Đông Hồ Folk Paintings: From Woodcut Blocks to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Tet
Đông Hồ folk painting, a 500-year craft in Bắc Ninh, uses woodblock printing and natural colors. UNESCO listed it as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
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The Origin and Meaning Behind the Name "Tết Nguyên Đán"
The name "Tết Nguyên Đán" comes from "Tiết," a marker in the agricultural calendar, and "Nguyên Đán," meaning the first morning of the new year.
Which ethnic groups in Vietnam celebrate their own New Year separately from Tết Nguyên Đán?
Which peoples in Vietnam keep their own New Year apart from Tết Nguyên Đán? The Mông, Hà Nhì, Khmer, Chăm and others, as reported in the press.
Traditional Tet customs of the Dao Quần Chẹt people in Phú Thọ
Tet customs of the Dao Quần Chẹt people in Phú Thọ include making chung and day cakes, ancestor worship, and community rituals that mark the new year.
Comparing Lunar New Year Customs Across Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam
Tet customs in Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam share roots but differ in dishes and rituals, from banh chung to bitter melon soup.
How Does Lunar New Year for the Ethnic Chinese in Chợ Lớn Differ from Vietnamese Tet?
How Lunar New Year among the Hoa of Chợ Lớn differs from Vietnamese Tết: Kitchen God send-off, offerings, bánh tổ, assembly halls, visiting order.
Chôl Chnăm Thmây: Three Days of the Khmer Traditional New Year
Chôl Chnăm Thmây is the Khmer New Year, held in mid-April over three days with rituals like the Maha Sangkran procession and bathing the Buddha.
Where Do Tet Couplets Come From and Where Did People Hang Them?
Where Tet couplets come from, where Vietnamese families pasted them (door, pillars, ancestor altar), and the basic rules of parallelism for writing one.
What Festivals and Tet Occasions Are There in Vietnam Throughout the Year?
Vietnam's year of festivals and Tet occasions, from Lunar New Year and the first full moon to Mid-Autumn, plus ethnic Tet traditions.
Foods to Avoid at the Beginning of the New Year According to Folk Beliefs
Duck, squid, banana, shrimp, snail and fertilized duck eggs are avoided at new year in Vietnamese folk belief, which links them to bad luck.
Tet in Hue: How Do Hue Locals Prepare for and Celebrate Tet?
Tết in Huế runs from the twelfth lunar month to the seventh of the first: the Thướng tiêu rite, đạp đất, vegetarian offerings and many cakes and preserves.
Rằm Tháng Giêng (Tết Nguyên Tiêu): The First Full Moon and Temple-Going Traditions
Rằm Tháng Giêng, the lunar year's first full moon, brings temple visits and star-releasing rites, with the saying "a year of offerings cannot match this one.
Tet Markets of Three Regions: What the Year-End Market Sells and Why People Go to the Tet Market?
Tết markets in the North, Centre and South: what the year-end markets sell and why people go, from old accounts and present-day reports.
Full Moon of the First Lunar Month - Tết Nguyên Tiêu: Why It Is Considered the Most Significant Full Moon of the Year and What to Prepare for the Offering Tray
Tết Nguyên Tiêu, the first full moon of the lunar year, is greatly valued in Vietnamese culture. See why it matters and what to prepare for the offering tray.
The Unique Early Tet Custom of the Si La People
The Si La people in Lai Châu celebrate Tet early, timing it to the harvest and peach blossoms, with black pig rituals and double chung cakes.
Meanings of Each Fruit in the Five-Fruit Tray for Tet
The five-fruit tray for Tet carries wishes through bananas, pomelos, papayas and mangoes, with regional differences between North and South Vietnam.
Traditional Tet Taboos and Customs for Good Luck
Explore traditional Vietnamese Tet taboos: avoiding sweeping, giving fire, breaking things... and the spiritual meanings behind these customs.
How Does Tet Jam Differ Across the Three Regions of Vietnam?
Tết preserves across Vietnam: lotus-seed and kumquat mứt in Hà Nội, Kim Long ginger mứt in Huế, bánh tổ in Quảng, coconut mứt in the South.
Seeing Off the Ancestors After Tet in Three Regions: How Do Hóa Vàng, Tiễn Ông Bà, and Cúng Tất Differ?
The post-Tet ancestor farewell rite varies by region: hóa vàng in the North, tiễn ông bà in the Center, cúng tất in the South.
Year-end grave tending before Tết (tảo mộ, chạp mả): when it is done, what to prepare, and its place in ancestor worship
Tảo mộ, chạp mả cuối năm là tục sửa sang phần mộ tổ tiên trước Tết. Bài nêu ngày làm, lễ vật, tục chạp mả ở Huế, xứ Quảng và ý nghĩa thờ cúng tổ tiên.
Banh Chung and Banh Tet: Origins and Cultural Significance of Tet
Banh Chung and Banh Tet trace back to the Lang Liêu legend of the Hung King era, symbolizing heaven, earth and prosperity.
The 15th Day of the Tenth Lunar Month - Tết Hạ Nguyên: The Rice Harvest Thanksgiving Festival Few Still Remember
Tết Hạ Nguyên on the 15th day of the tenth lunar month is one of Vietnam's four major traditional festivals, a time to thank heaven and earth.
Southern Bánh Tét: a Tet offering wrapping up the wish for family reunion
Southern bánh tét is a signature Tet offering that symbolizes prosperity and family reunion. See its origins, meaning and traditional wrapping methods.
