In my opinion, customs and traditions are very important. Like other families, we have our own customs and traditions.

Firstly, these's custom in our family of spending Sundays together. On Sunday, we always go out. Sometimes we go on a picnic in the park or a near by beauty spot.

Secondly, these's a tradition that we make chung cake and cook braised pork and egg. Chung cake it's short and square. Braised pork and egg is our tradition dish for Tet. It's so delicious!

We all enjoy these customs and traditions because they make family member closer and love each other more.

In my opinion, customs and traditions are very important. Like other families, we have our own customs and traditions.

Firstly, these's custom in our family of spending Sundays together. On Sunday, we always go out. Sometimes we go on a picnic in the park or a near by beauty spot.

Secondly, these's a tradition that we make chung cake and cook braised pork and egg. Chung cake it's short and square. Braised pork and egg is our tradition dish for Tet. It's so delicious!

We all enjoy these customs and traditions because they make family member closer and love each other more.

Tet is a national and family festival. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to have a good time while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring fairs are organized, streets and public buildings are brightly decorated and almost all shops are crowded with people shopping for Tet. At home, every is tidied, special food is cooked,offerings of food, fresh water, flowers and betel are made on the family altar with burning joss- sticks scenting the air. First-footing is made when the lucky visitor comes and children are given lucky money wrapped in a red tiny envelope. Tet is also a time for peace and love. During Tet, children often behave well and friends, relatives and neighbors give each other best wishes for the new year

Exercise 1:

Hung Kings' Festival (Giỗ tổ Hùng Vương)

Exercise 2:

Annually, thousands of visitors from all over the country participate in a national festival – Hung King Temple Festival. It is a ceremony in honor of Hung Kings, who were instrumental in the founding of the nation. The Hung King Temple Festival is held from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month, but the main festival day is on the 10th. On that day, Vietnamese working people can have a day off. The main ceremony takes place at the Hung Temple on Nghia Linh Mountain in Phu Tho Province. Many ancient and modern flags are hung along the road to the temple. During the Hung Temple Festival, there are many folk games such as bamboo swings, rice cooking competitions, human chess,… Banh Chung (square cake) and Banh Giay (circle cake) are also prepared to remind people of the Lang Lieu Legend. It’s true that the Hung King Temple Festival is one of the most important and sacred festivals of the Vietnamese people.

Tạm dịch:

Hằng năm, hàng ngàn du khách khắp đất nước tham gia vào một lễ hội toàn quốc – Lễ hội Đền Hùng. Đây là một dịp lễ tưởng nhớ các Vua Hùng, người đã có công dựng nước. Lễ Hội Đền Hùng được tổ chức từ ngày 8 đến ngày 11 tháng 3 âm lịch, những phần lễ chính sẽ diễn ra vào ngày 10, vào ngày đó thì người Việt sẽ được nghỉ làm. Phần lễ chính diễn ra tại Đền Hùng nằm trên núi Nghĩa Linh tỉnh Phú Thọ. Rất nhiều lá cờ cổ và cờ hiện đại được treo khắp dọc đường đến đề), có rất nhiều trò chơi như đánh đu, thi nấu cơm, cờ người. Bánh chưng và Bánh giày cũng được chuẩn bị để mọi người nhớ về truyền thuyết Lang Liêu. Không ngoa khi nói rằng Lễ hội Đền Hùng là lễ hội quan trọng và linh thiêng nhất của người Việt.

Exercise 3:

The Hung King Temple Festival

(Lễ hội Đền Hùng)

Introduction

King Hung Temple Festival is a traditional festival which honors the first King of Vietnam - King Hung. It's occasion for every Vietnamese to remember their origin and express their respect as well as gratitude to ancestor of Vietnamese people. Therefore, it's considered as national festival of Vietnam.

(Giới thiệu: Lễ hội Đền Hùng là một lễ hội truyền thống để tỏ lòng kính trọng đến những vị vua đầu tiên của người Việt – Vua Hùng. Đó là dịp để cho mỗi con người Việt Nam nhớ về cội nguồn của mình và bày tỏ sự tôn trọng và lòng thành kính đến tổ tiên của người Việt. Vậy nên, nó cũng được coi là một lễ hội quốc gia của Việt Nam.)

