(CLO) Tet Nguyen Dan is considered the most meaningful festival in Vietnamese culture. Among many cultural activities during Tet, giving gifts and reading Tet newspapers have gradually become beautiful features of the beginning of the year, reminding us of the value of words, the appreciation of traditional culture as well as the wish for peace at the beginning of the year.
The nation's transformation through each Tet newspaper publication
Spring comes, Tet comes with the custom of giving words to read, decorate and give to relatives and friends. In the warm and cozy atmosphere, there is no lack of spring newspapers on the table or on the bookshelf, where the whole family and guests enjoy the beautiful moments of Tet.
Giving spring newspapers to relatives, friends, and colleagues means we have given a spiritual gift and sent good wishes. Thereby spreading positive messages and encouraging each other to welcome a happy new year, associated with great belief in the nation's renewal.
For a long time, the Spring newspaper has become an indispensable spiritual food and is highly anticipated by the press public every time Tet comes and Spring comes. Photo: VPM
In the past, during the years of resistance against French colonialism, each Tet newspaper and spring newspaper published and reaching the people was like the presence of national solidarity, the desire for the country to gain independence. Each publication born during the resistance encouraged and fueled the passion for reading books and newspapers, warmed up the atmosphere and flavor of Tet, and contributed to preserving and promoting the quintessence of Vietnamese culture.
When the whole country entered the period of building and defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Tet newspapers always carried fresh, beautiful colors and hoped for a new year with new beliefs. During this period, due to economic difficulties, some Tet newspapers were printed in color, but usually only on the cover page or some important pages.
Illustrations in Tet newspapers are often propaganda-style paintings depicting spring associated with the working lives of workers, farmers, and soldiers. In particular, Tet greetings with the image of a snake (symbolizing the year of the Snake) are often stylized according to the painting style of that period.
Collector of old newspapers Nguyen Phi Dung said: Despite difficult economic conditions, Tet newspapers are still a special gift that many families look forward to. There are people lining up to buy newspapers, some cherish each page as a precious souvenir. These publications not only reflect the spring atmosphere but are also important documents that help future generations better understand a difficult but optimistic period. Today, reviewing Tet newspapers not only preserves historical value but also marks a memorable period in the history of Vietnamese journalism.
“Tet newspapers during the resistance war or the subsidy period are valuable documents, truly reflecting a difficult but spirited historical period of building and defending the country. For those who love journalism, these are beautiful memories, a vivid archive of documents that help today’s and future generations better understand the tradition of Vietnamese journalism,” said Mr. Nguyen Phi Dung.
Young people enjoy the space "Old Spring on Tet Newspaper". Photo: Quang Hung
It can be said that in each Tet newspaper publication, readers can see the changes of the country, we seem to be accompanying the nation, clearly feeling the optimistic spirit, the desire to rise up and the will to build a rich and civilized country. Nowadays, spring newspapers have become a typical cultural feature, closely associated with the nuances of Tet, collected and read by many people every year.
Participating in the Spring Newspaper Festival has become an annual habit.
In the stormy development of technology, the explosion of information on social networks, the beauty of reading Tet newspapers is still preserved through many generations and is constantly reinforced. Through the process of formation and development, from the early days of the Vietnamese revolutionary press to the present day, the press has always accompanied the cause of protecting and building the country. Perhaps also from that history, Tet newspapers are still a method, a reliable source of information for readers every year.
Readers visit the exhibition booth and read the spring edition of the Journalist & Public Opinion Newspaper. Photo: Le Tam
The Spring Press Festival and the National Press Festival held at the beginning of the year have gradually become a spiritual and cultural activity, becoming an annual tradition of the press nationwide. The event always attracts public attention, contributing to encouraging the spirit and motivating all classes of people and journalists to welcome a warm and joyful new spring.
Every year, the Spring Newspaper Festival or the National Newspaper Festival gradually becomes an indispensable activity, a place to gather the spiritual products of journalists. The spring newspapers are introduced, people have the opportunity to sit and compare, understand more about the unique features of each editorial office. Together "scoring" the content and form of the spring newspapers, Tet newspapers, comments and remarks will be a source of motivation for the editorial offices to continue to improve the quality of their press products.
Sharing with reporters of the Journalist and Public Opinion Newspaper, historian Duong Trung Quoc said: Technology is developing, everything in life happens quickly, people feel that time is getting shorter and shorter. Besides, many new media appear, causing the traditional culture of reading on paper newspapers, although it has existed for thousands of years, to be at risk of disappearing. This has been predicted and existed for a long time, but in reality, it is clearly not like that. It is true that the quantity may decrease, but clearly nothing can replace a paper newspaper or a book. Because we have to think about its material value as well. Nowadays, anywhere, in the house, on the desk, in public places, paper newspapers are always present as an important need.
In the trend of everyone and every household using technology to access information as quickly as possible, there is still a large number of people who are loyal to newspapers. Maintaining the habit of using newspapers to grasp information helps them not to be dependent on technology, and not to be affected by the negative side of technology that affects their health.
“Reading a paper newspaper has its own effect, it is different from reading online which is mainly for information, reading a paper newspaper or book has inspiration in it. I think a person holding a paper newspaper will look more elegant than someone who just buries their face in their phone, reading a paper newspaper or reading a book is irreplaceable," historian Duong Trung Quoc commented.
Historian Duong Trung Quoc. Photo: VOV
Historian Duong Trung Quoc said: "The first occasion of the year at the Spring Newspaper Festival, the National Newspaper Festival, each of us looks forward to this occasion. Like a cycle of time, at this time the public wishes to access knowledge and information about the socio-economic situation of the past year. In fact, the publications of Tet newspapers, spring newspapers, newspapers also invest more effort and intelligence, so the quality is always higher and certainly the printing is also more beautiful. That is why many people participate in the Spring Newspaper Festival or the National Newspaper Festival as an annual habit, a custom that is not easy to give up."
Source: https://www.congluan.vn/doc-bao-tet-dau-xuan-mon-an-tinh-than-khong-the-thieu-post332517.html
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