Asia Welcomes The Traditional New Year

Like in Vietnam, Lunar New Year is the biggest holiday of the year for many Asian countries such as China, Korea, Mongolia and Singapore.Discovery, Entertainment, Visiting China most important of the year for the Chinese. It is an opportunity for family reunions, gathering after a long, strenuous year. According to the Daily Mail, the traditional Chinese New Year will take place for 15 days and each day has a different meaning. However, the first 3 days of the new year are the most important

. The first day, which begins right after New Year's Eve, is the day of the reception of the gods. Many people, especially Buddhists, will abstain from eating meat and avoid killing. Some people also believe that setting fires and using knives on New Year's Day will make them thunderstorm all year long Therefore, the food for that day are all processed from the previous day.



The first day is also a day for children and grandchildren in the family to express gratitude to grandparents and parents. The second day is also called the beginning of the new year. On this day, the married women will return home to visit their biological parents, relatives and friends (traditionally, women who have made a bid will not have much chance to return home to visit their parents regularly). The 3rd day is the golden day. On this day, people often go to the temple to pray for good things to happen to themselves and their families. According to the concept, this is not a suitable day to receive guests or visit someone. During the New Year, Chinese people organize many bustling activities to dispel evil spirits and welcome the new year, Spring and good things The Vietnamese Lunar New Year in Vietnam is also known as Tet Nguyen Dan or Tet Ca.



Like many countries in the wet rice agricultural civilization, the Vietnamese take this occasion very seriously. Since the Vietnamese Traditional New Year is calculated according to the cycle of the moon, the Lunar New Year will come after the Western New Year.The Vietnamese lunar calculation method is also slightly different from the Chinese one, so the Lunar New Year sometimes does not coincides with spring season in China and other countries influenced by Chinese culture. The preparation of Tet usually starts from December 23, Tet, Mr. Cong Ong Tao. New Year's Eve is an important moment. As a custom, families will prepare two ceremonies for New Year's Eve, one indoors and one outdoors. The outdoor New Year's Eve ceremony will be for the gods, while the indoor ceremony is for worshiping the ancestors, in addition to activities such as spring travel, groundbreaking, happy New Year, happy age, picking buds, .



.. Vietnamese people also have the custom of building up trees during Tet with the meaning of banishing evil and ominous signs. The date of the construction will coincide with the day of seeing off Mr. Cong and Mr. Tao to heaven (ie December 23) and the summer day mentioned is the 7th of the Lunar New Year. Korea The biggest holiday of the year is the Lunar New Year, or also known as Seollal. According to the concept, this is the day to banish evil spirits, bad things and welcome good things.



When the old year passes and the new year comes, all family members gather together and perform traditional ritual. On these days, Koreans usually wear traditional clothing, called Hanbok, and the first ceremony, called Charye, will take place at the family shrine. On the altar, the homeowner presents many dishes. After that, family members will bow in front of the altar to pay homage to the ancestors, followed by the Sebae ritual. The young people will come to worship, wish longevity to the elderly in the family and receive money to celebrate the age, called Sebaedon. This amount represents the success in the lives of superiors for their descendants. According to Korea.net, during the 3-day Tet holiday, Koreans often hold many welcome activities such as dancing and singing.



and playing traditional games. Not only is this a holiday that heralds the end of a long and cold winter, welcoming a new spring, but it is also a time for families to reunite and bond. On this important New Year's day, the Mongols will clean their houses and barns to welcome the "clean" New Year. Even before New Year's Eve, they wash dishes with horse milk. For 3 days of Tet, the Mongols will only wear national costumes. People often gather at the home of the oldest person in the area. After that, they chat together, have fun, exchange food and enjoy them, the elders will receive greetings from family members except their spouses. Singapore According to the Straits Times, around 80 % of Singapore's population is Chinese, so the country attaches great importance to the Lunar New Year.



Preparation for this great holiday began a few weeks in advance. Families will buy new clothes and clean the house. The most important part of the new year is the family's year-end meal on New Year's Eve. Whether that meal is at home or at a restaurant, fish is still an indispensable dish. They think that eating fish at the beginning of the year will bring good luck. During Tet, married people will celebrate the age of grandparents, parents and children in the family..

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