Place and time

King Hung Temple Festival takes place yearly at King Hung Temple from the 8^th to 11^th day of the third lunar month in the year. According to the legend, the 10^th day of that month is the death anniversary of King Hung. During the festival, Vietnamese people from all over the country as well as Vietnamese people living abroad head for King Hung Temple on Nghia Linh Mountain, Phu Tho Province to take part in this historical and meaningful festival.

(Nơi tổ chức và thời gian: Lễ hội đền Hùng được tổ chức hằng năm ở Đền Hùng từ ngày 8 đến ngày 11 tháng 3 âm lịch. Theo truyền thuyết thì ngày 10 tháng đó là ngày giỗ của Vua Hùng. Vào ngày lễ thì người Việt từ khắp nơi trên thế giới cùng kiều bào hải ngoại đều hướng về Đền Hùng trên núi Nghĩa Linh để tham gia một lễ hội ý nghĩa và mang tính lịch sử này.)

The ceremony

To begin with, the spotlight is on bronze drum performance and competition of procession with participation of about 40 villages. After that, a solemn national ceremony is held with incense-offering liturgy. Governmental leaders will lead the procession up to Upper Temple (“Den Thuong”) – the highest temple of King Hung Temple Complex on Nghia Linh Mountain. Offering involves five-fruit trays, specialties from all regions in the country and indispensably a couple of “chung” cakes and “day” cakes, which are two traditional foods of Vietnam.

(Phần lễ: Đầu tiên thì điểm đáng chú ý của buổi lễ chính là phần trình diễn với trống đồng và hội rước với sự tham gia của 40 ngôi làng. Sau đó là một phần nghi lễ trang trọng được tổ chức với một đền thờ để dâng hương. Các nguyên thủ quốc gia sẽ dẫn đoàn rước kiệu lên Đền Thượng – nơi cao nhất của Khu Đền Hùng. Đồ cúng gồm mâm ngũ quả, sản vật từ khắp mọi miền đất nước và không thể thiếu một cặp bánh chưng bánh dày, hai món ăn truyền thống của người Việt.)

The festival

The festival is featured with many folk games such as “danh du” (bamboo swings), “nem con” (game of throwing a sacred ball through the ring), rice cooking competitions, lion dance, human chess, water puppet performance, wrestling, etc. All folk games contribute a bustling ambiance to the festival and attract participation of various people. Besides, “xoan” singing and “gheo” singing are also performed at the festival by local residents.

(Phần hội: Hội có rất nhiều trò chơi dân gian như đánh đu, ném còn, thi nấu cơm, múa lân, cờ người, múa rối nước, đấu vật. Tất cả các trò chơi dân gian đều mang lại một không khí nhộn nhịp và thu hút sự tham gia của rất nhiều người. Bên cạnh đó, người dân còn trình diễn những điệu hát xoan, hát ghẹo ở lễ hội.)

Conclusion

Hung King Temple Festival is not only a festival but also a special occasion where tradition embodies spiritual solidarity and provides a good time to acknowledge national origins and sources of Vietnamese cultural and moral identity.

(Lễ Hội Đền Hùng không chỉ là lễ hội mà còn là dịp đặc biệt để những phong tục truyền thống thể hiện qua tinh thần đoàn kết và có thời gian để bày tỏ lòng biết ơn về cội nguồn và nguồn gốc bản sắc văn hóa đạo đức của người Việt. )

2.Lunar New Year is the most important occasion in Vietnam. Lunar New Year, according to the Vietnamese called Tet Nguyen Dan. "Nguyen" is to start, "Dan" is a new day. "Tet Nguyen Dan" is to start a new year, to welcome Spring with everything in its newest appearance. A new year comes with goodluck and in the mean time, all of the badluck will be gone, together with the passed year. "Tet Ta" (Lunar new year) is affected by Chinese Lunar New Year and East Asia Traditional Circle so that "Tet Ta" comes after New Years Eve. According to the old rule: 3 even years/a month of the Lunar Calendar, so the first day of the year is never before Jan 21st or after Feb 19th. Normally, this day will come from about the end of Jan to mid of Feb. The Lunar New Year lasts for 7-8 days of the passed year and 7 days of the new year.

