Tet (Lunar New Year is also called the Great, I Tet, the Lunar New Year, or Tet is simply called Tet) is the most important holiday in Vietnam, the same culture as the Lunar New Year of the East Asian countries. Before Tet, often with another day to edit compose những like "Kitchen God Festival" (Chap 23 lunar months) and "All Year" (Chapter 29 or 30 months of the lunar calendar)
Since the New Year is calculated according to the lunar calendar cycle operation of the Moon's beige Vietnam Tet New Year Late coal (also called Nom na is New Year). 3 due to the leap year rule one month of the lunar New Year's Day beige of the Lunar New Year never before January 21 following the calendar and the solar calendar February 19 falls on blank Thường mà Last January to February centered calendar Street. The entire annual Lunar New Year lasts for about 7 to 8 days old and 7 year-end New Year's Day (23 December to end on 7 January).
Annually, the Festival held on the first day được January 1 in the country according to the lunar calendar Vietnam and other countries out of some Vietnamese communities have lived. In the New Year, the family of total meeting together, as a family visit, lucky and ancestor worship ... As customary, usually with những Festival taboos.
Persons Vietnam Tet, the notion that everything's all right very soon and the new. Therefore before the New Year more than 2 weeks, the family has prepared for the New Year. They often sweeping, home decoration, flower shop, shopping ... so thoughtful food for the New Year. In addition, all non-essential items or alleged to also bring ominous discarded.
The work to prepare for the day of the Vietnamese New Year usually starts from December 23, the day that Vietnamese people worship him Tao (Kitchen God). In view of the Vietnamese people, he is both a mental Apples indoor kitchen is both scribe all good and bad deeds that people did in the old year and to report to the Jade Emperor's good and bad issues homeowners. Ong Tao is offered at noon or afternoon of 23 lunar month every year. Rituals include incense (incense sticks), candles, fruits, gold stocks and two hat man, a woman with three caps carp (carp carp real or made of paper enclosed deck caps). According to the legend he Apples, Apples carp takes his pass to Heaven Vu Mon to meet the Jade Emperor. Some rural families still preserve tradition tree up above, while in the city, this custom has been forgotten. According to custom, raised trees are erected against evil and foreboding. Commonly referred hanging tree ornament or more things are considered to scare the devil, such as garlic, cactus, effigies and Pandan. Before Tet, the Vietnamese also prepared cake shoes while in the south it's popular cakes banh tet and hearty dishes to offer to ancestors
