The taste of Tet in the past with a pot of green banh chung
(Baonghean.vn) - In the peaceful days of the year-end, it seems like everyone wants to "escape" the hustle and bustle of city life to return to their family, retreat to a small corner to wrap green Chung cakes with their loved ones.
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During the last days of December every year, people from the lowlands to the highlands, from rural to urban areas, and even overseas Vietnamese join in the peaceful atmosphere to welcome the Lunar New Year. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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The custom of wrapping Chung cakes on Tet holiday has become a traditional cultural feature of the Vietnamese people, passed down through many generations, demonstrating the beauty of wet rice civilization. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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Banh chung is made from ingredients familiar to farmers such as sticky rice, pork, green beans, onions, pepper, dong leaves, giang strings... All ingredients are carefully selected. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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Through many historical changes, even in modern life, the Vietnamese culture of making banh chung has never faded away. Until now, people still say to each other: seeing peach blossoms, seeing kumquats, seeing banh chung means seeing Tet. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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| Not as special as apricot blossoms, but every time Tet comes, the bright yellow chrysanthemums still quietly creep into the Tet atmosphere of every family across the country. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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Not only do families make banh chung, but nowadays, close relatives or neighbors often cook a pot of banh chung together. Everyone pools money and assigns each task, then they gather to work together at one person's house, and when the banh chung is cooked, they divide it into a few pieces for each family to display and worship their ancestors. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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The traditional custom of worshiping and enjoying banh chung on Tet holiday of Vietnamese people has both spiritual and culinary culture. Both are intertwined in a balanced whole between the external appearance and the ingredients inside the banh chung. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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| More importantly, Tet is an occasion for children to be taken back to their hometown by their parents to visit their grandparents. They can freely play, wrap banh chung with their family, have their parents buy them new clothes, dress up to wish their grandparents and relatives a happy new year, and even receive lucky money... Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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The joy of celebrating Tet of Vietnamese families is to gather together to wrap banh chung, confide in each other, and tell each other stories and memories of the past year. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |