2021 ends, welcoming a year 2022 with many good things waiting ahead. Many traditional customs are maintained and implemented by many countries around the world on the first day of the new year.
Japan
Unlike some Asian countries that avoid sweeping at the beginning of the year, Japanese people think that Tet is the right time to do house cleaning. Because, according to the viewpoint of the majority of Japanese people, cleaning the house at the beginning of the new year will bring luck, peace and happiness to the entire family.
In addition, Japanese families also decorate the front of their house with pine branches and bamboo tied together to symbolize longevity and loyalty to their homeland. In particular, in the first days of the new year, Japanese people will wear traditional Kimono (or modernized) costumes and visit home to visit their parents, relatives and friends. Also on these days, Japanese people often enjoy some traditional dishes together such as mochi rice flour, Kuromame black beans...
South Korea
Like the Japanese, at the beginning of the new year, Koreans choose to wear traditional Han-Bok clothes and perform a ceremony to commemorate their ancestors with their families. After that, the members will gather around the rice tray and eat Dduk Gook - a rice-based soup. According to the Korean viewpoint, the beginning of the new year is a sacred moment, so most people will not go out but spend more time gathering with relatives.
Russia
Russia is one of the European countries with the most impressive and unique New Year's Eve customs. In particular, right before the moment of the New Year and the Old Year, the Russian people will write their wishes on a piece of paper and light the fire. After the paper burned down, people would take a small piece of rotten ash and put it in a glass of ginseng and drink it all at 00:00 on the clock.
In addition, Russian people often go out to celebrate Tet and sing along to songs with a New Year theme as well as send each other good wishes. On the morning of the first day of the new year, family members will gather to eat traditional Russian dishes such as red radish soup with Borscht, black noodles, Leningrad rolls...
