i hope your new year is filled of love happiness good luck good health and good
vibes are gonna come your way so in today's video i'm gonna show you guys how my family celebrates
lunar new year in vietnam what we eat what we do what traditions we have especially during
the first day of vietnamese lunar new year if this is your first time visiting my channel welcome hi
my name is vu and i'm a professional vietnamese i love everything about vietnamese food and culture
i had quite a long time living in the us but i just moved back to vietnam recently it's been
a very fun experience to relearn my culture and discover new places in vietnam and i would love to
share all of that with you guys through my youtube channel so if you want to explore vietnam with me
don't forget to subscribe to my channel so this is the first year i celebrate date which is
vietnamese lunar new year with my family after seven years being abroad and to be honest i'm
a bit nervous now i don't know why but i'm very very excited though i remember when i was in the
us i celebrated vietnamese lunar new year with my friends we joined the vietnamese community there
and we watched lion dance we received red envelopes the lucky money and we ate all the good
food there even though they're not traditional vietnamese food but it was always so much fun and
very dynamic very energetic but i know this year is quite different it's quite challenging because
i know some of you are not able to come home to visit your family during the vietnamese lunar new
year but just remember to call them and say that you love them you care for them and this situation
is only temporary and it's gonna end soon and i hope you are safe and well i hope you guys are
being able to travel again and maybe someday i'll see you guys in vietnam but for now all i can do
is to make more videos about vietnam to share with you guys and i hope my videos can brighten up your
day make you smile and yeah so today i just wanted to show you guys how vietnamese people celebrate
date in a typical vietnamese household in hanoi let's start this video from the morning
of the new year's eve hi guys so it's 7 30 february 11th which is new year's eve
my mom and i will go to the market to shop for the last items like flowers and food for
the next three days because most of the stores will be closed um on the first three days of
date so yeah we're gonna go there and i'm gonna show you guys how vietnamese market looks like
uh
wow
they definitely
after getting back from the market i helped my mom set up a five fruit tray
which is an indispensable item on the ancestral altar during date holiday five different kinds
of fruits represent five natural elements metal wood water fire and soil the five fruit tray also
symbolizes the wishes of the homeowner for a good life traditional fruits include banana symbolizes
family gathering finger citron symbolize buddha's hands protecting the whole family
grapefruits symbolize peace red dragon fruit symbolize fortune and papaya symbolize prosperity
in each region people choose different types of fruits based on its climate specialities
and families perception and the fruits on the tray can be more than five
i also helped my mom and my grandma cook the last meal of the year
while my dad and my brother are cleaning the house make sure everything is set and done
we then brought the food and other traditional offerings to the altar and invited our ancestors
to have the last meal of the year with us we also pray for good health good luck and a good life
so this is what we have for new year's eve dinner and what goes on the table really
depends on your family and where you live for my family we have soy guck which is red sweet
sticky rice boiled chicken chicken glass noodles bamboo shoots with rib soup namzan or cha za
which is vietnamese fried rolls jelly meat traditional square and brow sticky rice cakes
a lot of you guys have asked me on my instagram story what this cake was
this is called bangtat is made of glutinous rice salted eggs pork and mung bean same
ingredients with bang chun but it's just more colorful by the way don't forget to
follow my social media to see what i do on a daily basis and now let's eat
do you remember in the last video some of my foreign friends said um they didn't like the
boiled chicken because it's not very flavorful and it's quite plain i just wanted to recommend
you guys that you should eat boiled chicken with this salt is called how how not sponsored though
but this one is the best you know if you eat eat this one and you squeeze a little bit of lime
and if you can sprinkle some lime leaves on top of the salt and dip the chicken in there
oh my gosh it's the best i'm telling you it's the best you should try it it's really good
so after taking a shower i just changed into my vietnamese traditional closed alzai
yeah and you guys i can't barely fit in this one because i wear this one last year and this year
i just had a lot of bang chung the square sticky rice cake yeah so i can barely fit into this one
but yeah but now i'm gonna go down and watch the show with my family
so this is 8 p.m right now my family and i are watching the show called dao
which is considered a traditional show of vietnamese lunar new year it's basically a
comedy show which is about all the gods reporting the social issues in vietnam throughout the year
to the jadab emperor in a funny and sarcastic way they're actually talking about kovit right
now and with all the dancing and singing the show is actually very entertaining
everyone it's officially 20 21.
