Vietnam's Lunar New Year (also known as Lunar New Year, Vietnamese New Year) is Vietnam's most important holiday, according to the cultural influence of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Every year, Tet is celebrated on January 1 according to the lunar calendar in Vietnam and in some other countries with the Vietnamese community. Before Tet, there are usually other days to prepare. During Tet holidays, families gather together, visit relatives, celebrate old age and worship their ancestors ... According to customs and practices



The meaning of Tet is "weather". Vietnamese culture - under the wet rice civilization - due to the need for agricultural cultivation "divided" the time in one year into 24 different periods (and for each of these periods there was a "transitional time"). in which the most important period is the beginning of a cultivation and cultivation cycle, ie the latter is known as the Lunar New Year.

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