Is Vietnamese New Year the same as Chinese New Year?

[@sckhoo]

upside down because when people visit your house, they will say "福倒" meaning prosperity upside down which sounds like "福到" meaning prosperity arrived.

[@WalterStinnettPhotography]

I enjoyed the video! I have a good Vietnamese friend so I have an interest in your country's culture so your videos have been very informative! Thanks for sharing!

[@thieuld]

Wishing all you guys who are watching this video a new year with abundance of health, fortune and prosperity. Thanks What The Pho for always sharing amazing videos. Much love ❤️

[@johnbooker7150]

I wish you would stand up so we can see your polka dot dress.

[@LongPham-ln2to]

Very well said. Love your channel. Wish you all the best. Happy Tet.

[@GafJoeII]

I love your pronunciation, it's really clear and easy to understand.

[@kippsguitar6539]

Too American but excellent English

[@WhatThePho]

Thank you! 🤗

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

@@WhatThePho I like the dress with the white dots. 🙃

[@eio1971]

At my go to Vietnamese restaurant where I get my weekly Banh mi, I asked the lady about Tet she told me Lunar New year and Tet were the same but I was told a few years ago in Seattle that they are not. With your explanation I understand now, Thanks!!

[@kelseynguyen8453]

@Rebecca Matthews they always claim good things as their own, exclude the Covid-19 =))))) Anw, I havent known this fact before :>

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

@Rebecca Matthews S.Korean also claims Lunar New Year is created by S.Korean...So who copied who? lol

[@KP-xi4bj]

@@The_Art_of_AI_888 Well, to be fair China and S. Korea are the world's biggest Xerox machines. They're both good at copying original designs so based on this history I'd say the Vietnamese created Lunar New Year.

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

​@@KP-xi4bj So why the Chinese don't eat "Banh Chung", "Banh Giay" but Vietnamese follow many things from Chinese like Red decorations, Red lanterns, God of Wealth (Than Tai), Red envelope (Li Xi), Lion Dance, Dragon Dance...? Are Chinese steal those from Vietnamese too?

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

​@@KP-xi4bj No offense dude, but you and what you say do not matter. You can say whatever you want but the world only officially agrees and recognize your claim by hard evidence and solid proof...which means if you want to claim something, you should provide something credible (an ancient historical record/texts or something) that prove to the world that the Chinese copied Vietnamese Tet new year. Until that, as we know, the world still agrees and recognizes the New Year festival came from China and was invented by the Chinese.

[@lsanders490]

Chuc mung nam moi! It definitely does not feel like Spring here in Hanoi (too cold).

[@vietnamese80]

I affirm that Vietnamese people celebrate Tet of Vietnamese people. 1. Banh Chung and Banh Day date back to the 6th Hung Kings period (1712-1632 BC). More than a thousand years after Confucius (551-479 BC), Confucius said, "I don't know what Tet is, I heard it was the name of a great festival of the Man people, they danced like crazy, drinking and having fun in those days.” 2. The Chinese north of the Yangtze River and the Chinese south of the Yangtze River today have very different customs, cultures, traditions and cultures. The south of the Yangtze River has the same Tet as Vietnam today, the south of the Yangtze River. Tu is the ancient land of Bach Viet. 3. The Chinese who migrated to the south called Hoa Ha. Before summer, they were nomads who only raised livestock and invaded, but did not cultivate crops. is the beginning of a new crop season. The Bach Viet tribe in the south of the Yangtze River has a wet rice civilization At the time of Hai Ba Trung, our country was called Linh Nam, the northern border went up to Ho Dong Dinh (north of Hunan city in China). Today, there are still many shrines dedicated to Hai Ba Trung and their generals in the ancient land of China in Linh Nam. Remember Hai Ba Trung (AD 40-43)

[@jerrynam]

I like the fact that you have love in your heart. A lot of people have certain prejudices because of the past history and the current politics. I think it's important for us to love one another even though there are differences.

[@frankb1]

Happy Tet!!

[@lowhungsiang1016]

I was here during Lunar New Year 2023. And now that Lunar New Year 2024 is approaching, I'm here once again. I'm a Malaysian who understands Mandarin and a bit of Vietnamese. Cảm ơn rất nhiều.

[@Disillusioned2022]

Seeing how beautiful you are What The Pho - and seeing your smile, makes every day in my heart New Year

[@kienvo]

I came cross your channel today and am so amazed at the awesomeness of the contents in your videos. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful New Year!

[@antruong8770]

What an ancient History Facts uncovered Vlog, I appreciated and learned from it plenty, thank you for sharing.

[@WhatThePho]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jimmybrooks1059]

Van, great vid! I lived in China and celebrated the new year there twice. It was awesome! I imagine it is just as great in Vietnam. Anywho, Happy Tet, Lunar New Year!!!! 🙏✌️❤️💪😁💰🌟🎇🎆

[@jimmybrooks1059]

@Whatsapp➕❶❻❺❼❺❽❽❾❺❺❶ Hi Van, you said to contact you via this way. Love the channel and already a sub 😁❤️👍 I love Asia and learning about different cultures as it helps us as beings to understand commonalities and differences. World be a better place if we were all like Buddha, dispel the darkness of ignorance with the light of love and wisdom. But, the bureaucrats won't let that happen, they prize power and control. Unfortunately that's every country👎. Anywho, keep up the great job. Jimmy ,🙏✌️❤️

[@VietnamCulturalExchange]

Thank you again, this time for the nice diplomatic video, but for me as a foreigner I always had the impression that Tet was taken much more than three days! My friends always were weeks ahead busy with 'preparing' Tet and several activities take place before Tet. In the week before Tet the girls and their mothers have so much work to do that they are totally exhausted when Tet officially starts. So tired that they can barely participate in the party, with the exception of serving the snacks. Too tired to wipe the floor all day, but they have a nice excuse for that: with the sweeping you would also sweep out the new happiness. And after Tet....the other day I was driving through Ha Noi and I saw police and a big crowd standing near, what appears a jewelry store.. My friend explain that, I believe it is the seventh day, after Tet it is a good day to by gold and that kind of things I don't have. For me as a foreigner I always take into account that at least a month around Tet my Vietnamese friends are very busy with Tet... not three days.. And it's always an honor to be invited to visit first... and unwise if you're not invited to visit first. The strangest thing I've ever experienced was some person who really doesn't understand Tet at all, suggested that Tet should go along with the Western New Year. The fact that the Vietnamese no longer all celebrate their birthday on Tet, well that's an understandable adjustment, although it's still funny that whoever is born a week before Tet is one year older than the person who is born a week after Tet. But it is impossible and it would be a cultural crime the merge Tet with the Western New Year, in my opinion and I'm not Vietnamese...

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

Yes, It was taken much more than three days (Don't know why she says only 3 days)...There is a term from Vietnamese ""còn mùng còn tết" which translates to something as: "still on mùng* still on Tết". "Mùng" means : the 10 days of the 1st Month of the Year (Lunisolar calendar)

[@phuong28292]

Guys, she was right. The real Tet vibe lasts for the first three days. After that, we all feel Tet is fading away.

[@VietnamCulturalExchange]

@@phuong28292 so you mean that the Kitchen God's day has nothing to do with Tet??? It is celebrated on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, about a week before the First day of the first month of the lunar year (Tet)

[@Lol-ok9kl]

@@VietnamCulturalExchange in certain parts of Vietnam, the kitchen god day is even bigger than tet. Also don’t forget the different traditions like god of wealth day

[@RachelTruong]

@@VietnamCulturalExchange I agree with @Hoai Phuong Le, cause the kitchen god day is like the preparation time for Tet

[@alfredyap14]

Van Vu, impressive understanding of the Lunar New Year in both county! Well done!

[@maxdc988]

Wishing you a Happy and prosperous Tet to Vietnamese around the world from an ethnic Chinese.

[@noahh.9517]

Happy Lunar New year!!

[@becaminidebanhanoi]

admirable Van, a lot of work to complete such an explicit video

[@WhatThePho]

Thank you for realizing that! I means a lot :)

[@keokhuatee2662]

🥟 饺子 and noodles 面条 are more for the Northern Chinese while 🐟 (鱼) signifies the family having surplus year after year (年年有余).