so this is my favorite part lisi we're gonna give out the lucky money
oh okay guys so it's 2 a.m right now and i don't know if you guys can tell
but uh my eyes are just like watering and pretty red right now and i'm pretty tired
so um i think i'm gonna go to bed and tomorrow i'm gonna show you guys all
the customs that vietnamese people follow for the first day of the lunar new year
it's 8 a.m right now guys and we have our first guest here
the first person to enter a house on the new year is called vietnamese people believe that the first
visitor who has a good temper morality and success will bring good fortune to the family for the
entire year the person zodiac sign is the most common especially in northern and central parts
so after the guests leave my favorite things to do on the first day of lunar new year
is to go out and explore hanoi because hanoi right now is so quiet
and everybody is sleeping so i'm gonna show you guys how quiet the street is alright let's go
oh my gosh
no more coming
the supermarket is even close right now luckily i bought enough toilet paper for the whole month
okay so now i'm gonna call my friends in the us and all the people that had
helped me uh when i was in america to wish them good luck and good health
okay
i then head down to eat again basically we do nothing during date just eating and relaxing
look at this giant shrimp
so on the first day of lunar new year i learned that you're not supposed to break anything
because it means damage or loss for the family so i'm gonna be extra careful
so talking about customs for the first three days of new year vietnamese people
avoid sweeping the house or throwing trash away because it's like sweeping all the good fortune
or good luck that gods and ancestors give to you i personally love this custom because my
mom would have no reason to yell at me for not cleaning my room and by the way
yelling is prohibited on the first day of new year gosh i love date in the afternoon
my uncle and my aunt visited us and of course kids will receive lucky money from the adults
i got the lucky money too i feel extra rich right now guys and i remember when i was a
kid i was always so excited to get the lucky money but i had to give all of them to my
parents because they always said that i was too small to keep the money so um i had to give it
to them and they promised that they will give the money back to me and they ended up taking
all of my money and never giving them back to me but you know what i'm an adult now you know like
i am responsible for my money so i get to keep all of my money right and if that happened to
you when you were a kid don't forget to comment down below so we can all sympathize with you
to conclude our day we visited a temple called dengapson vietnamese people often go to temples
or pagodas on the first three days of the lunar new year to show respect to the buddhas and wish
for good health and prosperity they usually prepare traditional offerings such as money
food drink and other votive offerings to place on the altars
yeah in here you can smell the voted paper and the incense are burning
so i just got back from the temple and it was so overwhelming for what i remember seven years ago
it was not like that you know everything was shut down the streets were empty and hanoi is actually
very peaceful and quiet i think because kovit has affected many businesses this year so they
try to stay open to keep up with the finance but overall everything else was good i love
the time spending with my family eating good food relaxing and telling one another the past stories
and that's what i love about asian culture because asian people especially vietnamese people they are
very family oriented and they always there to help each other under any circumstances
and date is a holiday where everyone can come home and express their gratitude and celebrate the new
year together seven years being abroad definitely taught me to cherish every single moment with my
family and appreciate what i have and the people who have supported me so i wanted to give you guys
a huge thank you for all of you who have supported me on my journey of making youtube videos i love
to stay connected with you guys so please tell me your stories you know comment down below this
video dm me on my facebook my instagram vanvu from vietnam i would love to hear your stories and stay
connected that way last but not least i just want to remind you guys that you are being loved more
than you can feel you are stronger than you think and you are smarter than you may seem i'm wishing
you all the best and made the joy of the new year outshine all the rest happy lunar new year
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