The History of Lunar New Year in Vietnam
According to the historical documents, in the thirteenth century, Vietnamese people often celebrated the Tet holiday by painting tattoos on themselves, drinking traditional glutinous-rice liquor, using betel nuts to welcome guests, and eating Chung cakes, pickled onions. In the Ly dynasty (1009-1226), many important rituals were made on the Tet festival such as setting up a dome to pray for the rains or building communal houses to crave for a year of abundant harvests. In the period of King Le Thanh Tong (1442-1497), Tet was the most important festival and hundreds of mandarins had to gather at the royal court to celebrate this lunar new year festival with royal families.
What is Tet Holiday – Vietnamese New Year? Tết Cổ Truyền – Tết ta là gì
Tet Vietnam is celebrated to welcome
the Lunar New Year and summarize what they did in the old one. It is considered
an important mark for changes, plans, and progress. In addition, Vietnamese
people believe that what they do on the first day of the new year will affect
their rest. Therefore, they pay great attention to every word they say and
everything they do. Furthermore, Tet in Vietnam may be the only occasion for
all family members to have happy moments together after a year of hard-working.
A traditional Tet festival in Vietnam often lasts for a month. However, the busy life makes it shorter. If you choose a new type of travel like cruising to enjoy multi-culture Lunar New Year, your travel plan should be picked the right countries where people still hold a long festival such as Thailand, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, which is often a week. Recently, some people express their idea to cancel the Vietnamese New Year and only celebrate the Western New Year. Although it is constructive, the Tet holiday will have still been remaining as a vital festival in Vietnam because of its priceless traditions, customs, and meaning.
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