[@jiangjesse9347]

I'm also first time to know about the Zodiac years diffirence , thanks Pho

[@WhatThePho]

Great! Thanks for watching!!

[@lephuong9860]

You look so cute and kind hearted!

[@cynomaca]

Only in English they name it as Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year, in China we just say New Year (新年), and we call the western new year as Yuan Dan (元旦) which has less people to celebrate it. So it doesn't matter for any of our Asians, and I love all the Asian people!

[@cynomaca]

@Rebecca Matthews well, I don't care how ignorant people think about it, just check the Wikipedia, the answer is there

[@cynomaca]

@Rebecca Matthews I can't do anything if you choose to believe in some random people saying this and that, Wikipedia is better than those information source

[@gongdavin2282]

@Rebecca Matthews that is funny . Before I only know Korean like doing this .

[@Dou_Y]

Don't ignore Spring Festival on purpose, in China of course there is no need to add "Chinese" before it because everyone knows that it is our Chinese new year. More important, the origin we have to talk about, which is from China.

[@Duc_Anh_809]

In, Vietnam, we call New Year simply Tet

[@keonggan7982]

Lunar New Year is like Happy New Year on January 1st of each new calendar year. It’s just a public holiday with no significant cultural attachments. Every nationality is proud of its cultural identity. Chinese New Year festival goes on for 15 days with different cultural practices each day. Vietnamese Tet goes on for 3 days. During this period, Vietnamese proudly practice their inherited cultures, different to the Chinese practices. Korean Sollal, has their own cultural practices. In many ways different to the Chinese or Vietnamese. To respect each other’s cultural practices and identity is the greatest honour. Not to lump everybody under one umbrella. Incidentally, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, etc. also have their New Year based on Lunar Calendar cycles.They will be most offended if we simply call their’s Lunar New Year.

[@frankzhang9083]

that's interesting using cat instead of rabbit, haha, your clothing is so wonderful, happy lunar new year!

[@limjitv]

Hello. I am Korean living in HCMC and one of the KZbinrs. I saw you in instagram and here in your channel😊 Nice to see you!!

[@噶噶-x8r]

I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year in advance.

[@dirtywashedupsparkle]

This idea of the cat being the fourth animal for Vietnamese was a total head spinner for me - only discovered this today. In Chinese and other countries there is the story that the cat missed out on the zodiac so this is irreconcilable with the Vietnamese version. I call it Chinese New Year because I have grown up with it in Hong Kong and as long as I'm celebrating it with Chinese I will call it that - but since 2019 the celebration has been renamed Lunar New Year in Sydney to include other minority country groups, so in that context I'm happy to call it Lunar New Year. There is even media attention to the neglect of the cat since the Vietnamese community in Sydney is quite sizeable, and fair enough. I may have to find a way to draw a cat and a rabbit together.

[@hanoithanglong4476]

Khổng tử 2500 năm trước đây đã viết : ta không biết Tết là gì ! Đó là lễ hội của người Nam Man ( Trăm Việt ) họ uống rượu và nhảy múa điên cuồng ! Trong sách Kinh Lễ ! Vậy Tết là phong tục người Việt truyền sang Trung quốc, từ đó lan ra Hàn , Nhật !

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

农历新年起源于百越部落，但只有越南人没有被汉族同化，可以说农历新年起源于越南。

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

你们中国人有游牧文化，生活在气候寒冷的草原上，没有春节

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

中国在1912年就废除了农历新年，这说明农历新年显然不是从中国传来的，只是抄袭了百越文化。

[@lucky889s9]

Cat is cuter, and they can sell waving cat desk decorations for profit all year long. On another view, it's because rabbit was brought by the French colonials to Vietnam, the communist government hates that, saying it's not native to Vietnam. But hey, they accept the dragon cuz it's cool...

[@arrayindexoutofboundsexcep1088]

chúc mừng năm mới to all people here!

[@legendlegend214]

Gọi là lunar new year cũng là sai. Tết dựa theo nông lịch nhưng nông lịch không phải chỉ sử dụng việc quan sát mặt trăng mà làm ra lịch mà có sử dụng việc quan sát cả mặt trời nữa. Lịch mà chỉ dựa vào việc quan sát của mặt trăng không là lịch của người hồi giáo.

