Lunar New Year is a sacred time for every Vietnamese family. This is not only an opportunity for the whole family to gather together, but also contains many customs imbued with national cultural identity. Besides the custom of giving lucky money on Tet that every child loves, Tet also brings many useful lessons about life, love and many other extremely meaningful customs.
Parents, please join Mykingdom to learn the best teaching lessons about traditional Tet in the article below.
Clean the house before Tet
The coming of Tet means that another year has passed with many worries and chaos. Therefore, cleaning the house before Tet is not simply about making the house neater and more spacious, but also has the hidden meaning of eliminating the troubles of the old year and welcoming a peaceful new year. prosperity.
Invite your child to help you clean the house before Tet so that they can feel the welcoming atmosphere of the new year and explain to them why people often do this job. Parents can assign tasks that are within their child's ability, such as cleaning up the child's toys , cleaning tables and chairs, or folding clothes... This is also one of the best lessons to teach children about Tet that parents can do. Mothers should not ignore it.
Prepare the New Year's Eve and New Year dinner tray
Another best parenting lesson parents can share with their children on Tet is the New Year's Eve meal. On the 30th day of the New Year, families often prepare a year-end meal together to invite ancestors and deceased people to reunite with their children and grandchildren. The New Year's meal is usually prepared on the 1st day.
This cultural ritual means reunion, when the whole family gathers together to share the joys, sorrows, and difficulties of the old year and send good wishes, praying for a peaceful and lucky new year.
Grateful to grandparents, ancestors, parents
During the Lunar New Year, parents should not forget to help their children express gratitude to their grandparents, ancestors and parents. Confide in your children about the hardships of their grandparents raising and educating their parents so that children can feel in the most natural way.
To be able to easily convey the lessons of teaching children on Tet holiday to children, parents should be a good example for children to follow. Parents should show affection and gratitude to family members through specific actions.
Teach children to wish Tet
On the occasion of the New Year, parents should teach their children simple but meaningful New Year wishes so that they can wish their grandparents, relatives and loved ones a Happy New Year. This lesson to teach children on Tet will help them proactively express their love and affection to everyone and help make the family's Tet atmosphere more warm and joyful.
Understand the meaning of traditional dishes
When talking about Tet, it is impossible not to mention the traditional dishes that make up the taste of Tet such as banh chung, banh tet, five-fruit tray, boiled chicken, jam cake... These Tet dishes often appear in festive feasts. family compilation. Each dish contains auspicious and lucky meanings for the new year.
Fruit tray
In each region, the five-fruit tray will include 5 different types of fruit. Each type of fruit contains a unique meaning that represents the family's wishes during Tet. The five-fruit tray is often placed on the altar during Tet or used on the reception table.
Banh chung, banh tet
Banh chung and banh tet are indispensable dishes during traditional Tet. In the North, people often wrap Banh Chung, and in the South, Banh Tet. These two types of cakes are similar, just different in shape.
When wrapping banh chung and banh tet, parents can let their children help with simple tasks. At the same time, we convey the lesson of teaching children during Tet through the familiar story of the legend "Banh Chung, Banh Giay". Through this, children will better appreciate the values of labor and understand the hard work of farmers to produce rice.
Boiled chicken on Tet holiday
Boiled chicken is a familiar dish in offerings. This dish symbolizes prosperity, whatever one wishes for.
Parents, please prepare a Tet tray full of dishes with your children and help them understand their origins and meanings. This is also one of the very interesting Tet teaching lessons for parents to send to their little angels during the New Year.
In addition to the above lessons for teaching children on Tet , parents can also help their children learn about other traditional cultural customs such as picking fortune at the beginning of the year, participating in folk games on Tet... Not only does it bring These exciting experiences and activities at the beginning of the year also help children understand deeply about the traditional Tet holiday and family relationships grow closer.
