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There are some common things that people do during this festival. Perhaps the most important
thing is that people who work and study in big cities would go back to their hometown to
celebrate the new year with their families and relatives. The new year festival is one of very few
occasions that families can gather together, so it is easy to understand why everyone in Vietnam
expects this festival so much. Another thing that we usually do is that we give children some
“lucky money” with the hope that it will bring fortune to those kids. We also have some other
activities such as making “chung” cake, visiting temples and pagodas… and so on.
– The new year festival is so important to me and also to all Vietnamese citizens. The reason is
because we get more days off from work and study, and therefore we have more time to spend
with our families and our loved ones. It is also a great time to think about what we have done in
the previous year, and to make plans for the upcoming year.
f you ask me about the special occasion I like best, a famous festival in Vietnam, I will
definitely talk about Tet Holiday, which is also known as Lunar New Year holiday in Vietnam.
It usually occurs at the end of January and lasts for 3 days. Tet holiday in Vietnam is usually in
honor of the departure of the previous year and an occasion to welcome the new year with many
blessings.
On Tet holiday, we will have family unions to catch up with each other. Besides, some families
enjoy this festival by preparing traditional food such as Vietnamese square cake, dried candied
fruit, braised pork and eggs, etc. and decorating the house with parallel sentences and peach or
apricot blossoms. Especially, for children, I think they look forward to Tet holiday3because3they
can receive lucky money from adults as a way to give them wishes for the new year. For adults,
it is an occasion on which they are able to do the spring cleaning and make appetizing food to
worship the ancestors.
Whenever this holiday comes, I feel a strong sense of belonging because it reminds me of how
diverse our culture can be with different rituals and food. Moreover, I think if Tet holiday didn’t
exist, many family members would drift apart due to the hustle and bustle of life. However, since
we have Tet, everyone will have at least one or two days to have family gatherings and tighten
the bonds with other members.