Vietnamese new year decorations

Blooming apricot branches in vase decorated for Lunar New Year celebration on red background

This is our Vietnamese Tet. There have a plate of 5 types of fruits typically sits on the ancestor’s altar and on your other table in every Vietnamese home during the Vietnamese New Year aka Tet Holiday. The fruits are colorful and meaningful. They make New Year more lively and sacred. In Asian mythology, the world is made of five basic elements: metal, wood, water, fire and earth. The plate of fruits also represents the desire for good crops and prosperity.

Now that I have a young family of my own, I realize how important establishing and passing down traditions are to me.