Vietnam is a country that has thousands of years of history. Like many other countries in the world, Vietnam has a culture of its own identity that carries the most typical is the Lunar New Year. It is these features that make manners, shape and identity of the people in Vietnam.

Lunar New Year is the most important occasion in Vietnam. Lunar New Year, according to the Vietnamese called Tet Nguyen Dan. "Nguyen" is to start, "Dan" is a new day. "Tet Nguyen Dan" is to start a new year, to welcome Spring with everything in its newest appearance. A new year comes with goodluck and in the mean time, all of the badluck will be gone, together with the passed year. "Tet Ta" (Lunar new year) is affected by Chinese Lunar New Year and East Asia Traditional Circle so that "Tet Ta" comes after New Years Eve. According to the old rule: 3 even years/a month of the Lunar Calendar, so the first day of the year is never before Jan 21st or after Feb 19th. Normally, this day will come from about the end of Jan to mid of Feb. The Lunar New Year lasts for 7-8 days of the passed year and 7 days of the new year.

According to East Asian culture and history of China, the origin of Lunar New Year from Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and change from time to time. According to folk beliefs, the New Year started from the concept "Thankfully the rain to sunshine", as well as originating from "tiet" (weather) upon under the operation of the universe, expressed in the cycle times the Spring - Summer - Fall - Winter, which, with a very special meaning for an agricultural country like Vietnam. Farmers for this is the occasion to commemorate the gods are related to agricultural land as the god of rain, thunder god, the god of water ... Farmers do not forget to thank the animals which help them farm work like cattle, poultry and they also thank others food crops, food to feed them.

The Vietnamese concept that everything in Lunar New Year must be very new and soon. So before Tet more than 2 weeks, the family prepare to celebrate. They are usually cleaning, decorating their house with apricot blossom, peach blossom, kumquat, couplets or festival painting. Preparation-work for the day of the Vietnamese New Year usually starts from December 23, the day that the Vietnamese dedicate Kitchen God. Some rural families still keep the tradition planting named “Neu”, while in the city, this custom has been forgotten. According to tradition, the tree is raised up against the devil and the ominous. the tree is often referred to hang or decorate what is considered to scare the devil as: garlic, cactus, effigies and Pandan. Before Tet, the Vietnamese also prepare chung cakes , day cake and hearty dishes to dedicate to their ancestors.

New Year's Day may be the 30th December (for full year) or December 29 (for shortage year). This day family reunion dinner together for the New Year. Between the 30th (or 29th) of December and 1 January, is the most important moment of the festival.It marked the transfer of the old year and new year, called Eve (Giao Thua). In recognition of this moment, people often make two trays. A tray of worship to ancestors at the altar in his house and a tray of worship Heaven and Earth in the front yard. Arrangements the altar of Vietnamese families usually have an altar ancestors, grandparents.The decoration and altar arrangements vary according to each house. However, on the altar every home always display two cane on either side as to the instrument for carrying on with the grandchildren and leading spirits from the sky on the lower boundary. At the same time on the altar also has a tray of five fruits expressed desire of the owner by the name, colours and their arrangement.

In addition, during public holidays are also customary forth. Many people view A day "opened" a new year. They said that on this day, if all goes smoothly, good luck for the whole year, would also be good, convenient. Right after the countdown time, anyone who steps outside into the home with new year wishes are considered to have stormed the land for their home. Moreover, referring to the lunar new year, people cannot help mentioning the continuing exodus, picking fortune, burn votive, congratulated, visiting, receiving lucky money, etc. All this rules are expressed wishes of the people of a prosperous new year, families are healthy, well off, warmth.

And indispensable in the New Year is the traditional dish. First to mention are chung cake, day cake associated with the legend of the same name. The legend tells that King Hung Vuong sixth looking for some twenty sons, one who truly virtuous to the throne should have the conditions: not necessarily the eldest son, who gratify the first king ceremony will be hereditary. The prince racing festival truly post-shopping, delicious. Lang Lieu, the son of the eighteenth, very sad for the poor, only grown accustomed to potatoes, rice, do not know where to get the ceremony delicacies like the other prince. After a night's dream, a hint gods, he took his sticky rice, green beans and pork buns in two things, the type of round, square type for father. King find delicious cakes, again express profound meaning he should take two bread ceremony Heaven, Earth and First King ceremonies, naming round cake is day cake, square cake is chung cake and throne to Lang Lieu. Since then, the chung cakes, day cakes worship ancestors become indispensable traditions of Vietnam's Tet.

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The legend of chưng cake symbolizes conception of the universe of ancient Vietnamese people, while emphasizing the importance of rice and natural rice culture. The legend above want to remind children about the tradition of filial piety, respects; explanation of the meaning and origins of the Earth Cake. This is the beauty of the traditional culture of the nation.

