In Vietnam, we celebrate Tet in Lunar Calendar. In this day, we used to plant apricot blossom (name of the kind of flower) in South Vietnam because in here is really warm and good for plant it. In North Vietnam we plant Dao because it fix with the season in there.
Some of the women in here wear dress in this day, it is a clothe tradition in Vietnam. it makes the women in here more beautiful. Men or woman, old people or childrent can wear it everwhere in Tet. The children usually wear green, yellow, red or violet. Old people wear black, red or green. This will make Ho Chi Minh City really colorful if everyone wear it in Tet.
This is one kind of cake we eat during Tet Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake). They symbolize for the ground and Banh Day (sticky rice) symbolize for the sky. Those kind of cake had the legend about them. Long time ago, Hung Vuong wanted to choose the good king and told his son to find the good food. His youngest son dreamed about two kinds of those cake and said with his wife to do it. so that he became the king when his father died.
The thing that the Kid in Vietnam like is go to visit their relationship and give them a lot of good wishes to begin the happy and good New Year. Finally, we can get the lucky money from the older people. ( I like to do it too.) ^_^
The old people used to make offering. They hope in Tet, the start of new year they will have a good luck whole year.
