Vietnam Culture
Vietnamese New Year (Tet)
Tet is the considered the biggest and most popular festival of the year for Vietnam. It's celebrated on the 'Lunar New Year' and can last up to seven days. Tet occupies and important role in Vietnamese's religious beliefs to prepare for the new year. The people clean to rid of the bad luck, they decorate the house with colorful kumquat trees, branches of peach blossoms, and other colorful flowers, and they take very special care of their ancestral altars. Tet wishes good luck for everyone despite age or gender. Children can wish their elders good luck and to live a prosperous life. When they do, they might receive red envelopes containing lucky money.
Tet is a great celebration because I celebrated it myself. Throughout my childhood, I remember blessing my elders to have great luck and also promising myself to do good in school. Right after I wish for a prosperous life, I usually received red envelopes which contained lots of money. One year, I gained almost 500$ from red envelopes!
Tet is a cultural, religious celebration for the coming year. It refreshes everyone's mind and convinces them to be grateful for what they have and be kind to promote good luck for the future. Tet is the occasion to express their respect and remembrance for their ancestors while celebrating the new year with their current family members. Tet used to be one of the few long breaks of the agricultural year by proving a rest between harvesting the crops and sowing new ones. Tet can be summarized as a combination of Christmas and New Years; where every one gets together to have big meals, clean their homes, but more to celebrate the new year rather than a religious cause.
http://www.vietnamonline.com/tet.html
Date accessed: 12/13/14
Tet is the considered the biggest and most popular festival of the year for Vietnam. It's celebrated on the 'Lunar New Year' and can last up to seven days. Tet occupies and important role in Vietnamese's religious beliefs to prepare for the new year. The people clean to rid of the bad luck, they decorate the house with colorful kumquat trees, branches of peach blossoms, and other colorful flowers, and they take very special care of their ancestral altars. Tet wishes good luck for everyone despite age or gender. Children can wish their elders good luck and to live a prosperous life. When they do, they might receive red envelopes containing lucky money.
Tet is a great celebration because I celebrated it myself. Throughout my childhood, I remember blessing my elders to have great luck and also promising myself to do good in school. Right after I wish for a prosperous life, I usually received red envelopes which contained lots of money. One year, I gained almost 500$ from red envelopes!
Tet is a cultural, religious celebration for the coming year. It refreshes everyone's mind and convinces them to be grateful for what they have and be kind to promote good luck for the future. Tet is the occasion to express their respect and remembrance for their ancestors while celebrating the new year with their current family members. Tet used to be one of the few long breaks of the agricultural year by proving a rest between harvesting the crops and sowing new ones. Tet can be summarized as a combination of Christmas and New Years; where every one gets together to have big meals, clean their homes, but more to celebrate the new year rather than a religious cause.
http://www.vietnamonline.com/tet.html
Date accessed: 12/13/14