[@xuantanbui8069]

Written by Mr Dai Nguyen Tran : " The Origin of Vietnamese New Year ( also called Tet): We often mistakenly claim that The Tet originated from China, through the Han Chinese domination of North Vietnam, we have adopted this custom of HuaXia ethnics. However, we forgot that during the reign of Văn Lang , the habits and the customs of Vietnamese people has formed, including Tet. We celebrated Tet in the early days of the new year. Tet is an old word meaning “weather”. Our ancestors depended on cultural, they invented the Rural calender to use in weather forecasting. they had known how to cook the cakes of New year before the Chinese domination of North Vietnam. “According to the book Lĩnh Nam chích quái (Extraordinary stories of Lĩnh Nam) published in 1695, the creation of Bánh chưng was credited to Lang Liêu, King Chiêu Vương of the Hùng dynasty (1712 - 1632 BC). Bánh chưng and Bánh giây became traditional foods during the Tet.”. ******Confucius told that “I did not know what Tet (节） was, the name of a big festival of the barbarians, they danced like crazy in those days.” From Book of Rites (礼记) ****** Believe it or not, the Vietnamese new year will always hold an important position in the Vietnamese people’s heart. » .

[@stephr1705]

Thank you for this video! I am Viet and I get annoyed hearing people call it the Chinese new year. I do call it the Chinese new year when I talk with my Chinese friends but I prefer lunar new year since that doesn't exclude people.

[@ltlwatcher]

Other cultures such as the Hindu culture have their version of Lunar new year too. I feel I am going to offend some people anyways. So I would call it whatever I want.

[@GL-iv4rw]

@@ltlwatcher and they fall on different dates. lol people try so hard to be woke and "inclusive"

[@nozomiwakamizu7331]

You can say Lunar New Year to Chinese ppl. I don’t think ppl get annoyed about this

[@phamchung1789]

All the best Vân

[@phamchung1789]

@Whatsapp➕❶❻❺❼❺❽❽❾❺❺❶ im a big fan of u.look forward to watching more from u

[@shaunyeo3426]

To me, basically both are Lunar New Year. In Vietnam, it's known as Tet, China - Spring Festival, in South East Asia - Chinese New Year.

[@henry5172]

It is called Chinese new year by Chinese people It is not known as lunar new year in South East Asia. China doesn't own South East Asia.

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

​@@henry5172 China doesn't own South East Asia, True. But he's right, It's called Chinese new year (not Lunar New Year) in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines... Because the Chinese immigrant and descendants brought the festival into those countries. Southeast Asia countries were not under the Chinese culture Sphere (Sinosphere ) so they didn't have the Festival at first. Just g00gle search fact-check and you will see.

[@teofilol2666]

@@henry5172 Even Chinese in South East Asia just call it 新年 (literally the New Year) without the Chinese in front, or 农历新年(literally Lunar New Year) in our own language. Nobody use华人新年 (Chinese New Year). Chinese New Year is used only in English because there are other New Year like the Western New Year, and in fact the Indian new year or Thai new year etc. Do you always react negatively when talking about Chinese people?

[@henry5172]

@@teofilol2666 Not everything is originated in China including Lunar New Year.

[@Lz8055]

Great n succinct stuff abt the lunar new Yr, esp how amazing it is that u r able to soar above geopolitical barrier. The greeting '' Happy Chinese New Year '' is exclusively used outside China and esp used in South East Asia, where the countries are multi ethnic n each has its own new year, making it difficult to distinguish between them. The Chinese there do not wish each other '' Happy CNY'' but rather' 'Happy NY' ' or' 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' ' as u hv done. Although the lunar new Yr is not a holiday in 🇯🇵 it is still being observed in some parts.. e. g. In yokohama there is a 15 days spring festival where u may see lion dance, parade and lanterns. Vietnam is fortunate to hv u as an.' '"ambassador '' to promote the country around the world thru ur blog n websites. Super, Van Vu... Wishing u a happy, healthy and prosperous Lunar New Year. 😍

[@WhatThePho]

Exactly! Thank you for sharing!

