Vietnam New Year
Vietnam New Year
My mom’s favorite holiday in Vietnam was New Year; because she got to
wear new clothes like Do Thai which are regular clothes that you can wear any
where around the house or to the store, receive money in red envelopes called
Li Xi. The Li Xi is all red with some kind of decoration on it. You wouldn’t
like to taste it because it had no taste. One of my mom’s favorite treats
is called mut. It is made out of dry fruit and it is multi colored. Before the
Vietnamese New Year my mom needs to clean up every thing that is around the
house, so the house can smell fresh for New Year. After she cleans the house
she puts up a tree with yellow flowers called Bong Mai but the flowers are fake
and it has no smell to it. Then she adds some red envelopes with money in them
and hangs them on the tree. On that day she has to get mut treats and put it
in a box that is shaped like a flower and is colored red, and puts it in the
living room. And when guest come they can enjoy. As soon as New Year is over
she counts all the money she got over the New Year days and will receive good
luck for the whole year. When you open the red envelope you would like the sound
when you open it, you can feel the good luck come to you. For me now I feel
lucky because right now I can receive red envelopes, and get to wear one of
my favorite Vietnamese dresses called Ao Dai because it represents a girl. I
will carry this holiday to my family.
Return to Vietnamese Celebrations main page.