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File:Tranh miêu tả các trò chơi dân gian trong ngày Tết thời nhà Lê trung hưng năm 1684-1685. - The manner of their dancing upon ropes, etc.png
The name Tết is a shortening of Tết Nguyên Đán, literally written as tết (meaning 'festivals'; only used in festival names) and nguyên đán which means the first day of the year. Both terms come from Sino-Vietnamese, respectively, 節 (SV: tiết) and 元旦. The word for festival is usually lễ hội, another Sino-Vietnamese term ...
Hội Yến Diêu Trì (Holy Banquet for Great Mother and the Nine Goddesses), a great religious ceremony of Cao Dai, is annually held in Tây Ninh Holy See on the 15th of the eighth lunar month. [1] This coincides with the Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam. Most Caodaiists choose to go on a pilgrimage to Tay Ninh Holy Land on this day.
Tết Đoan Ngũ, Tết Trùng Nhĩ or Tết Nửa Năm (Nửa Năm: a half of a year) is a festival celebrated at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. [1] This day is the day around the time when the tail of the Great Bear points directly to the south, that is, around the time of the summer solstice.
Dương Nhật Lễ was the son of a couple of tuồng actors, which, along with other performing arts, was considered a shameful profession under the Confucian system of the time. [1] His father was Dương Khương while the stage name of his mother was Vương Mẫu (Queen Mother), which came from her most recurrent role. [ 2 ]
The Meridian Gate was chosen because it is the venue for the most important political events of the Nguyễn dynasty such as the coronation ceremony of a new Emperor (lễ lên ngôi), the awarding of doctorates to high achieving mandarins, the Lunar New Year celebration (Tết Nguyên Đán), the reception of the ambassador of neighbouring ...