Although he has lived in the US for more than 20 years, businessman Tran Dinh Hung and his wife, Katie Diem Dang, and family members still maintain the lifestyle of a Vietnamese family, with the desire to preserve the characteristics of a Vietnamese family. Traditional beauty for the next generation. Born and living in the US since birth, but baby Hannah, the daughter of two siblings, is still fluent in Vietnamese. Her family’s upbringing helped her understand and appreciate the nation’s customs and traditions. Hannah loves the traditional New Year’s Day because on this occasion, she can wear ao dai, receive lucky money and most like to invite the whole family of her classmates to join in the fun.
Every year on the occasion Lunar New Year As husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Diem, they decorate their house in accordance with the Tet holiday in their hometown, preparing traditional dishes to invite Vietnamese and American friends to enjoy. They believe that this job helps alleviate homesickness, misses relatives, and helps children and friends here understand more about the good values of the national tradition on Tet holiday.
Sharing with the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Washington, Mr. Hung said that even if he returned to Vietnam to celebrate Tet, every year his family organizes a Vietnamese Tet party in the US to invite his friends, colleagues, and classmates. daughter to attend. To recreate the atmosphere of the old New Year, this year, the whole family packed banh chung, gathered around the pot of banh chung at night so that not only girls could understand the value of the traditional New Year, but also young generations of Vietnamese people in Vietnam. America and American friends will understand and love Vietnamese culture more.
At the family’s wine farm, a 50-minute drive from the center of Washington DC, the owner picks up peach branches, apricot branches, lanterns, couplets, etc. from Vietnam, meticulously arranged and decorated to recreate the scene. The scene is like home, bringing the attendees back to the atmosphere of the old New Year. Lunar New Year with children far from home means longing for nostalgia, missing the bright yellow apricot color, or the crimson peach branches, and craving the feeling of being together around a pot of banh chung, red tet cakes…
Vietnamese people in the US have a traditional education by wrapping and cooking banh chung (Photo: Kieu Trang/VNA)The image of that idyllic Tet in the homeland has also been given by Hung’s family to guide young people to practice wrapping banh chung, gather around a pot of banh chung at night, review stories about their hometown by the fire… Mr. Andrew .
In the traditional Tet party, everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere of home-grown repertoires to celebrate Spring, tried a pack of banh chung, and the children participated in a game to learn about culture. Tet receives lucky money, hears the sound of firecrackers and the typical scent of firecracker corpses.
Tet with each person has different emotions but they all share the same mood, which is homesickness, missing relatives, friends and moments of reunion… Hung and his wife don’t just want to keep those feelings for themselves. themselves, for their family members, but also want to spread the beauty, identity and traditional values of the Vietnamese New Year to younger generations of Vietnamese and American friends. These humane acts are truly appreciated, so that in the following springs, children living far from home in the US have a place to return to, to celebrate Tet in full joy and happiness.
Click to see standard size.Not only is it an opportunity to have fun after a long busy year, the Lunar New Year is also an opportunity for those who are far away to return to reunite with their families, for their children and grandchildren to be grateful to their parents, nurture them, and remember their grandparents and ancestors. first…/.
Kieu Trang (VNA/Vietnam+)