After all, Tet is an opportunity for many people to relax, at least for one or two days. Many city people return to their hometowns to reunite with their families, to live slowly and peacefully in old houses, garden houses, under the ancient moss of the countryside, and to join in the traditional rituals of their families. They participate in the markets in the countryside. They also bargain and haggle, but only for fun, to smile cheerfully. They need to embrace the kindness, goodness, and sincerity, to appreciate the love and affection of the countryside. In fact, they want to immerse themselves in the simple and generous life of the people, leisurely watching flowers, taking care of flowers, welcoming relatives, and cooking simple dishes.
Some people choose to celebrate Tet by going on a long trip to find new feelings, breathing in the fresh air in remote areas, wild mountains and forests, taking pictures of flowers and grass in the warm spring weather, capturing pictures of dirty-faced children in the windy highlands, enjoying the dishes of ethnic minorities... That is a real need, growing more and more and has even become a trend. Many families gather in groups of two or three and have made plans a month in advance. Because for them, traveling in a family group creates excitement for all members. As long as the weather changes, the trees still sprout, the wind is still cold and the apricot and peach blossoms still bloom to welcome spring, then people can still experience Tet the way they want.
Tet Chill probably starts from the value you choose for Tet. If you choose Tet to be fun, to chill, then the 3 days of Tet are like a brake to slow down time and reminisce. Actually, Tet has been the same for many years, there are still red parallel sentences next to yellow apricot branches, there are still lucky money envelopes hanging precariously on tree branches, but maybe because a year has passed too long, making us forget how to go out to celebrate Tet and enjoy this moment of transition. So why not renew Tet, as well as a way to renew ourselves to welcome a year full of more energy? And in the journey of experiencing this strange Tet, we are still happy because we still have close friends and a loving family. Just being together, that is Tet!
The last month of the year, deadlines are up to the neck. Here and there, there are complaints from office girls about the worries of Tet. Then, in a few days, Facebook will be filled with nostalgia for the old Tet. And there will definitely be someone who will say: Tet is getting more and more bland. Is Tet really bland when people are still waiting? Is Tet really bland when even in the complaint there is the aftertaste of waiting? And is Tet really bland when everyone has a youth associated with the old Tet seasons. Instead of reminiscing about the scents and beautiful activities in our memories, we can completely "eat" Tet with what we have, create and enjoy our own Tet atmosphere, with our family and join the spring of the land, sky, and country. Only we can decide whether our own Tet is bland or not.
We cannot change past memories, we can only try to create memories of the next day with future plans. So memories have different flavors for each person. Some people have the sweet taste of love, others have the sour taste of distance… But there is one common point that can be true for many people: Memories have the smell of nostalgia. Let Tet be as clear as in the eyes of children.
I still believe that what is beautiful is hard to fade, people are smart enough to select and learn the good and beautiful things outside, but still maintain their own identity. That is how we grow up without losing ourselves, to welcome the Tet season despite the change in space or many fluctuations, still know who we are, how we should live when time passes. As long as each of us is happy, that is the spirit of Tet, Tet is to chill...
If you type in the keyword “Tet chill”, Google will direct you to the Saigon Chill beer advertisement page, but there is no page that fully defines what Tet chill is?
These days, I like to search for clips about the experiences of Gen X and Gen Y on social media platforms. They choose to go to the forest and the sea during the Tet holidays. Youth is fresh and full of energy. They go, experience and share with the community, the work may be small but meaningful. And young people are not indifferent to Tet, they just want to celebrate a different Tet, in their own way. Tet, to them, is truly chill.
Put aside the worries of work and stressful lessons, temporarily put aside the deadlines that await every week. Tet is the time when young people can freely "party" after a long busy year. With a dynamic personality, constantly approaching the latest trends, Vietnamese youth are always ready to "explode" to create special and memorable Tet seasons. But that does not mean that traditional Tet activities are ignored by young people, they just do it in a different, more novel and colorful way.
Actually, Tet is still fun, there are still people who eagerly look forward to going home to celebrate Tet every year. Like me, I still think that Tet is always the same, never less beautiful, perhaps because we grow up and lose our innocence, eager for new beginnings, lose a heart that knows how to aspire, a heart that is no longer poetic, so forcing Tet is now boring. I think that the beauty is still there, just need to clean both eyes and heart, will see the color of spring again.
The holidays come to let us know what we need to choose in this life. Let's choose the things that make us happy, the warm reunions, gathering together and continuing the good values. Because tradition is like an underground river, flowing fast and constantly, carrying the core values that gradually permeate from generation to generation, so that the gold settles and the brass floats away.
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