According to East Asian culture and history of China, the origin of Lunar New Year from Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and change from time to time. According to folk beliefs, the New Year started from the concept "Thankfully the rain to sunshine", as well as originating from "tiet" (weather) upon under the operation of the universe, expressed in the cycle times the Spring - Summer - Fall - Winter, which, with a very special meaning for an agricultural country like Vietnam. Farmers for this is the occasion to commemorate the gods are related to agricultural land as the god of rain, thunder god, the god of water ... Farmers do not forget to thank the animals which help them farm work like cattle, poultry and they also thank others food crops, food to feed them.

The Vietnamese concept that everything in Lunar New Year must be very new and soon. So before Tet more than 2 weeks, the family prepare to celebrate. They are usually cleaning, decorating their house with apricot blossom, peach blossom, kumquat, couplets or festival painting. Preparation-work for the day of the Vietnamese New Year usually starts from December 23, the day that the Vietnamese dedicate Kitchen God. Some rural families still keep the tradition planting named “Neu”, while in the city, this custom has been forgotten. According to tradition, the tree is raised up against the devil and the ominous. the tree is often referred to hang or decorate what is considered to scare the devil as: garlic, cactus, effigies and Pandan. Before Tet, the Vietnamese also prepare chung cakes , day cake and hearty dishes to dedicate to their ancestors.

New Year's Day may be the 30th December (for full year) or December 29 (for shortage year). This day family reunion dinner together for the New Year. Between the 30th (or 29th) of December and 1 January, is the most important moment of the festival.It marked the transfer of the old year and new year, called Eve (Giao Thua). In recognition of this moment, people often make two trays. A tray of worship to ancestors at the altar in his house and a tray of worship Heaven and Earth in the front yard. Arrangements the altar of Vietnamese families usually have an altar ancestors, grandparents.The decoration and altar arrangements vary according to each house. However, on the altar every home always display two cane on either side as to the instrument for carrying on with the grandchildren and leading spirits from the sky on the lower boundary. At the same time on the altar also has a tray of five fruits expressed desire of the owner by the name, colours and their arrangement.

In addition, during public holidays are also customary forth. Many people view A day "opened" a new year. They said that on this day, if all goes smoothly, good luck for the whole year, would also be good, convenient. Right after the countdown time, anyone who steps outside into the home with new year wishes are considered to have stormed the land for their home. Moreover, referring to the lunar new year, people cannot help mentioning the continuing exodus, picking fortune, burn votive, congratulated, visiting, receiving lucky money, etc. All this rules are expressed wishes of the people of a prosperous new year, families are healthy, well off, warmth.

And indispensable in the New Year is the traditional dish. First to mention are chung cake, day cake associated with the legend of the same name. The legend tells that King Hung Vuong sixth looking for some twenty sons, one who truly virtuous to the throne should have the conditions: not necessarily the eldest son, who gratify the first king ceremony will be hereditary. The prince racing festival truly post-shopping, delicious. Lang Lieu, the son of the eighteenth, very sad for the poor, only grown accustomed to potatoes, rice, do not know where to get the ceremony delicacies like the other prince. After a night's dream, a hint gods, he took his sticky rice, green beans and pork buns in two things, the type of round, square type for father. King find delicious cakes, again express profound meaning he should take two bread ceremony Heaven, Earth and First King ceremonies, naming round cake is day cake, square cake is chung cake and throne to Lang Lieu. Since then, the chung cakes, day cakes worship ancestors become indispensable traditions of Vietnam's Tet.

The legend of chưng cake symbolizes conception of the universe of ancient Vietnamese people, while emphasizing the importance of rice and natural rice culture. The legend above want to remind children about the tradition of filial piety, respects; explanation of the meaning and origins of the Earth Cake. This is the beauty of the traditional culture of the nation.

