What to See during Vietnam Lunar New Year?

HANOI, Viet Nam - Jan. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- Handetour.Com love helping travelers discover Vietnam (http://handetour.com/Vietnam-Tours/Vietnam-Classic-Package-Tours/Discovery-Vietnam.html) during Vietnam Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday preparations as it is a perfect time to experience Vietnamese tradition and heritage at its most colorful.

Vietnamese Lunar New Year is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. It takes place from the first day of the first month of the Vietnamese calendar (This year, it is on 19 Feb 2015) until at least the third day. During Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Vietnamese visit their relatives and temples/ pagodas, forgetting about the troubles of the past year and hoping for a better upcoming year.

Most people head home to visit family during Vietnamese Lunar New Year, most of shops and markets are close for the holiday about a week, so What to See during Vietnam Lunar New Year?

Travelers could see how the locals prepare for their New Year like Kitchen Gods Ceremony (Travelers will find a small icon in the kitchen of the three “Kitchen Gods” — one female and two males who look over and protect the home and on the 23rd day of the last month, these gods return to the heavens to report back to the Jade Emperor); Buying Trees (The locals in the North prefer peach blossom of kumquat trees while the locals in the South prefer huge bunches of yellow chrysanthemums to decorate their); Special Food Preparation (So called Banh Chung or Chung Cake - chunks of pork fat coated in bean surrounded by rice and wrapped up in banana leaves, then boiled) … and could stay with them to enjoy the New Year atmosphere.

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