Although each country has its own customs to celebrate Tet, these Lunar New Year customs all contain the nation's long-standing moral and cultural values. Therefore, every Tet holiday comes, Asian parents always preserve and teach their children meaningful Lunar New Year customs .
In Asian countries such as Japan, China, Korea, and Vietnam, young children are often taught polite and moral lessons by their mothers, especially during the holidays. This method of education creates conditions for children to have fun and better understand the customs and traditional values of the nation.
Let's find out in this article how Asian mothers teach their children life skills during the traditional Tet holiday.
Japanese mothers teach children life skills through traditional experiential lessons
In Japan, the biggest and most important traditional New Year's day is Oshougatsu, held in January every year to welcome the god Toshigamisama (New Year God).
On this occasion, Japanese mothers will teach their children moral lessons such as respecting superiors and subordinates, how to wish everyone a Happy New Year, how to behave politely and courteously... In particular, young children also learn independent living skills. through traditional experiences and participating in family activities such as making Tet dishes and Tet toys.
For example, Japanese children will make Ozoni cake with their mothers - an indispensable traditional dish during Tet to express their desire to receive many gifts from the gods. Japanese mothers will teach children life skills through preparing ingredients, specific methods as well as the cultural value of this cake.
In addition to the traditional New Year, in Japan there is also the Hina Matsuri festival (Girls' Day) taking place on March 3 of the solar calendar to wish good health and luck to girls. On this occasion, instead of buying at least 15 expensive dolls, Japanese mother will make Hina dolls with colored paper with her children. This is also a way to teach children practical life skills, practice ingenuity, meticulousness and form thriftiness from an early age.
Besides, Japanese mother also allows her children to decorate the house to their liking and prepare traditional candies to invite friends to visit and enjoy. Thanks to that, children will feel excited and develop independent living skills and autonomy in life.
Chinese mothers teach their children to preserve the customs and cultural values of the nation
Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the year for Chinese people. And teaching children life skills and preserving good customs and cultural values is always respected.
In the days leading up to Tet, the whole family will clean the house together to chase away the bad luck of the old year. Although this way of teaching children life skills is simple, it helps them help their parents and learn about neatness and orderliness.
Besides, Chinese people often have the habit of decorating their houses with red objects such as red lanterns, red parallel sentences, paper fans, red fireworks... to pray for a lucky and peaceful new year. for family. Chinese mothers will guide their children to make these decorative items so that they will love and appreciate the cultural values of the nation more.
In addition, children are also taught about gratitude towards their ancestors, lessons in polite behavior when receiving lucky money envelopes during Tet...
Korean mothers teach their children life skills about traditional Tet customs
In Korea, Seollal is the most important traditional New Year, taking place in 3 days: the 30th day of the New Year, the 1st and 2nd days of the New Year. Like some other Asian countries, Seollal Tet marks the beginning of a new year according to the lunar calendar and is also a time for people to remember their ancestors and gather together.
Therefore, Korean mothers always focus on teaching children life skills during this Lunar New Year. Children will learn about the rituals that they must perform such as the Charye ancestor worship ceremony (first day of the New Year), the Sebae ceremony to worship grandparents and parents. In particular, children must remember how to clasp their hands and bow when performing the ritual, how to bow differently between boys and girls, and even how to tie the bow of a Hanbok shirt properly...
In addition, Korean mothers also teach their children to play folk games such as tug of war, kite flying, seesaw, yut-nori (a type of game on wooden boards and shaking sticks)... so that they can play with their siblings. Friends can have fun during the traditional Tet holiday.
Vietnamese mothers teach children life skills through practical activities
For Vietnamese people, Lunar New Year is the biggest holiday of the year, associated with the nation's cultural values. Therefore, Vietnamese mothers always spend most of their time preparing for Tet, as well as teaching children life skills and meaningful Lunar New Year customs.
Vietnamese mothers will take their children shopping for new furniture and clothes, go to the Tet flower market, clean and decorate the house together to welcome the new year, go to graves, make banh chung, banh tet, set up five-fruit trays, and make offerings. Year-end... These practical activities will help children form initiative, independence, and increase family emotional bonds. Moreover, children also love, appreciate and know how to preserve the good traditions of the nation.
Hopefully the information in the above article will help parents have more effective ways to teach children life skills during the 2022 traditional Tet holiday. Don't forget to follow the articles in Mykingdom's Handbook section for more information. Other useful news.
