The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) carries profound meaning about Family reunions, remembering ancestors, praying for peace, good fortune, and prosperity in the new year, and marking a new beginning with optimism, dispelling bad luck from the old year, strengthening family bonds and community ties, and expressing gratitude to ancestors and deities..
It is the most important occasion for everyone, no matter how far away they are, to try to return home to reunite with their families and strengthen family bonds.
Remembering grandparents and ancestors, expressing gratitude, and asking for their blessings.
“Refresh” your spirit, leave your worries behind, embrace good fortune, and be optimistic for the new year.
This is the ideal time to resolve conflicts and mend rifts.
We pray for favorable weather, a bountiful harvest, peace, and prosperity.
Showing reverence to deities (Earth God, Kitchen God, etc.) and ancestors.
People clean their houses, wear new clothes, and go to temples to pray for blessings, hoping to receive good fortune.
It marks the end of a cycle (the old year) and the beginning of a new cycle (the new year) according to the Lunar calendar.
It creates opportunities to meet relatives and friends, strengthening community bonds.
Customs such as wrapping banh chung and banh tet (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes), decorating apricot and peach blossom trees… are deeply rooted in national identity.