06:01, 28/01/2021

Finding atmosphere of old Tet

After a year of suffering losses due to the Covid-19 epidemic, Khanh Hoa tourism is making efforts to recover. These days, tourist spots are actively decorating and preparing events for locals and tourists to celebrate the lunar new year festival (Tet), notably activities bearing traditional features of old Tet.

After a year of suffering losses due to the Covid-19 epidemic, Khanh Hoa tourism is making efforts to recover. These days, tourist spots are actively decorating and preparing events for locals and tourists to celebrate the lunar new year festival (Tet), notably activities bearing traditional features of old Tet.
 
To celebrate the coming lunar new year, Champa Island Nha Trang will hold the event of banh tet cooking to remind the old new year on the afternoon of February 5. With the ticket of 150,000 VND/person, guests will pack banh tet, enjoy street food, watch movies outdoor... Experienced chefs of Champa Island will guide visitors to package the cake to participate. fun event. Likewise, the Yasaka-Saigon-Nhatrang hotel holds a "banh chung" on February 6 (on December 25) in its garden garden. Under the porch of the old house, guests will pack cakes together, set fire to cook them, and then they will receive delicious cakes they make. A lot of people have booked to join this activities in Champa.
 
On the first days of the lunar new year, Champa Island can also visit the traditional craft village Cham Oasis which has performances of hat-making, sedge weaving, brocade weaving and embroidery of paintings on silk) and join in folk games (stall dancing, walking on stilts and beating the crutches), and listening to aucoustic music to feel the spring atmosphere. From the 2nd to the 4th of Tet, this tourist site by Cai River will also organize activities with bold national identity such as lion dance, calligraphy, national music performances and many other interesting entertainment activities. Also on this occasion, guests coming to Yasaka-Saigon-Nhatrang hotel will live in a traditional space with yellow apricot flowers by ancient house, watching the custom of asking for letters at the beginning of the year, etc.
 

 

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Writing calligraphy in Champa Island Nha Trang
 
Vinwonders Nha Trang will welcome the new spring with a tulip festival with 50,000 plants making a splendid flower mats waiting for visitors to enjoy. Especially, on this occasion, Vinpearl will set up a rural market exposing the spring colors at Ocean Square with dozens of food stalls and folk games.
 
In the north Cam Ranh peninsula tourist area, resorts like Alma, Cam Ranh Riviera, The Anam, etc. also organize many activities for visitors to celebrate Tet. The resorts will serve typical Tet dishes such as banh chung, banh tet, pickles, pork stewed with eggs and bamboo shoots, coconut jam, and lotus seeds in buffet menus. At the same time, they will organize Lunar New Year's Eve buffet to create a reunion atmosphere in the Lunar New Year's Eve.
 
On the last day of the lunar year, Alma resort will take guests to pagoda, traditional markets and a flower farm in Cam Lam to find out about the lives of local people on the occasion of Tet. At the same time, Alma will also organize for guests to pack and cook banh chung, make spring cards, paint makeup, fly kites, etc. Especially, the resort also organizes a night market with stalls selling toys, souvenirs and street food. In order for guests to have more experiences, on the first day of the lunar new year, Alma will organize many traditional activities such as lion dance, lucky draw draw, stall dancing…
 
Visitors to Nha Trang on this occasion can also contemplate Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Spring Flower Festival (from February 4 to February 16) held in Yen Phi park. In addition to displaying flowers and ornamental plants, , the spring flower festival also has traditional handicraft stalls, calligraphy, etc. Besides, visitors can come to the Provincial Museum to see the exhibition of Vietnamese folk paintings and join in the old article market, drop in 2-4 Square to watch nightly music shows, watch human chess competition and so on.
 
Xuan Thanh
 
Translated by T.T