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

农历新年起源于百越部落，但只有越南人没有被汉族同化，可以说农历新年起源于越南。

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

你们中国人有游牧文化，生活在气候寒冷的草原上，没有春节

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

中国在1912年就废除了农历新年，这说明农历新年显然不是从中国传来的，只是抄袭了百越文化。

[@wildatheart7575]

The reason we hang the word "fu" upside down is because the word for upside down (dào) and the word arrive (dào) are homophonous. =)

[@antruong8770]

Real good explanation and only Democratic Chinese know this fact and never does CCP.

[@rickr9435]

@@antruong8770 there is something wrong with your brain...

[@MrLekhachuy]

She's very interesting person. Her knowledge is extensive.

[@vantrac9969]

Your videos are so helpful. I love your voice. Thanks a lot

[@WhatThePho]

Glad you like them!

[@felicity.8964]

Chúc mừng năm mới! I am Chinese and I have never heard anyone call it Chinese New Year (中国新年). We just call it Lunar New Year (农历新年) or Spring Festival (春节). I think these two phrases are more neutral and inclusive. Not only do people from different countries celebrate it in different ways, but also do people from different ethnic groups and different places in China celebrate it in different ways.

[@WhatThePho]

That’s right! Thank you for clarifying it :))

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

Actually "Lunar New Year" is an incorrect term for (农历新年). Because the festival is based on the Agricultural Calendar/ Lunisolar calendar (Sun and Moon), not the Lunar calendar (the moon).

[@tc2334]

@@The_Art_of_AI_888 the months are still calculated according to the moon phases though. The Chinese New Year is basically the second new moon after the winter solstice. Because this date is based on the moon, it’s not fixed like on the Gregorian calendar hence why it’s just called “Lunar New Year” because the date of the new year is indeed being determined based on the moon. Yes, throughout the year, there are solar based times as well, but those don’t totally determine the time the year starts. If they did, Chinese New Year would be just celebrated on lichun 立春.

[@Dou_Y]

@@tc2334 Do you see the "Lunisolar(Sun and Moon) " right in his words

[@tc2334]

@@Dou_Y Looks like you’re the one with the reading comprehension problem. My point is that saying “Lunar New Year” isn’t technically incorrect.

[@preston74]

A good tip: To my Asian fam, Happy New Year! To American folks, hope you enjoy Super Bowl.

[@WhatThePho]

Haha true!!!

[@Kc809-x1p]

Happy new years!!

[@WhatThePho]

Happy New Year!! 🎊

[@TanLe-vm3nq]

E gái nói sai rồi, Tết không du nhập từ thời kỳ bắc thuộc "e xem lại lễ hội này đã có từ thời vua Hùng nhé". Còn việc người Việt khó chịu về việc người nước Ngoài gọi Tết là Chinese's new year không phải Vì chính trị, vì tranh chấp lãnh thổ. Mà vì " tại sao chúng tôi là người Việt Nam 🇻🇳 mà lại phải ăn mừng lễ hội của 1 nước nào đó.

[@inminh98]

Đúng bạn nói đúng, tại sao không gọi là Tết mà phải gọi Chinese New year làm gì. Tại sao chúng ta phải gọi theo họ trong khi chúng ta có Tết riêng rõ ràng.

[@willienillie6337]

Happy Lunar New Year.

[@RUHappyATM]

I read that centuries ago there was a Han Chinese led dynasty in what is now northern Vietnam (wiki). Could that be the reason for the Chinese influence?

[@jlewsf]

one small thing is, I never heard the term 'chinese new year' used in china, not even in chinese. thanks for sharing this. is the lunar new year celebrated differently between the north and south of Vietnam?

[@WhatThePho]

Yes, you are right, and we have different food for lunar new year in the north, central and the south

[@Samo1228]

Correct! The people of Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and China they all say Happy new year only. I guess " Chinese new year " was used by the American back in the old days because of quite a bit of Chinese immigrants came to America in the 1850 and Chinese was pretty much the only Asian immigrants or considered a bigger population comparing to other Asian ethnics group at that time. When the American saw the Chinese celebrating their version of new year, every body probably started to say " Chinese new year " I think that's how the term came to be.

