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New Year's Day: Tết dương lịch: 1: International public holiday From the 2nd last day of the last lunar month to 5th day of the first lunar month: Vietnamese New Year (Tet) Tết Nguyên Đán: 7 (9 if 1st day of 1st lunar month falls on Mon-Wed) Lunar New Year Largest and most important holiday of the year, occurring around late January ...
Tết (Vietnamese:, chữ Hán: 節), short for Tết Nguyên Đán (chữ Hán: 節元旦 lit. ' Festival of the first day '), is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese calendar and usually has the date in January or February in the Gregorian calendar. [2]
As Vietnam's official calendar has been the Gregorian calendar since 1954, [1] the Vietnamese calendar is used mainly to observe lunisolar holidays and commemorations, such as Tết Nguyên Đán and Tết Trung Thu.
Uposatha of Ashvini/Krittika (similar festivals that generally occur on the same day in Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand ) Tết Trung Thu ( chữ Hán : 節中秋 ) is a traditional Vietnamese festival held from the night of the 14th to the end of the 15th of the 8th lunar month ( Rằm tháng Tám , chữ Nôm ...
The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies.
Bánh chưng or banh chung is a traditional Vietnamese dish which is made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork, and other ingredients. [1]According to legend, its origin traces back to Lang Liêu, a prince of the last king of the Sixth Hùng Dynasty.
Mù Cang Chải is divided into 14 commune-level sub-divisions, including the township of Mù Cang Chải and 13 rural communes (Cao Phạ, Chế Cu Nha, Chế Tạo, Dế Xu Phình, Hồ Bốn, Khao Mang, Kim Nọi, La Pán Tẩn, Lao Chải, Mồ Dề, Nậm Có, Nậm Khắt, Púng Luông).
Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village. From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the fifteenth lunisolar day every year by carrying lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and fireworks. [16] Another legend about the origins of Lantern Festival involves a maid named Yuan-Xiao.