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Introduction to Vietnamese Lunar New Year

Vietnam's Lunar New Year (Vietnamese: Nông l?ch tân niên) is also known as the Lunar New Year (Vietnamese: xuân T?t), which in modern Vietnamese is known as the Festival of New Year's Day (T?t Nguyên??án), and the Festival of Vietnam (T?t Vi?t Nam). 2013 is the Lunar New Year of the decalcified (Vietnamese: Quý T?t). Year (Vietnamese: Quý T?).

Vietnam is the most Sinicized country on the Central and Southern Peninsula, and its cultural practices are basically similar to those of China's neighboring Guangxi and Yunnan. As festivals, Vietnam also has the Ching Ming Festival (Vietnamese: T?t Thanh minh), the Dragon Boat Festival (Vietnamese: T?t ?oan ng?), the Mid-Autumn Festival (Vietnamese: T?t Trung Thu), and the Chung Yeung Festival (Vietnamese: T?t Trùng C?u), etc. However, in people's minds, the biggest and grandest festival of the year is still the Spring Festival. To date, Vietnam is still a country where farmers are in the majority. According to tradition, the Lunar New Year is meant to give the people a period of leisure and relaxation after a year of hard work to get together with friends and relatives, enjoy the joy of a good harvest, and look forward to a good year with good weather conditions and a good harvest.