[@ruuuruuraahh429]

Just like we never say “western new year” in America. It’s never lit. called “Lunar New Year” in Chinese/Việt either. That would be like saying it農曆新年or something in Chinese. Not a thing. Obv u just say “New Year”新年/元旦/過年or “Spring Festival”春節 because calling it中國春節Chinese Spring Festival would seem repetitive (although I have heard it) as would “Western New Year” in the US. It’s well known that it’s celebrated with local twists in and beyond China, but I don’t think it’s necessarily ignorant to call it Chinese New Year in English; agree to disagree I suppose. 新年快樂 祝大家身體健康 萬事如意！Happy New Year to everybody!

[@Dou_Y]

@@WhatThePho we dont call it lunar new year anyway, dont play words game

[@Allen123-e1h]

@@Samo1228 hahaha actually，We only say happy new year because we all know that this is the Chinese New Year and easy to talk. I always say Happy Chinese new year to other people who don't know the lunar calendar, but it's strange to say Happy Chinese new year to Chinese people：）

[@Grey-pu9nz]

Well said! Lunar New Year is a shared Asian culture. It is something new to me that cat was used to replace rabbit in Vietnamese culture. 🙏 Happy Lunar New Year! 🎊

[@DMinh-rk4od]

And water buffalo that replaces the ox too 😅

[@xiaodongli3057]

Ok,u ar celebrating muslims new year.because muslim nation actually using lunar calendar.

[@barry0416]

Happy new year

[@rayanawad181]

Very interesting, thank you!

[@waynemortensen8769]

Hello. I love your channel and am looking forward to being able to come back. I work with people in HCMC who take care of orphans. Feels so long since I came. Keep posting 🙂

[@Andrew-md9op]

there is a mistake, the full chinest character is not upside down in the front door of the house. "福" on the front door shoud be upside, on the innermost door shoud be upside down.

[@willgates8383]

Lunar New Year is based on the sighting of the 1st full moon based on the Lunar Calendar. Given that it was invented in China and it’s related to the seasons, the calendar is based on the Chinese location of the moon ie the Chinese Calendar. So it’s is the Chinese New Year that is being celebrated. Sighting of the full moon in Korea or Vietnam sometimes falls on a different day of western calendar. But they all follow the Chinese Calendar!!!

[@nguyenvantri404]

Mình rất thích các video của bạn, video có nhiều hình ảnh và từ khóa giúp những người có trình độ tiếng anh kém như mình có thể hiểu được ít nhiều nội dung bạn trình bày. Chúc kênh ngày càng phát triển và nhiều bạn bè quốc tế biết đến.

[@jerrynam]

Great video. I learned a lot from this video. Thank you.

[@jerrynam]

@Whatsapp➕❶❻❺❼❺❽❽❾❺❺❶ Hope you had a great Tet holiday.

[@laolee2386]

Thank you for your video, but in terms of what to eat during Lunar New Year, it's actually a lot more diverse. Dumpling is only popular in the North. There are more different New Year dishes in different regions, like Nian gao(new year cake), Tang yuan (sweet rice ball), spring roll, preserved pork, etc

[@Franciscoluche]

Chúc mừng năm mới !!! 🤗💕🇻🇳🎉

[@yujinyujin7276]

L❤️ve from the Philippines🇵🇭

[@xnz7627]

Happy New Year！Not all Chinese people eat dumplings, we southerners don't eat dumplings, thank you!we also eat zongzi and sweet dumpling（similar with VN）

[@WhatThePho]

Awesome!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@jessicali8594]

Dim sum in HK ?

[@sann5146]

Surprised even you heard about the cat/rabbit difference recently. Only this year did I also learn about that. Probably because the last rabbit year, 12 years ago, KZbin was very small compared to the vast amount of information and creators today.

