First Essay
Peter Vo
ENGL 0374/4001
March 15, 2015
Final Draft
Tet in Vietnam
“Fat meat, pickled onions, red parallel sentences
New Year pole, strings of firecrackers, green Chung cake.” These are two pairs of well-known parallel sentences that talk about Tet, an important holiday which is Lunar New Year in Vietnam. Tet is a most authentic holiday in Vietnam; therefore, people spend at least seven days to celebrate. There are so many activities and preparation that Vietnamese people do before, during and after Tet.
Preparation of Tet often begins a week before the actual celebration. At that time, everyone is busy to buy new clothes, foods and decoration for the house. People, who live far away from home, usually return and gather with their family on these days. They prepare for Tet by cooking sticky rice cake, which calls Banh Chung, a traditional cake that everyone eats during this holiday. People also clean their house and decorate them by go to spring flowers market and buy some flowers such as peach blossom, kumquat and yellow daisy. There are many traditional activities and belief that Vietnamese people do during Tet. The first days of Tet is the most sacred time of the year; therefore, the first houseguest to offer the first greeting is very important. If that guest has a good background such as being healthy, happy and successful; then the family believes they will receive luck and good fortune throughout the year. During Tet, people in Vietnam usually visit their friends and their relatives. They wish New Year’s greetings to everybody; and they hope that everybody will receive more success in their work and good heath in the coming up year. Many adults also give lucky money to children with the hope of luck to them. Everyone believes that the attitude on these days can influence over the year, so everybody is more friendly than normal. They also believe that cleaning their houses in the first days of the Year is a sign of losing their luck, so they are not
ENGL 0374/4001
March 15, 2015
Final Draft
Tet in Vietnam
“Fat meat, pickled onions, red parallel sentences
New Year pole, strings of firecrackers, green Chung cake.” These are two pairs of well-known parallel sentences that talk about Tet, an important holiday which is Lunar New Year in Vietnam. Tet is a most authentic holiday in Vietnam; therefore, people spend at least seven days to celebrate. There are so many activities and preparation that Vietnamese people do before, during and after Tet.
Preparation of Tet often begins a week before the actual celebration. At that time, everyone is busy to buy new clothes, foods and decoration for the house. People, who live far away from home, usually return and gather with their family on these days. They prepare for Tet by cooking sticky rice cake, which calls Banh Chung, a traditional cake that everyone eats during this holiday. People also clean their house and decorate them by go to spring flowers market and buy some flowers such as peach blossom, kumquat and yellow daisy. There are many traditional activities and belief that Vietnamese people do during Tet. The first days of Tet is the most sacred time of the year; therefore, the first houseguest to offer the first greeting is very important. If that guest has a good background such as being healthy, happy and successful; then the family believes they will receive luck and good fortune throughout the year. During Tet, people in Vietnam usually visit their friends and their relatives. They wish New Year’s greetings to everybody; and they hope that everybody will receive more success in their work and good heath in the coming up year. Many adults also give lucky money to children with the hope of luck to them. Everyone believes that the attitude on these days can influence over the year, so everybody is more friendly than normal. They also believe that cleaning their houses in the first days of the Year is a sign of losing their luck, so they are not