Describe Tet holiday in Vietnam

Tet Holiday is the biggest annual celebration of Vietnam in the first days of lunar New Year. It often occurs around the end of January or the middle of February. During these days, people welcome a new coming year with good health, lucks and success. Tet holiday is very special for Vietnamese families to reunite and celebrate together.

To celebrate the New Year, we do lots of things together. Before New Year’s Eve, we prepare some local specialties, such as Chung cake, Vietnamese sausage and dried candied fruits to worship our ancestors and then enjoy during Tet. Houses are thoroughly cleaned out and then nicely furnished in the hopes of getting rid of the past year’s bad lucks. Additionally, many families usually decorate their houses with Apricot blossom or Peach blossom and parallel sentences that are believed to bring luckiness, happiness and prosperity to them in the New Year.

In the last day of the previous year, people become more excited as they felt that the New Year was very near to them. Everybody all waited for the sacred moment when the clock points 0 am and fireworks light up everywhere. Streets were extremely crowded. On contrary, in the first morning of the year, everything seems peaceful and quiet as people want to sleep longer to enjoy the moment with their cozy family. However, there are some families getting up early to come back to their hometown to visit their ancestors' graves and relatives. From noon on, everybody go to their neighbors' houses to wish them a happy new year. Children in new clothes are very excited, as they will get lucky money from adults.

To everyone of Vietnam, Tet is a sacred and meaningful occasion in their heart and mind. It is not only the chance for Vietnamese to direct toward original point and express deference to their ancestors, but also this is a opportunity for family members to come back together after a year full of exhausting and strenuous business. For me, I always long for Tet as it is the longest holiday, which can help me recover my battery after a long working year.