As someone who loves Tet and always wants her children to feel the values and meanings that Tet brings, Ms. Le Van Anh (Hanoi) always tries to keep a bit of the old Tet atmosphere for her children by wrapping Chung cakes, burning incense on New Year's Eve, being the first to enter the house, and going to wish them a happy new year...
Ms. Van Anh's eldest daughter teaches her younger sister how to wrap banh chung.
Since the beginning of December, Van Anh’s family’s house has been bustling with the atmosphere of preparing for Tet. She and her children cleaned and decorated the house, arranged vases of single flowers, dahlias, peach and apricot branches, and displayed pots of chrysanthemums and poinsettias in the front yard, making the space filled with spring colors.
Ms. Van Anh wants to bring the old Tet atmosphere to her children.
"I always remember the Tet holidays when I was a child, when life was still very difficult, so Tet was the most anticipated. Because I got to wrap Chung cakes, pound pork rolls, go to the flower market with my grandparents and parents, and especially wear the most beautiful clothes of the year to visit relatives and neighbors to wish them a happy new year. So when I got married and had children, I still wanted to preserve a bit of the Tet atmosphere for my children by doing the old things that I used to do in the past, such as cleaning, decorating the house, wrapping Chung cakes, burning incense on New Year's Eve, being the first to enter the house, and visiting relatives and neighbors to wish them a happy new year...", Ms. Van Anh shared.
This year, Ms. Van Anh boiled banh chung at night so that her children could have an unforgettable experience.
Although living in Hanoi, every Tet, Van Anh's yard is "red with fire" with a pot of banh chung. This year, on the 24th of December, Van Anh and her children wrapped the cakes. "The children are often assigned the task of washing dong leaves, washing rice, cutting leaves into molds, then watching the adults wrap the cakes and learning by pouring rice, putting beans... Gradually, in recent years, the older children have been able to wrap a complete banh chung themselves. The children also always help their parents prepare firewood to boil the banh chung," Van Anh said.
Ms. Van Anh lets her children experience "touching Tet"
Ms. Van Anh said that every year her family usually boils banh chung during the day so as not to affect the children's sleep. But this year her children had a truly memorable experience. "Because I miss the feeling of sitting and watching the pot of banh chung on a cold and sleepy New Year's Eve with my grandfather and father, this year I also lit a fire when it just got dark. I want my children and the whole family to experience an unforgettable atmosphere."
Ms. Van Anh always wants her children to have meaningful and memorable Tet experiences with their family.
As a person who never teaches her children, Ms. Van Anh lets her children feel about Tet and the values that Tet brings to each person through specific actions. "Because Tet is a family reunion, every year, the whole family will go to their paternal and maternal grandparents' houses together. Tet is an occasion to return to their roots, to connect the family and community, so the children will go to the graves, to wish their relatives and neighbors a happy new year. To help the children see that during Tet, people become closer to each other, everyone wants to give each other good wishes, joy and happiness," Ms. Van Anh shared.
Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/cung-con-gin-giu-nhung-gia-tri-cua-tet-xua-20250124090438327.htm
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