[@GTran05]

Chúc chị năm mới vui vẻ nha. Cảm ơn những kiến thức thú vị của chị :3

[@Franciscoluche]

Hi from Can Tho City. 🤗💕🇻🇳

[@sajikumar13]

Happy New year to you

[@MHTnguyen21]

I grew up very traditional Vietnamese, listening to all the stories of my elders before the internet and cell phones existed. We always had a rabbit in our zodiac, never a cat. There's actually a really popular tale about how the animals were put into a race and the cat was pushed into the water by another animal, so the cat never got to the finish line (which is why the cat didn't make it into the list of zodiac animals). My brother has rabbit tattoos also to represent his birth in the year of the rabbit. The misinformation about cats in the Vietnamese lunar year was put on the internet in the last five years and has started to change our traditional culture.

[@jaws7794]

A friend in Guangdong province she doesn't say Chinese new year or lunar,but just as spring festival.... its cool by me..good food and shots,I'll call it whatever they call it...

[@潘多拉-i3y]

我們廣東人會說新年好，同時也會說恭喜發財，恭喜發財是廣東人新年見面時的祝福語，也是原創

[@imagine_8681]

I’m glad viet is celebrating Chinese New Year as cny is a public holiday now

[@gansernann3025]

恭喜发财 From Malaysia

[@bioinformaticsonline5988]

In Korea people have only 3 day-holiday for the Lunar New Year.

[@bioinformaticsonline5988]

@Whatsapp➕❶❻❺❼❺❽❽❾❺❺❶ Your account has been stolen.

[@rivertonhigh-v4t]

In other videos, I've seen comments saying this holiday/festival should be called Chinese New Year, and not Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, as it may be considered "cultural appropriation".

[@vulinh3211]

Wouldn’t you think that saying Chinese New Year to other Asians is offensive then?

[@rickr9435]

@Rebecca Matthews your fact must be from another universe

[@Allen123-e1h]

@Rebecca Matthews That's a joke? Come on my friend. Read more history :)

[@bh3326]

One more thing is that Chinese people usually eat with their family the night before the new year, but in Vietnam, families usually eat together on the 1st day

[@Val-T.]

Happy New Year Vanvu!

[@hendrik7502]

Happy Lunar New Year Pho.

[@kulittisay8157]

Hope you should make a content, how to speak hi/hello and other basic language in Vietnamese💞

[@wadanemacho]

I never eat dumpling during CNY, does it make me very unchinese？

[@Nguyenquangphucnguyen]

So do you have your OWN celebration?

[@willienillie6337]

I came here…what the pho.. I need a bowl of P1.

[@EeeW69]

Thanks, your video answer my question

[@huydaonguyen9614]

Gợi ý: Em làm những clip kiểu nói chuyện thì thỉnh thoảng có thể filming ở một quán nào đó có view đẹp làm background nhìn sẽ sống động hơn. Ví dụ quán laika trên sân thượng ( tầng 6) tòa nhà hàm cá mậpvới view hồ gươm , quán summit lounge trên sân thượng ( tầng 19) khách sạn pan pacific với viewhồ tây, đường thanh niên, quán top of hanoi trên sân thượng (tầng 68) tòa nhà lotte center với view skyline khu mỹ đình

[@WhatThePho]

Tuyệt vời! Em cảm ơn anh ạ! 🤗🤗

[@PrimeTime350]

all based on chinese culture, china was like rome all nations around it wanted to be romans and be romans that is why we have a country called romania for example

[@TheAirseaGo]

Happy Tet.

[@kimongnhan1147]

Hay quá, kiến thức tốt. Ngưỡng mộ bạn vì giới thiệu VN ra khắp thế giới

[@gyaniadmi2347]

Happy New Year to you in advance 💕

[@WhatThePho]

Same to you 😀

[@quangthien2004]

Happy lunar New Year What The Pho.

[@ronb.8920]

Very interesting. Love this channel❤👍✌

[@mattc801]

I will come to visit Vietnam during Tet. Is there any taboo about colour of clothing? For example, I'm from Hong Kong. Dressing in white head-to-toe is not quite appropriate as our traditional funeral costume is head-to-toe white. Some people might consider that is a big taboo, especially when being a guest to visit someone, thanks!

[@WhatThePho]

Oh yes, you should wear red or bright color. Avoid white and black at all costs

[@Khalistan_Zindabaddd]

The question is which country first started to celebrate the Chinese new year or lunar new year ?

