SEEKING CALLIGRAPHY - Seeking calligraphy on Spring days is a beautiful Tet custom.
XIN CHỮ ĐẦU NĂM
Could you share with us 3 of your New Year's resolutions?
Save money, travel more, get organized, try something new, pick up a hobby, exercise more, lose weight, etc.
How was your Tet holiday?
Amazing, Interesting, Boring, Awful, etc.
JELLIED MEAT - We were anticipating the jellied meat and the pickled onions, we were ravenously hungry.
THỊT ĐÔNG
BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE - Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, cook a lot of traditional food and go shopping for presents.
TẤT NIÊN
VIETNAMESE SAUSAGE - Cha lua is known as Vietnamese sausage or Vietnamese ham.
GIÒ CHẢ
CLEAN ALTAR - We need to clean up the altar so the spirits have a nice space to visit.
LAU DỌN BÀN THỜ TỔ TIÊN
FAMILY GATHERING/ FAMILY REUNION - We have a family reunion every New Year's Day.
SUM HỌP GIA ĐÌNH
KITCHEN GOD DAY - Celebrating Vietnam Kitchen God Day is a must custom around Tet which expresses the belief of Vietnamese people in Gods supporting daily life.
TẾT TÁO QUÂN
What do you like most about Tet holiday?
Family/ friends reunion, fireworks/ lion dance, traditional home-cooked dishes, ancestor worship, etc.
What did you do during Tet holiday?
Cleaned house, worshipped ancestors, played cards, received lucky money, went to pagodas, etc.
FIVE-FRUIT TRAY - Five fruits used for offerings include custard apple, coconut, papaya, mango, and fig.
MÂM NGŨ QUẢ
FIRST FOOT/ FIRST FOOTER - Traditionally, the first footer should be someone who was not already in the house when midnight struck.
XÔNG ĐẤT/ NGƯỜI XÔNG ĐẤT
BANH CHUNG - The Vietnamese square sticky rice cake is steamed in banana leaves and filled with mung beans and pork belly.
BÁNH CHƯNG
CUSTARD APPLE - The soft white pulpy flesh of the ripe custard apple is intensely sweet.
TRÁI MÃNG CẦU
THE END - TADAA!!!
MAY 2024 BRING YOU LOTS OF LOVE, LAUGHTER, PASSION, & JOY! LOVE Y'ALL ^^
DRIED CANDIED FRUITS - Commonly dried candied fruits are apple, coconut, papaya, cherry, etc.
MỨT TẾT
RETURN TO HOMETOWN - Returning to their hometown may bring back memories of their childhood and earlier years, leading to feelings of nostalgia.
VỀ QUÊ
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