One of the traditional dishes of ethnic is jam. The jam trays is not only delicious by the appearance but also carry different meanings. Whether it's somewhere in the world, the familiar images such as twigs yellow apricot, green chung cakes, red couplets, jam tray Festival, ... every time be mentioned that the Vietnamese to think of the New Year in hometown . Probably just about every spring, the Festival jam tray becomes sweet, meaningful. At Tet, almost every family put on their table all kinds of candies, jams Festival. First is to inviting guests , then the whole family to gather together and enjoy. Many kind of jam are put on the same tray is meant desired harmony, reunion.

For every country, in every period of history, culture, national traditions and language is the foundation of the social spirit, the motivation and goals of development, soul, strength life of the nation, that nation. Therefore, the preservation and promotion of cultural identity, national traditions play a very important role in the construction and development of the country. Through the customary of New Year's Day, the more we love hometown, country, Vietnamese people, saying to myself will try to study and train hard to preserve, promote and introduce the definition nice to her friends in the world.

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Tet is the most important celebration in VN. It occurs in late January or early February. Some days before Tet, people clean and decorate their house with flowers and pictures. Then they go shopping to buy cakes, new clothes and many other things. During Tet people enjoy traditional food such as : sticky rice cake, Nem, Gio, fruit jam....On the first day of the Tet, people often go to the churches or pagodas to pray a happy new year. Then they visit their relatives, friends and neighbors, children wear new clothes and receive lucky money. Tet is very funny. I love Tet very much!

1.Tet is a national and family festival. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to have a good time while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring fairs are organized, streets and public buildings are brightly decorated and almost all shops are crowded with people shopping for Tet. At home, every is tidied, special food is cooked,offerings of food, fresh water, flowers and betel are made on the family altar with burning joss- sticks scenting the air. First-footing is made when the lucky visitor comes and children are given lucky money wrapped in a red tiny envelope. Tet is also a time for peace and love. During Tet, children often behave well and friends, relatives and neighbors give each other best wishes for the new year.

Mình viết thiếu chữ s ở chỗ manner đúng là manners

2 bài chứ đừng hiểu nhầm là 1 bài nhé

In the UK, we eat around the dining table. We follow lots of table manners. Fristly, we use cutlery - you know, knives, forks and spoons - to eat most of the food. We hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right. You should hold the handle of the knife in yt^ur palm and your fork in the other hand with the prongs pointing downwards. There is also a spoon and a fork for dessert. When you finish eating, you should place your knife and fork with the prongs upwards on your plate. Secondly, you should never use your own cutlery to take more food from the serving dish - use the serving spoon. Now if there's bread on the table, you can use your hands to take a piece. Then break off a small piece of bread and butter it. Thirdly, if you are a guest, you have to wait until the host or hostess starts eating and you should ask another person to pass the food. Next, never chew with your mouth open and don't talk with food in your mouth...

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In our country, there are quite lots of different festivals every years. However, I think Tet festival is the most typical festival for most Vietnamese people. Though we can live or work far from our family, we still try to get together at Tet. Tet festival often occurs in late January or February.

It is a good chance for us to have days off and have time to visit relatives or friends for giving good luck and the best wishes to each other. For some people who are rich, they can go on a trip somewhere in Viet Nam or in foreign countries to enjoy Tet festival

i like country life. because people in the countryside are more friendly than those who live in city

in the countryside, the enviroment is very fresh and it have many trees. my mind is better: not busy, peaceful.

many people say that: " the country life is very boring!" but i don't think so. i think although the countryside doesn't have many means of the entertainment but we can play traditionnal games..

in the city, people always want to work and work, they want to have much money. so, sometimes they forget many interesting things in their life.

in the countryside, you can become another one : you are better, happier anh care of everybody. here, people are a big family, if you are sad, they are sad with you. if you smile, they smile with you

only thing i want to say " i love country life and my Hanam province, forever"