the house. However, just to be safe, homeowners will leave the house a few minutes before midnight and return right when the hour strikes midnight to prevent anyone from entering the first house that might potentially bring unfortunate events in the new year for the household.
Sweeping when T? T is taboo or xui (not lucky), because it symbolizes sweeping luck; that's why they clean up before new year. It is also taboo for anyone who has experienced a recent family member's loss to visit others during T? T.
During the following days, people visit relatives and friends. Traditionally but not strictly, the second day of T? T is usually reserved for friends, while the third day is for teachers, who are respected in Vietnam. Local Buddhist temples are popular places when people like to donate and to get their fortune told during T? Q. Children are free to spend their new money on toys or gambling games like b? U cua cÃÆ'¡c? P , which can be found on the streets. Prosperous families can pay for dragon dancers to perform at their homes. Also, public performances are given for everyone to watch.
Traditional celebration
This celebration can take anywhere from one day to a whole week, and the New Year is filled with people on the street trying to make as much noise as possible using fireworks, drums, bells, gongs and whatever they can think of to ward off evil spirits. This parade will also include different masks, and the dancers are hidden under the guise of what is known as Mua Lan or Lion Dancing. The Lan is an animal between a lion and a dragon, and is a symbol of strength in Vietnamese culture used to scare off evil spirits. After the parade, family and friends gather to enjoy traditional Vietnamese dishes, and share the joys and joys of the New Year with each other. This is also the time when elders will hand out red envelopes with money to the children for good luck in exchange for greetings.
The tradition to pay off your debts before the Lunar New Year for some Vietnamese families.
Decorations
Traditionally, each family features an artificial New Year tree consisting of 5 to 6 m long bamboo stems. The upper end is usually decorated with many objects, depending on the locality, including the lucky charm, the origami fish, the cactus branch, etc.
In T? T, every house is usually decorated by Yellow Apricot blossoms ( hoa mai ) in the central and southern parts of Vietnam; or peach flowers ( hoa? ÃÆ' o ) in the northern part of Vietnam; or St. John's wort ( hoa ban ) in the mountains. To the north, some people (especially the elites in the past) also decorate their homes with plum flowers (also called hoa mai in Vietnamese, but refer to species that are completely different from mickey-mouse flowers). In the north or the middle, the kumquat tree is a popular decoration for the living room during T? T. The fruit represents a lot of fertility and fruit that the family hopes for in the coming year.
Vietnamese people also decorate their home with bonsai and flowers like chrysanthemum ( hoa caÃÆ'Â º c ), marigold ( v? N th? ) symbolizes longevity, cockscombs ( mÃÆ' o gÃÆ'Â © ) in southern Vietnam and paperwhites ( th? y tiÃÆ'Â © ) and pansy ( hoa lan ) in northern Vietnam. In the past was the tradition in which people tried to make their papers flourish on the day of the festival.
They also put on Dong Ho painting and th? phÃÆ'¡p image calligraphy.
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Greetings
The traditional greeting is "ChÃÆ'ºc M Ng Ng N MM MM? I " (Happy New Year) and " Cung ChÃÆ'ºc TÃÆ' Â ¢ n XuÃÆ' Â ¢ n ", (the desire friendly new spring). People also want each other for prosperity and good fortune. A common desire for T? T includes:
- S? ng lÃÆ' Â ¢ u tr? m tu? i (long life 100 years): used by children for the elderly. Traditionally, everyone is one year older in T? T, so that children will want their grandparents' health and longevity in return for their m? Ng tu? I or lÃÆ'¬ xÃÆ'¬ .
