New Year, spring, all the way everybody does busiest shopping peaches, blueberries, candy and do not forget to prepare materials for distillation cakes - cakes of ethnic media.
By far, banh chung is indispensable to each family's Tet. Since ancient times, the story of the Hung Kings, banh chung seen as something symbolizing earth, expressed appreciation of people sent to their ancestors, the gods for good harvests desire. Raw materials for making banh chung is quite simple: sticky rice, green beans, fatty meat, to force the line and crackers. However, to wrap banh chung is a delicious, beautiful is not simple at all. Rice to make banh chung is delicious glutinous rice, coarse-grained and flexible, common people often made of glutinous rice Dien Bien, which is characterized delicious rice. Rice is treated through the water, then drain and mix we add some salt to the cooked grains with stronger taste. We chose green beans are the raw materials to make bread with pork personnel. Green beans must be very careful to keep it out of the hotel staff, and we chose pork bacon fat and lean both will bring the fat to press cakes. Own human meat to sliced bread we often long and spice marinated fish sauce and pepper to add a charming and delicious. The special thing of banh chung is wrapped in the line, before wrapping the leaves must be washed and drained. Then we cut off stalks and leaves less stiff spine and easy to pack. Lat force used banh chung stretch from tree tube. Lat can be pickled or steamed until soft before wrapping.
When baking, we need to prepare materials carefully and thoroughly. Crackers put down first, then put the line up, depending on who the package that we use 2.3 or more cards, which users shape to square cake ingredients and blend with each other, but someone is just use your hands to still beautiful cakes and delicious. When the line is gone out, we turn to the ingredients in, the bottom layer is a layer of rice then green beans, pork and top is a layer of rice. Cakes of raw materials also depends on each package. However, the rice should be sufficient to cover the personnel inside. After the full range of materials, we use force to make sure crackers. So we had to manually pack banh chung is a complete. The last stage is boiled cake. Time boiled bread cake depends on the number of more or less, but generally from 8-12 hours. Fire fire to cook the bread should not too, as this will uneven ripening bread, one should boil with moderate heat.
Banh chung is a symbol of Tet days, we used to burn incense banh chung for ancestral traditions as a "drinking water, remember its source". The moment the whole family sitting around a pot of banh chung really warm and gather. Although modern life, people like to enjoy the exotic cuisine but nobody will forget the media dishes imbued with national identity and brings a warm family atmosphere, especially the holidays, Tet.
In my opinion,the best time in a year is the Lunar New Year- Tet.
Tet can be divided into three periods, known as Tất Niên, Giao Thừa and Tân Niên. Now, I will tell the details of these periods .
Tất Niên may start from the twenty third to the twenty ninth of December(according to the Lunar Calendar). This is the time for everyone who lives far away to return home to celebrate Tet with their familyies. Furthermore this is the chance for everyone to cleans and decorate their houses . I and my brother must spend about three days my house clean and tidy. I am always bored with this, but I must do. Poor me!.
Giao Thừa starts at midnight of the thirtieth of December to the first of January. I really like this moment. When I see the Fireworks being shot into the sky, I can enjoy the most beautiful scenic in my life. At that time, I wish all members in my family and the others lived in good condition and were friendly.
Tân Niên begins from the first and can last to the tenth of January. I can receive red envelopes containing money from the elder such as my grand parents, my parents, my brother, etc. My family ,my uncle's family and my aunt's family all return to Binh Duong to visit our relatives. This is a great chance for us to know each other and play games. Moreover, we go to pagodas to pray for a better living.The thing I like most is that there are a lot of parties celebrated and I can enjoy delicious food.
Tet is the time for me to enjoy the cozy atmosphere, forget my troubles and believe in my future
All of the special holidays in my country, I like Tet the most. Tet is an occasion to everyone get together in warm atmosphere. Before Tet holiday, Everyone prepares many things and decorates their house. I plant a lot of flowers in front of my house and buy many things such as clothes, foods ...
Besides, most of the streets also are decorated beautifully with colorful lights and flowers. During Tet, I spends more time on visiting my relatives, friends and colleagues. Especially, I give to each other the best wishes for the new year. Tet is an opportunity for children receive lucky money. There is a funny thing that people try to avoid argument or saying any bad things at Tet. I love Tet holiday!
