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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 .
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 ...
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 to early February
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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 lunisolar calendar similar to the Chinese calendar. The Tibetan New Year is Losar and falls between January and March. The Taiwanese New Year is called Kuè-nî and falls between January and March.
In the past, Hàng Trống painting was an essential element of the Tết Nguyên Đán holiday in Hanoi, but today this tradition almost has disappeared and authentic Hàng Trống paintings are found only in museums or fine art galleries. However, the art of making Hàng Trống paintings is always considered a symbol of traditional culture ...
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 ...
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.