Question

[Mika Băng]

Answer an open question (about 30 words):

- What should you do at Tet ?

Answer 1

[Nhiễm Tịch]

The Vietnamese people believe that it is bad luck if still keeping the debts and borrowed things of the old year. Also, it means they can be stuck in debts in the New Year as they did in old year. Thus, they should pay all debts before Tet.

Answer 2

[Mika Kagehira]

Come home for Tet
Vietnamese people have traditions when the end of the Lunar New Year to return to reunion under the family home, to be prayed before the altar, visit the grave or ancestral church, report the elderly, grandparents What has been done in the past year.
People want to visit where they used to live with their families in their teens. Especially for those who come from rural Vietnam, the memories associated with the wells, the yard, the bamboo ... the whole life can not forget.

Thus, "returning home for Tet" became an idiom for pilgrimage to the place of origin in the traditional New Year.

Honor ancestors
Also in these days, caring, preparing the altar is a way for children to pay homage to their ancestors. Each family has a different layout and arrangement of altars, but the general idea is to remember the dead.

The offerings of the New Year are usually a pair of blue cake, fruit tray, fresh flower vase, cake box, wine bottle ... There are also two sugar cane placed on either side of the altar, with the descendants, leading ancestral spirits from heaven to earth ...

This is the traditional culture that contributes to preserving the spiritual and moral heritage of human life handed down from the ancients.

Exodus and predation
Folk traditions that, on New Year's Eve or the first day of the new year, the head of the family to "leave", ie go out, to find good luck for themselves and their families. Before leaving, people have to see the day, time and good directions to meet the gods, gods, gods ...

Not only that, if you leave the temple or temple, after the ceremony, Vietnamese people have the habit of breaking a "branch" to bring home to get the blessing, called the "fortune".

This can be a branch of small branches or branches, si ... are the trees all year round lush and flourishing. Destiny in the temple, the temple implied a bit of fortune, the Buddha gave the New Year. Branches buds plugged in usually bring about the altar. Un the North, the Central does not have the habit of picking early in the year.

Writing and applying spring early letters
Long ago, the spring pen was maintained as a beautiful cultural tradition of the Vietnamese. In the past, there were only teachers, teachers, and scholars who had just started the ritual. After the New Year's Eve, they will burn down the table and write a pen with the sentence parallel, meaningful words on red paper or paper flowers.

Spring can be written with the name, age, birthplace of the writer or some verse was composed improvised ...

Today, although not as popular as the old but many families, especially students, writers, poets, writers ... This custom is still very respected. Because it not only symbolizes the beginning of a career, but also sent many thoughts, aspirations for a new year smoothly, happy and successful.In addition to the tradition of publishing the first year, the Vietnamese There is another customs also emphasize the spirit of the word. That is the customs of the first letter.

The beginning of the year has become the custom and culture of each spring. The beginning of the year is often associated with praying for the good and the good in human desire through pilgrimages to the holiest place.

In the past, the word "Nho" is still used today, and it is also written in Quoc Ngu, with its advantages, ease of reading and easy comprehension. The master of Sino-Vietnamese and Korean language school to release the soul in pen strokes that give back to the person asking for the mind, his talents are sent through the stroke and content of the text according to the wishes of the applicant.

Applying the letter beginning on a popular day, it is becoming a beautiful custom of the Vietnamese each spring to the New Year, from the South to the North.

Lei xiu happy birthday
On New Year's Day, adults give children a small amount of money, put in a red envelope, called "lì xì" with the congratulations to eat, fast or symbolize luck and fortune.

According to the ancient Chinese, in the "pink bag" there are eight coins (Bat Tien Tien) is placed under the pillow to chase the child to harass.

According to the customary in some localities, young people are not happy about the age of older people, because it is not right meaning, and is thought to be "mixed."

However, today, the happy old age has been more open, especially the young but married, have the income can celebrate the age for the elderly as parents, grandparents, to praise luck, health, peace.

In the early morning of the New Year or the day of the "Righteousness", all activities stop, the children gather in the patriarch's house to celebrate their ancestors wish grandparents, uncles ... and celebrate each other's age.Tết cổ truyền ở gia đình đa văn hóa

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