In Japan and Vietnam

8/14/2019 In Japan and Vietnam

1/23

New Yearin Japan and Vietnam

Group member:

OKUMURA Megumi12409031 LE Huyen Anh


2/23

Japanese New Year

(Shougatsu)

The Japanese celebrate

New Years Day onJanuary 1st each year

on the Gregorian

Calendar. Now people call the

first three days of a

New Year and the first seven

days of a New Year


3/23

DecorationThe New Year is an event to

welcome a god to house

and celebrate. The god

promises to have a rich

harvest and to be health.

So people prepare towelcome a god heartily. For

e example, people decorate

their house with (Kadomatsu) and and (Kagami Mochi).


4/23

Kadomatsu of the East Japan

(Kanto region)Kadomatsu of the West Japan

(Kansai region)

is a traditional Japanese decoration placed in pairs in front of homes. However, recently most of people dont place it. But it still can be

seen it at station and department store.


5/23

usually consists of two round rice cakes,the smaller placed atop the larger, and an

orange with an attached leaf on top

Picture: http://www.kanshin.com


6/23

Traditional FoodJapanese people eat during New Year. is a cooking to give a god

and to wish happiness of family.


7/23

has a lot of food and each food has a meaning

is herringroe. has a lotof fish lives so people

wish prosperity of

descendant

is black beans.

People believed that black

has power of charm. Inaddition, the meaning of

is diligent and health.


8/23

Some other food in :

Picture: http://www.kibun.co.jp/enter/osechi/shogatu/mini/


9/23

Custom and EtiquetteJapanese have a customof sending New YearsDay postcards (Nengajo) to their friendsand relatives. They alsomake sure that thesepostcards can arrive onthe 1st of January.People who receivepostcards may get free

gifts like stamp, food,gadget from the postoffice.


10/23

Conventional nengaj greetings include:

kotoshi mo yoroshiku o-negai-shimasu (

) (I hope for yourfavour again in the coming year)

(shinnen) akemashite o-medet-gozaimasu

(()) (Happiness to you on the dawn [of aNew Year])

kinga shinnen () (Happy New Year)

shoshun () (literally "early spring")


11/23

Parents and relatives give children money. Japanese people

call it (Otoshidama)

The amount of money given depends on the age of the child

but is usually the same if there is more than one child so that

no one feels slighted.


12/23

Otoshidama is handed out in small decorated envelopescalled 'pochibukuro,' similar to Chinese red envelopes and to

the Scottish handsel.


13/23

Vietnamese New Year

(Tet Nguyen Dan) Vietnamese New Year (Tet

Nguyen Dan, or Tet) is the most

important and popular holiday

and festival in Vietnam

Celebration time is based on the

Lunar Calendar, the same with

Chinese New Year

Tet is also an occasion for

pilgrims and family reunions.

During Tet, Vietnamese visit their

relatives and temples, forgetting

about the troubles of the past

year and hoping for a better

upcoming year


14/23

DecorationTraditionally, each family displays cynu, an artificial New Year Tree consisting of a

bamboo pole 5 to 6 m long. The top end is usually decorated with many objects,

depending on the locality, including good luck charms, origami fish, cactus

branches, etc.

http://www.baoanhdatmui.vn/vcms/media/photos/2008/10/cm492/16/2.jpg


15/23

Also, at Tet, houses in different areas ofVietnam is

usually decorated by different flower trees.

hoa maiOchna integerrima

(in the central and southern parts)

hoa o peach flower

(in the northern part)


16/23

Traditional FoodIn Vietnam, to celebrate Tet is to an Tet, literally meaning "Tet eating",

showing the importance of food in its celebration. Some of the food is alsoeaten year-round, while other dishes are only eaten during Tet. Sometraditional food on Tet are:

Banh chung and banh day: essentially tightly packed sticky rice with meat orbean fillings wrapped in banana leaves. Banh chung (rectangular) and banhgiay (circular) are symbolically connected with Tet and are essential in anyTet celebration. Preparation is time-consuming, and can take days to cook.

The story of their origins and their connection with Tet is often recounted tochildren while cooking them overnight.

Dua Hanh:pickled onion and pickledcabbage.

Mut: These dried candied fruits are rarely eaten at any time besides Tet.

Ngu qua: a tray of five fruits, usually banana, orange, kumquat, pomelo andpineapple


17/23

Banh Chung and Banh Day


18/23

https://reader010.{domain}/reader010/html5/0626/5b3263e1ef2b0/5b3263f5b04ff

A typical meal during Tet


19/23

Customs and Taboos

Vietnamese people usually return to their families during Tet. Some return to

worship at the family altar or visit the graves of their ancestors in their

homeland. Although Tet is a national holiday among all Vietnamese, each

region and religion has its own customs.


20/23

Because of the idea that the beginning will affect the middle and the end of

the year,V

ietnamese people avoid doing bad things and try to do good thingsduring Tet holiday. Here are some DONTS:

One shouldn't say or do bad things during Tet.

One shouldn't hurt or kill animals or plants but should set them free. The

reason for this originates from Buddhism's causality. One shouldn't sweep the house or empty out the rubbish to avoid luck

and benefits going with it, especially on the first day of the new year. Oneshouldn't let the broom in confusion if people don't want it to be stolen.

One shouldn't give these presents to others: clock or watch (the

recipient's time is going to pass), cats (mo in Vietnamese languagepronounced like ngho, poverty), medicine (the receiver will get ill), cuttlefish (its ink is black, an unlucky colour), writing ink (for the same reason),scissors or knives (they bring incompatibility).

One shouldn't buy or wear white clothes because white is the colour offunerals in Vietnam.

One shouldn't let the rice-hulling mill go empty because it symbolizesfailed crops.

One shouldn't refuse anything others give or wish you during Tet.


21/23

Common Greeting

s

Happy New Year

Live up to 100 years:used by children forelders

Security, good health,and prosperity

May a myriad things goaccording to your will

Plenty of health

Congratulations and beprosperous

May money flow in likewater


22/23

Not only children receive a red envelope containing moneyfrom their elders, elders in family also receive red envelopefrom their children, as a wish for long live and health

http://media.photobucket.com/image/li%20xi/Dangmy/lixi030.jpg


23/23

Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadomatsu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagami_mochi http://iroha-

japan.net/iroha/A01_event/02_kagami.html

http://www.kibun.co.jp/enter/osechi/shogatu/mini/ http://image-search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9B%E3%81%A1&ei=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_New_Year

Documents

In Japan and Vietnam