One of the traditional dishes of ethnic is jam. The jam trays is not only delicious by the appearance but also carry different meanings. Whether it's somewhere in the world, the familiar images such as twigs yellow apricot, green chung cakes, red couplets, jam tray Festival, ... every time be mentioned that the Vietnamese to think of the New Year in hometown . Probably just about every spring, the Festival jam tray becomes sweet, meaningful. At Tet, almost every family put on their table all kinds of candies, jams Festival. First is to inviting guests , then the whole family to gather together and enjoy. Many kind of jam are put on the same tray is meant desired harmony, reunion.

For every country, in every period of history, culture, national traditions and language is the foundation of the social spirit, the motivation and goals of development, soul, strength life of the nation, that nation. Therefore, the preservation and promotion of cultural identity, national traditions play a very important role in the construction and development of the country. Through the customary of New Year's Day, the more we love hometown, country, Vietnamese people, saying to myself will try to study and train hard to preserve, promote and introduce the definition nice to her friends in the world.

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Today I will tell you about my festival.

It's Mid_Autumn festival. It is one of the popular celebrations in the Viet Nam. Every year,it's on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It's organized so that people celebrate the largest full moon in the year. In that festival, children wear masks, parade on the street have parties with special cakes and lots of fruits.
I feel happy when taking part in it because it makes me exited and helps me remember about my childish

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In Vietnam, there are many meaningful and long-standing customs. As a Vietnamese citizen, I am extremely proud of our custom called "asking for handwriting", which is one of Vietnamese nice cultural traits and worthy to be adopted by other countries. Firstly, the custom shows desires or particular concepts and personal identities of people who want pictures of handwriting in the first days of a lunar new year. No difference between the rich and the poor, the old and the young, the local and the foreign is made in this customs. For example, the middle-aged asks for the handwriting of "Soul" or "Patience", the youth needs "Fame", "Love", "Loyalty", "Faithfulness" or "Will". A present for parents is "Peace" or "Safeness", one for the old is "Longevity". In addition, these words are often written in papers of red, pink or yellow colors, which symbolize luck. Secondly, the custom dignifies Vietnamese fondness of learning. The scholars, who give pictures of handwriting, always explain the far-reaching significance of each word written and the inquirers largely seem excited about this. Besides, many scholars are very young. Despite this, a lot of parents choose them as writers because they hope their children can learn from the youth's studiousness. In conclusion, the sincerity of both inquirers and givers of handwriting helps this custom be preserved with spiritual senses. Our foreign friends might apply it to their countries so as to remind them to love their mother languages and promote national fondness of learning.

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Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets:

1. Nga eats more...unhealthily...... than Tung does because she likes fast food. (healthy)

2. Viet Nam is a..multicultural..... country with different peoples, religions and traditions.(cultural)

3. Most of the Central Highlands is ..mountainous..... (mountain)

4. The....communal.... houses of many ethnic groups are used to worship the ancestors.(commune)

5. To become friendlier, you should ..socialise...with your workmates.(socialisation)
6. Paul used to be.....addicted... to soft drinks, but now he seldom drinks them. (addiction)

7. Like my aunt, I want to become a professional dog...trainer... . (train)

8. I am....envious.. of her hometown with a lot of paddy fields. (envy)

9. The cattle are herded to a new pasture by the.....nomads.... . (nomadic)

10.Do villagers today dress...traditionally... as in the past? (tradition)

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People in Vietnam often decorate their homes at Tet . ( Decoration )

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Question 34. A. as                   B. for                                 C. by                                 D. in

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Rearrange the following words to make a meaningful sentence.

Question 36. people / Kinh / in / together / lived / a harmony / the village / under.

=> ___________________ Kinh people lived together in a harmony under the village____________________________________ .

Question 37. villages / the / are / by / surrounded / bamboo groves.

=> ____________________________ Villages are surrounded by the bamboo groves___________________________ .

Question 38. considered / the husband / is / the family / of / the head.

=> ____________________ The husband is considered the head of the family___________________________________ .

Question 39. to / went / live / the bride / with / husband’s / her / family.

=> ___________________ The bride went to live with her husband's family____________________________________ .

Question 40. my / grandfather / water pipes / smoking / enjoys / drinking / tea / and.

 

=> ______________________________ My grandfather enjoys smoking water pipes and drinking tea_________________________ .

 

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In our country, there are quite lots of different festivals every years. However, I think Tet festival is the most typical festival for most Vietnamese people. Though we can live or work far from our family, we still try to get together at Tet. Tet festival often occurs in late January or February.

It is a good chance for us to have days off and have time to visit relatives or friends for giving good luck and the best wishes to each other. For some people who are rich, they can go on a trip somewhere in Viet Nam or in foreign countries to enjoy Tet festival

i like country life. because people in the countryside are more friendly than those who live in city

in the countryside, the enviroment is very fresh and it have many trees. my mind is better: not busy, peaceful.

many people say that: " the country life is very boring!" but i don't think so. i think although the countryside doesn't have many means of the entertainment but we can play traditionnal games..

in the city, people always want to work and work, they want to have much money. so, sometimes they forget many interesting things in their life.

in the countryside, you can become another one : you are better, happier anh care of everybody. here, people are a big family, if you are sad, they are sad with you. if you smile, they smile with you

only thing i want to say " i love country life and my Hanam province, forever"

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