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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. 5. Lunar New Year. Largest and most important holiday of the year, occurring around late January to early February.
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 words come from Sino-Vietnamese respectively, 節 (SV: tiết) and 元旦. The word for festival is usually lễ hội, a Sino-Vietnamese word, 禮會.
The Vietnamese calendar (Vietnamese: âm lịch; chữ Hán: 陰曆) is a lunisolar calendar that is mostly based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. 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 ...
Record of President Ho Chi Minh reading the declaration of Vietnam. National Day (Vietnamese: Ngày Quốc Khánh) is a national holiday in Vietnam observed on 2 September, commemorating President Hồ Chí Minh reading the Declarations of independence of Vietnam at Ba Đình Square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945. It is the country's National Day.
Tết Dương lịch or Tết Tây Between late January–early February Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese New Year) Tết Nguyên Đán: Largest holiday of the year, falling on the first three days of Vietnamese calendar; in practice, celebrations are held during the weeks before and after those four days. April 30 Reunification Day: Ngày ...
Vietnamese Americans observe holidays based on their Vietnamese calendar, with Tết Nguyên Đán (commonly known as Tết) the most important. Falling in late January or early February, Tết marks the lunar new year. Although the full holiday lasts for seven days, the first three days are celebrated with visits to relatives, teachers and ...
The Vietnamese New Year is the Tết Nguyên Đán which most times is the same day as the Chinese New Year due to the Vietnamese using a Lunar calendar similar to the Chinese calendar. The Tibetan New Year is Losar and falls between January and March.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival (see § Etymology), is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. [1]