Northern New Year

Tet comes, spring returns, the North puts on a busy atmosphere preparing for the new year. Bright colors cover the streets, creep into every market, appear under the roofs as a sign that the old year is about to pass. Even though modern life has changed a lot, the flavor of Tet in the North is still there, still preserving the traditional features of the old Tet. There are peach blossoms, kumquats, banh chung, fatty meat, pickled onions, parallel sentences, folk paintings, and the elegant hobby of playing with narcissus...

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