Lunar New Year

.As you all know that tomorrow noon is New Year's Eve in some asian coutries. I have not been back my country for 2 years. It means I have missed two New year celebrations. Severa cultures's new year are based on the Chinese Calendar such as Korea, China, Vietnam....Spring Festival is the most important Chinese festival that falls on Thursday this year, but wednesday evening, the Lunae New year's Eve, is the most cherished hour for family region. Everybody comes home, like they do for Thanks Giving in North America. As Vietnamese, we celebrate Chinese New year too. I remember when i was still in Vietnam few years ago, i had a lot of funs during this festival. We get two or three weeks off from school to prepare and celebate everything. Traditionally in Vietnam, each family usually buys speacial trees for the New Year which is called "TET" in Vietnamese. We beleive that those kinds of trees would bring good luck, richness for the new year because the flowers of those trees are bright yeallow and we call it "hoa mai". Beside that we have to cook traditional food for New Year like "Banh chung and Banh Tet".
Those kinds of cakes are Vietnamese food which is eaten just during the Lunar New Year. I cant never forget the moments that we spent to make these cakes. It took us 8 hours to wait till it was done. Our family members gather to prepare sticky rice, pork, mung beans and banana leaves. Because this kind of cakes needed to be watched until they are done, so the girls in my family such as me, my sister and my cousins were usualy responsible for that. We gather our friends and neighbours to talk during the cooking night. It is an unforgettable memory. The last thing is Lunar New year is the time that you get lucky money. Relatives and parents wil give you lucky money which brings you luck for the whole year. During this time of the year, i wish i were there, to be with my family and enjoy the holidays


Everyone with best wishes on the Chinese New Year