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Vietnam’s Tết Nguyên Đán: Renewal, Ancestors, and Red Envelopes
越南春节：更新、祭祖与红包
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Tết Nguyên Đán—the Vietnamese Lunar New Year—marks both agricultural renewal and deep ancestral reverence.
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Before Tết, families thoroughly clean homes, settle debts, and avoid arguments to welcome luck and harmony.
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Ancestral altars are refreshed with incense, fruit, and sticky rice cakes called bánh chưng, wrapped in banana leaves.
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Children wear new áo dài—elegant silk tunics—and receive red envelopes containing lucky money from elders.
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Each envelope must contain an even number of bills, never four, since the word for ‘four’ sounds like ‘death’ in Vietnamese.
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Firecrackers were banned in cities for safety, so families now use electronic versions or drum ensembles instead.
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The first visitor of the new year—xông đất—must embody kindness and success, shaping the household’s fortune.
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Street markets overflow with peach blossoms in the north and apricot flowers in the south, signaling regional identity.
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Overseas Vietnamese hold virtual Tết reunions, sharing recipes and teaching grandchildren to fold dumplings online.
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More than celebration, Tết is a living grammar of respect, balance, and hope passed down in daily gestures.