Xíp Xí Festival - the Children's Tet of the White Thai People
The Xíp Xí Tet of the White Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest is a festival for children, with rituals to worship spirits and ward off disease.
New Rice Festival (Khụ Sự Chà): The Hà Nhì People's Thanksgiving to Ancestors
Khụ Sự Chà, the Hà Nhì New Rice Festival in Mường Nhé, Điện Biên, thanks ancestors with floating cakes, pig liver divination and glutinous rice pounding.
Comparing Tet Feast Trays Across Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam
Tet feast trays in Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam differ in ingredients and meaning, from banh chung in the North to banh tet in the South.
Regional Differences in Ancestor Worship and Tết Customs Among the Kinh Across North, Central, and South Vietnam
Though united as one Kinh ethnic culture, ancestor-worship, wedding, and Tết customs differ substantially across North, Central, and South Vietnam.
Lantern Festival of the Chinese Community in Chợ Lớn and the Belief in Thiên Hậu
The Lantern Festival in Chợ Lớn, a national intangible cultural heritage, centers on the belief in Thiên Hậu Thánh Mẫu at ancient assembly halls.
Calligraphy for the New Year at the Temple of Literature: the beautiful cultural tradition of the calligrapher during Tet
Asking for calligraphy at the Temple of Literature is a beautiful Vietnamese Tet custom, showing respect for knowledge and sending new year wishes.
Tet cakes of Vietnam's three regions: banh chung, banh tet, and cakes found in only one region
Tet cakes differ across Vietnam's three regions: the North has banh chung and banh phu the, the Center has banh to and banh in, the South has banh tet.
Chicken Feet Divination at Tet: The Custom of Predicting Crop Fortune Among Ethnic Minorities
Chicken feet divination at Tet and the new rice ceremony of ethnic minorities aims to predict fate and crops for the new year.
Kieu Fortune Telling at Tet: When the Tale of Kieu Becomes a Message of New Year Luck
Kieu fortune telling at Tet uses verses from Nguyễn Du's Tale of Kieu to predict outcomes. A randomly opened verse is read as an omen for the year.
Where Does the New Year Pen-Opening Custom Come From and What Should You Write? Origin, Practice, and Today's Pen-Opening Ceremonies
Khai bút, the Vietnamese custom of writing the first words of the new year: its legend of teacher Chu Văn An, when people do it, and what to write.
What Is the Dao People's Tết Nhảy? Origins and Meaning of the Put Tong and Nhiang Cham Dao Rites
Tết Nhảy of the Dao: the Pút tồng rite of the Red Dao in Lào Cai and the dance rite of the Dao Quần Chẹt, with their timing, dances and meaning.
Tết Sử Giề Pà of the Bố Y in Lào Cai: Rituals, Offerings and Meaning
Sử Giề Pà, the buffalo thanksgiving of the Bố Y in Lào Cai, falls on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, with a shared offering tray for the village.
Bai Choi of Central Vietnam: A Tet Game and Folk Performance, How to Play, the Cards and the Ho Thai Calls
Bai Choi of Central Vietnam is a Tet game mixing folk singing with card draws, with about 30 cards and witty ho thai calls, inscribed by UNESCO in 2017.
Ramưwan Festival (Month of Fasting and Contemplation) of the Cham Bàni Community: A Cultural Beauty Toward the Roots
Ramưwan is the traditional New Year of the Cham Bàni community in Ninh Thuận, a month of grave visiting, ancestral offerings and fasting.
What Makes Vietnamese Traditional Cuisine Distinctive Across Regions?
An overview of Vietnamese traditional cuisine by region: Tet dishes, ancestral trays, festivals, vegetarian food and local specialties, with cultural context.
Hue Tet Feast: Echoes of Royal Cuisine in the Lunar New Year Meal
The Hue Tet feast blends royal essence with folk culture, shaped by a philosophy of frugality, elegance, harmony and transformation.
Saigon Tet: flower markets, flower street and the Tet customs of Saigon people
Tết in Sài Gòn: the Nguyễn Huệ flower market from 1960 and flower street from 2004, the flower boats of Bình Đông wharf, and how families keep Tết.
Tết Rites in Southern Vietnam: Welcoming the Ancestors, the Giao Thừa Offering, Tết Nhà on the Third and the Farewell
Tet rites in southern Vietnam: welcoming the ancestors on the 30th, giao thừa offerings outdoors and indoors, Tết nhà on the third, farewell on the fourth.
The Lự People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
The Lự people speak a Tày-Thái language and live mainly in Lai Châu, with worship customs and festivals tied to their own calendar.
How Long Is the Cultural History of the Vietnamese People?
Vietnamese cultural history appears through village spirit worship, Thành hoàng veneration, the Mother Goddess religion and the Hán Nôm archive.
Tày Beliefs and Festivals: Then Singing, the Tính Lute, and the Lồng Tồng Festival
The Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.
Tet Doi: The Festival of Inviting the Rice Goddesses Back to the Village of the Muong People in Phú Thọ
Tet Doi is a festival of the Muong people in Thu Cúc commune, Phú Thọ, to invite the 'rice maidens' back to the village.
The Tho People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The Tho people speak a Việt Mường language and live mainly in western Nghệ An and Thanh Hoá, with their own worship of spirits, ancestors and midwife deities.