[@taotao98103]

You missed Mongolia. I have a Mongolian friend, she told me they celebrate the lunar new year as well.

[@thanos1735]

But lunar calendar is different with chinese calendar, so how to cover for all asian? Happy sino new year?

[@NhanLe-ii8et]

Hello em gai! Chuc mung nam moi! An Tet vui khg?

[@MissTopDJ007]

Is it ok to wear colorful ao dai with white or black shoes?

[@MindofYǒng]

Chúc mừng người Trung Quốc năm mới, Van. I used to make a joke about Cat Zodiac, I never knew it really exist in Vietnamese Zodiac...thanks for the enlightment, Van :)

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

Ủa nếu mà giả thuyết đọc sai chính tả là quá vô lý,ừa thì một vài người đọc sai thì coi được chứ nếu mà nhiều người cả một dân tộc mà đều đọc sai thì có còn đúng không??? Cả một dân tộc lại ko có 1 nguời bắt được lỗi sai này thì quá là vô lý. Vi thế tôi hoàn toàn phủ nhận việc 2 chữ mèo, thỏ đọc đồng âm

[@bmitchell3711]

Great videos keep up the good work thank you

[@hanoithanglong4476]

Khổng tử là quan đại phu của Trung quốc cách đây 2500 đã viết : Ta không biết Tết là gì ! Đó là lễ hội của người phương nam, họ uống rượu và nhảy múa điên cuồng ! Trước Khổng tử 2000 năm, hoàng tử Lang Liêu nước Việt đã gói bánh chưng, bánh dày để dâng lên vua Hùng ! Trung quốc là dân du mục, đi lang thang chăn cừu, ngựa, chỉ biết ăn thịt luộc, làm gì có gạo để làm bánh và nấu rượu ! Tết là văn hoá của người Việt truyền sang Trung quốc ! Cũng giống như tiếng Anh đã truyền sang nước Mỹ 😮

[@faraway4096]

恭喜发财的发音很准👍

[@josephdecuir4665]

She forgot to mention the good and vitreous government Taiwan. Taiwan celebrates Lunar New Year.

[@jessicali8594]

... virtuous ...

[@lambuuloc]

Taiwan is China

[@jessicali8594]

@@lambuuloc Not since 1949. Just as well or the best of Chinese culture wouldn't've survived The Cultural Revolution that took place on the mainland. .

[@lambuuloc]

@@jessicali8594 China and Taiwan is one!

[@jessicali8594]

@@lambuuloc Live for a year in each & then try to say that.

[@lamkw6329]

Hello, the dumplings only consume by Northern Chinese, Southern Chinese don't eat that during CNY, as Malaysia and Singapore are descendant of the Southern, we do not eat dumplings too, hahaha😀, been to Hanoi 10-15 yrs back and experience the Tet festival there during Lunar New Year period, just feel nice seeing something similar but not so similar 🤣

[@marvinfok65]

Happy Tet to Van and happy Chinese new year to the Chinese. Just a question Van, does Vietnamese have this celebration like the Chinese called Reunion Dinner where family members will gather for dinner on the eve of Chinese new year.

[@fireproctectiontechnicalsa7820]

yes,😆

[@marvinfok65]

@@fireproctectiontechnicalsa7820 Thanks 😁

[@marvinfok65]

@Whatsapp➕❶❻❺❼❺❽❽❾❺❺❶ Sure, I have already subscribed. Cheers.

[@WhatThePho]

Yes yes we do :)

[@bophaneanglin]

Great info! 👍

[@callumta2692]

You are so beautiful 🤩 Happy new year 🎉🇻🇳❤️🍀💥💥💥🌼🌼

[@iskandarding5396]

The conundrum only exists in the linguistic cultures of westerners obsessed with categorising and essentialising cultural phenomena. No one in China calls it 'Chinese New Year'. It's the 'Spring Festival', not even the 'Lunar New Year'. Traditionally, it's referred to merely as the 'Festival' ('jié' in Mandarin, which shares the same Middle Chinese etymology as the Vietnamese word 'Tết'). If you really want to respect the natives, call it the 'Spring Festival', then all will be fine.