New Year

customs
NEW YEAR IN VIETNAM
 Tet takes place from the first day of the first month of the
Lunar calendar (around late January or early February)
until at least the third day.
 There are a lot of customs practiced during Tet such as
visiting a person’s house on the first day of the new year
(xông nhà), worshipping ancestors, wishing New Year’s
greetings, giving lucky money to children and elderly
people and opening a shop.
 New Year in Vietnam
 During Tet, the Vietnamese
often visits pagoda,temple and
their relatives, forgets the
troubles of the past year and
hopes for a better upcoming
year.
 People usually return to their
families during Tet. Some return
to worship at the family altar or
visit the graves of their
ancestors in their homeland.
 The traditional food the
Vietnamese eats on this event is
Banh Chung, spring rolls, etc…
 Sweeping during Tet is a taboo
since it symbolizes sweeping
the luck away.
VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR FOOD

Bánh Dày Bánh Chưng

RAW MATERIALS

 Sticky rice
 Pork

 green bean

 Bamboo string

 Spice

 Phrynium leaves
MAKING

Step 1: stacking 4 perpendicular leaves, 2 lower

leaves facing downwards, 2 on the right face up.
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Step 2:Put about 1 bowl of rice in the middle of the

leaf
Step 3:Put on the rice
Step 4:Pour some more rice onto the kernel, use all
hands to cover the rice.
Step 5:Use tie again and then press with your hand
to make the cake tighter.
MAKING

Step 6: Boil for about 12 hours

VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR CUSTOMS

 1. Clean and decorate the house.

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 2.Buy apricot and peach blossom.

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 3.Getting new clothes,new furniture,...

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 4. Farewell ceremony for the Kitchen Gods

(Ong Tao)
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 5. Making offers for the Ancestors

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6. Lunar New Year's Eve
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 7. Visiting other people’s house.

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 8. Giving away red envelopes (filled with lucky

money)