It’s Tet festival in the …(1)…North. The Tet five-fruit tray plays an irreplaceable …(2)…role in Vietnamese families. The five-fruit tray is placed next to “chung” cakes and a …(3)…plate of steamed momordica sticky rice on the ancestral altar. Five kinds of fruit with different colors and shapes create a lively painting.
Banana or finger citron means …(4)…protection. Pomelo or watermelon with round shape reveals a prosperous and lucky New Year. Persimmon and mandarin orange with impressive colors symbol the …(5)…success.
The five-fruit tray adds more beautiful colors to the ancestral altar on Tet days. Each part of the country has Tet …(6)…specialities. For example, Southern people make “tet” cake (similar to “chung” cake in the North) and place …(7)…watermelon on the ancestral altar.
Boiled …(8)…chicken and steamed momordica sticky rice indispensable on the offering food tray. It is said that the red color of momordica will bring good luck to every family in the New Year.
Phiêu Linh