Tet holiday begins on the first to the third day of the first lunar month. It is considered as one of the most popular and important traditional festivals in Vietnam. Therefore, people always prepare everything for Tet completely and carefully. Firstly, we decorate our house beautifully and tidily. We buy some colorful flowers and plants which are hung with many parallel sentences to pray for luckiness. We clean up our house by sweeping, repainting and so on in order to take away badness in the last year. Secondly, we buy ingredients to cook tasty tradition food for Tet. Our grandparents teach us how to cook and Chung cake, spring rolls, sticky rice, etc and serve five-fruit tray to the New Year. worship our ancestors. Finally, we go shopping to choose new things and new clothes. For example, we buy candies and cakes to receive guests, new clothes for children and gifts for relatives.
The preparation is ready for a happy new year. On the last day of the lunar year, family unites and gathers to have dinner together. We talk about past events and new wishes. Then, we have a New Year’s Eve party and watch fireworks displays. In Tet holiday, we tell best wishes to our family and relatives to get lucky money. We burn incense to worship our ancestors and hope for luckiness. After that, we go to the flower market to take some photos and visit the pagoda to pray for happiness. The streets are decorated with a lot of lights and peach blossoms. There are many Tet songs which are opened or sang so as to create a joyful atmosphere. We also hang out with friends to visit our teachers and have a party. For instance, we join in many traditional games and activities such as blind man’s bluff, lion dances and wrestling.
