Lunar New Year is celebrated on 12
February 2021, a famous festival observed in many countries which starts with
the first moon of the lunar calendar. In countries such as Vietnam, Korea Lunar
New Year is known as Tết and Seollal.
Although commonly known as the Chinese
New Year in the United States and other parts of the world.
The lunar new year 2021 marks the year
of the OX, one of the twelve zodiac signs. This 12-animal zodiac system in
China is important in many Asian countries like Japan, Korea, Vietnam,
Thailand, Mongolia, Tibet etc. It is generally believed that people born in the
year are hardworking, persistent and honest.
The year of Ox is believed to be a time when difficulties can be
overcome. The Lunar New Year is an important holiday in many East Asian
countries and is the same date as the Chinese Lunar New Year.
"In Vietnam, the Lunar New Year is known as Tết, a word derived
from the Sino-Vietnamese 'tiet', which is derived from a Chinese noun meaning
'season' or 'festival.'
In Vietnam, people enjoy a long week to ring in the new year, filled
with events and activities such as a spring market, family visits, New Year
food and traditional card and chess games. Vietnamese communities overseas In,
especially in Little Saigon, Westminster, Tết is still an important holiday,
Chinese people have continued to use traditional foods to celebrate this
tradition, reconnecting with cultural traditions, family and community One such
food is fish, a symbol of prosperity, because in Chinese it is pronounced
similar to the word 'surplus'. It expresses a desire for prosperity, a major
theme in many foods.
Another universally important subject is embodied in foods such as glutinous rice ball soup (tung yuan) and gluten rice cake (New Year cake). This topic is more important during all epidemics when many people are forced into isolated existence.
