Regularly on Lunar New Year, many students choose to gather with their teachers who have taught them to be good people, keeping the tradition of 'on the 3rd day of Tet, we honor teachers'.
Students come to wish their homeroom teacher a Happy New Year (third from right) on the third day of Tet - Photo: NVCC
It could be the homeroom teacher, subject teacher or simply the person who has the most memories with the student during their school years.
Many people, now 25 or 26 years old, still remember and come to wish a happy new year to the teachers who helped them write neatly in elementary school.
More than 20 years teachers still waiting
Right from the days before Tet, the class of Mr. Nguyen Minh Duc (25 years old, living in Binh Phuoc) started to bustlingly discuss visiting teacher Cao Van Bien (54 years old, living in Binh Phuoc) - the homeroom teacher of class 2 of the whole group.
Since learning to ride a bike to school, Duc and his classmates have had the habit of visiting teacher Bien to wish him a happy new year. He remembers that when they first visited the teacher, the whole group went empty-handed. When they were in middle school, they started pooling money to buy a box of cakes. When they were in high school, the whole group saved their school money to buy bigger gifts.
Anh Duc and his group of friends visited Mr. Bien - Photo: NVCC
Anh Duc said his group used to be very crowded, there were always at least 10 people when visiting the teacher. This year, due to work and losing contact with many people, the group of students who came to visit the teacher who taught them for more than 20 years has only 5 people left.
“Mostly these are friends who live near the teacher, who keep in touch with him regularly, so they come every Tet. Some others have families and are busy with work, so they have gradually separated from the group. 5-10 people is fine, as long as they can visit the teacher, it is fun,” said Mr. Duc.
Because of illness, Mr. Bien has been away from the blackboard for three years. There are many visitors on Tet, but he sets aside the third day just to receive his students.
“Since 7am on the 3rd, students have been ringing the doorbell, the most crowded are still the kids from my closest class, nearly 15 of them.
The German group is the smallest, but it is the group that I really like. For more than 20 years, I have waited for them to visit every year," Mr. Bien confided.
Over two decades, from the kids who used to come to visit him on their bicycles, now some are engineers, some are doctors... "Every time I come, I ask them to take out old photos, point out their faces and tell stories about their school days," Mr. Bien shared.
A chance to chat
For Nguyen Thi My Chau (20 years old, living in Binh Phuoc), on the 3rd day of this year, she went to visit Ms. Nguyen Thi Loan - the homeroom teacher of grade 12 - to wish her a happy new year. Chau had the chance to meet her old friend again.
Since graduating from high school, Chau's homeroom teacher has maintained a common chat group for the class, always asking about and caring about each student's studies: "Our class size is 28. In the past two years, even though some people have gone to university and some have gone to work, we always set aside the 3rd day of the lunar new year to visit our homeroom teacher."
Many of them choose to study at universities outside Hanoi, and Chau only has the chance to see their teachers again on New Year's Eve like this. But according to Chau, every time they meet, it's like a festival, talking endlessly.
My Chau and her friends visited the homeroom teacher of grade 12 - Photo: NVCC
“In the past, she seemed strict in class, but at home she was the complete opposite. We all received lucky money from her,” Chau said.
Ms. Loan clearly felt the maturity of each student through the Tet holidays they visited: "The children started visiting each other during Tet since the first year I was the homeroom teacher, and now it has been three consecutive years."
Ms. Loan said that besides family, teachers like her are looking forward to seeing their old students again during Tet. "The most precious thing is that after so many years, the kids still remember me. They don't need any gifts, just having the whole group come to my house to play is enough to make me happy," Ms. Loan said emotionally.
In addition to students coming to her house to wish her a Happy New Year, Ms. Loan also received many wishes from students via text messages and social networks.
Meanwhile, Ho Thi Anh Nguyet (23 years old, living in Binh Phuoc) also used to have a group of classmates who organized visits to their teachers every Tet. But in the past four years, from 15 group members, now only Nguyet and three other friends are interested in this.
Nguyet shared: "I know everyone is busy with family matters, but I hope everyone will try to keep the tradition of the 3rd day of Tet."
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/hon-20-nam-giu-nep-mung-3-tet-thay-20250131153318857.htm
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