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Tet in Vietnam

Lunar New Year, also known as the Great, was the biggest traditional festival, the oldest, has the widest range of popular, from Nam Quan to Ca Mau and the islands, jubilant and most bustling of people hair. From the ancient century the Ly, Tran, Le, his father was celebrating the New Year to a formal annually.


Lunar New Year is the first step and the most important festival in Vietnam system, but the "holidays" as the "Assembly" are very rich content both as forms, bringing a deep human values and charming.
The determination our forefathers just in time for Tet Both ended a year old, starting a new year in the lunar calendar, is a cosmic cycle operation, reflects the spirit of harmony between man and nature ( Land-God-creature), NATURAL word means start, gentiles means dawn, was the start of a new year. At the same time, the New Year is also a time for family, relatives, neighbors, relatives near and reunion, reunion, visiting and wishing each other and grateful memory of grandparents and ancestors.

At the angle of the relationship between humans and nature. Festival - by weather (weather) upon under the operation of the universe, manifested in the cycle turn the spring, summer, autumn and winter - has a special meaning for a society where the economy still depend on agriculture as the main. According to folk beliefs rooted in the concept of "Thankfully, the rain and sun should", farmers also this is an opportunity to honor the gods have been linked to the loss of crops as land god, divines Thunder, water god, the sun god ... farmers do not forget to thank the animals, the trees had help, feed them, from grain to cattle, cattle and poultry in these days .

Regarding human significance of the Lunar New Year, many researchers believe that is the first of the family New Year, New Year everyone home. Vietnam The annual dividend whenever Tet, though do any job, at anywhere, including expatriates from thousands of kilometers, still hoping to be reunited under the warmth of a family of 3 Tet, is utterly ancestor altar, the church looked back, tombs, wells, home yard, where a little heel kick up and rabies have been raised with memories full of love injured in his voice, birth place. "Go home and celebrate," that is not a common concept or on the go, which is a pilgrimage to the place of origin, native land plots.
According to the opinion of Vietnam, on New Year's day in early spring reunion, reunion, relatives relationship was extended to villages, interdependence of the common morality for all of society: the family, the see game, the patient to the physician, matchmakers had been working a couple, longtime friends, debtors and creditors ...

Tet is also an opportunity, "reckoning" of all activities of the past year, the festival pleased to welcome the year with good hope for the individual and for the community. But most obviously prepared Tet atmosphere of each family. Step into any house in this moment, could also find right atmosphere and bustle prepare urgently Festival, from the procurement and apparel to home décor, prepared fruit cake, basically, distant relatives reception on ... For large families, relatives crowded, with broad social relations, offspring, strawberry-law, the preparatory work is more complicated.

According to tradition, to the day on 23 December mourners he answered the Kitchen God to the earth, the air began to clear New Year. In the old days under the feudal, from court officials to every province, every district thinks that after the feast "play mode" (ie publications christening, wash stamps). At the court, in this ceremony in the presence of the king, and to the majesty wore vestments. View all know that the new year how respected.
Then, the agency shelved, sealed. No one is alkaline printing text, all courtrooms are closed. The debtor can not be wrong pressure, the misdemeanor impunity, serious crime, the prison waiting until 7th January (lowering ceremony) conducted new settlement. Thus, the Tet Both lasted from 23 December (one week before midnight) till 7th January (one week after the countdown).

Traditional New Year's unknown ethnicity appearance ever since, but has become sacred, sticking in her heart, feelings of every citizen of Vietnam. The custom of fun for Tet, the green cake, fruit tray on the altar, peach branches, blooming potted blueberries in each family became part of the native image for each of Vietnam though live in the place where each spring to pay back the country to remember how earnestly sentimental nostalgia. How forget the childhood and other kids sit around the pot boiling banh chung cakes picked hour wait! How can you forget the day Tet flowers filling the air!

On the official New Year countdown begins. This is the holiest time of year, time of communication between the old year and new year, a time when people reconcile with nature, ancestors back reunion with her grandchildren. Eve worship done both cluster around the feast was prepared, the first cup of the wine of the new year, children congratulated their parents and grandparents, adult children age cash gifts contained in red paper bag.
After the countdown ceremony also go to temples to celebrate then picked on a tree branch brought Loc called pickers, or burning an incense stick and bring the plug on the altar called Huong Loc. They believe that the heavens and the earth Loc pleased Buddhist god will give a thriving year-round. After a countdown from the street who first entered the house had "stormed the house", the "good vía" the whole house will be profitable, luck, so people rushed home usually chosen among best friends.

Tet is a chance for people to return to the source. Who wherever you go away on this day, also tried to return home to be reunited with relatives under family shelters, visiting ancestral graves, meet relatives and neighbors. New Year's Day also makes people become happier, more generous. If anyone has something displeasure together, this occasion also missed out to wish the new year will live together in a better, more harmonious. Perhaps it is significant duplication of Vietnam Tet.

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