- An khang th? nh v ?? ng ( ???? , security, good health, and prosperity)
- V? n s? nh? ÃÆ'½ ( ???? , hopefully a lot of things go your way)
- S? c kh? e d? I dÃÆ' o (Much health)
- Ti? n vÃÆ'Â' nh? n ?? c (maybe money flowing in water like): used informally
- Cung h? phÃÆ'¡t tÃÆ' i (????, Congratulations and prosperous)
- N? m m? i th? ng l? i m? i: New Year, new victory (often heard in political speech)
- ChÃÆ'ºc hay? n chÃÆ'³ng l? nÃ,: Eat more, grow fast (for children)
- N? m m? i th? ng quan ti? n ch? c: I hope you will be promoted in the new year
- N? m m? i toa n gia bÃÆ'¬nh an: I hope the new year will bring health to your whole family
Food
In Vietnamese, to celebrate T? T is for ? N T, , literally means "eating T? T", indicating the importance of food in celebration. Some foods are also eaten throughout the year, while other dishes are only eaten during T? Q. Also, some foods are vegetarian because it is believed to be a fortune to eat vegetarian at T? Q. Some traditional foods in T? T is:
- BÃÆ'¡nh ch? ng and bÃÆ'¡nh tÃÆ' Â © t : essentially sticky rice with meat or peanut wrap wrapped with dong ( Phrynium placentarium ) go. When these leaves are not available, banana leaves can be used as a substitute. One difference between them is its shape. BÃÆ'¡nh ch? ng is rectangular to represent the Earth, while bÃÆ'¡nh tÃÆ' Â © t is the cylinder to represent the moon. Also, bÃÆ'¡nh ch? Ng is more popular in the northern part of Vietnam, so bÃÆ'¡nh tÃÆ' Â © t is more popular in the south. Preparation can take days. After forming them into their respective shapes (square shapes achieved using wooden frames), boiled for several hours to cook. The story of their origins and their relationship with T? T is often told to the children while cooking it overnight.
- H? t d? a : roasted watermelon seeds, also eaten during T? t
- D? a hÃÆ' nh : pickled onions and pickled cabbage
- C? ki? u : small pickle leek
- M? t : This dry candied fruit is rarely eaten anytime other than T? t.
- K? o d? a : coconut candy
- K? o mÃÆ'¨ x? ng : rempeyek nuts with sesame seeds or peanuts
- C? u sung d? a ?? xoÃÆ' i : In southern Vietnam, the popular fruits used for offerings at the family altar in the art of fruiting are apple pudding/sugar-apples/sours ( mÃÆ' Â £ ng c? u ), coconut ( d? a ), goolar fig ( sung ), papaya (? u ), and mango ( xoÃÆ' i ), because they sound like " c? u sung v? a ?? xÃÆ' i " ([We] pray enough [money/resources/funds/goods/etc..] to be used) in southern Vietnamese dialect.
- Th? t Kho N ?? c D? a The meaning of "meat boiled in coconut water", this is a traditional dish of pork belly and boiled egg being boiled in a bouillon-like sauce made of coconut juice last night and nuoc mam . It is often eaten with bean sprouts and spring onions, and white rice.
- XÃÆ''i G? c : traditionally red glutinous rice usually prepared by steaming and lightly sweetened, usually paired with Ch? l? a (the most common type of sausage in Vietnamese cuisine, made from pork and traditionally wrapped in banana leaves.)
Games and entertainment
People enjoy traditional games during T? T, including: b? U cua cÃÆ'¡c? P , c? t ?? ng , nÃÆ' Â © m caÃÆ'²n , ch? i trÃÆ' Â ¢ u , and ? ÃÆ'¡ gÃÆ' . They also participate in several competitions that present their knowledge, strength, and aesthetics, such as competition for birds and competitions.
Fireworks show has also become a traditional part of T celebration in Vietnam. During New Year's Eve, fireworks show in big cities, like HÃÆ' N? I, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang, are broadcast through several national and local TV channels, accompanied by the New Year's wish of the incumbent president. By 2017, fireworks display has been banned for political and financial reasons.
G? p nhau cu? i n? m ( Year End Meeting ) is a national favorite comedy show during the eve of New Year's Eve.
Date within Month Calendar
From 1996 to 2067.
See also
- List of Buddhist festivals
- Chinese New Year Celebration in other parts of Asia:
- Lunar New Year (Spring Festival)
- Korean New Year (Seollal)
- Japanese New Year (Sh? gatsu)
- Mongolian New Year (Tsagaan Sar)
- Tibetan New Year (Losar)
- Similar Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in April:
- Burmese New Year (Thingyan)
- Cambodian New Year (Chaul Chnam Thmey)
- New Year Lao (Pii Mai)
- Sri Lanka New Year (Aluth Avuruddu)
- Thai New Year (Songkran)
References
External links
- Tet Nguyen Dan: Vietnamese New Year - Queens Botanical Garden
- Vietnamese New Year Habit
- Vietnam calendar rule - H? Ng? C ?? c, Leipzig University.
- T? t - Lunar New Year Tradition of Vietnam
- Orange Festival Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, CA
- Tet on Phu Quoc Island on the largest island in Vietnam
- The festival? - San Francisco
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