Exercise 6. Read again and correct false sentences. 1. The name Tet is not as common as the name Tet Nguyen Dan. . 2. Among the holidays in Vietnam, Tet is the shortest. . 3. Tet is celebrated on the same day as Japanese New Year. . 4. The difference of time between Hanoi and Beijing is half of an hour. . 5. Tet usually falls in late February or early March. . 6. Tet lasts for at least five days. . 7. Tet traditionally marks the coming of winter. . 8. Nobody returns to worship at the family altar or visit the graves of their ancestors. The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measures yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations. Tet Nguyen Dan, more commonly known by its shortened name Tet, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year which is based on the lunar calendar. The name Tet Nguyen Dan is Vietnamese for feast of the first morning. Tet is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year though exceptions arise due to the one-hour time difference between Hanoi and Beijing. Tet shares many of the same customs of its Chinese counterpart. It is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, around late January or early February, until at least the third day. Many Vietnamese people prepare for Tet by cooking special holiday foods, decorating and cleaning the house.During Tet, holiday, Vietnamese visit their families, pagodas and temples, forgetting about the troubles of the past year and hoping for a better upcoming year. Tet traditionally marks the coming of spring, so spring is sometimes used interchangeable with Tet in Vietnamese. Vietnamese people usually return to their families during Tet. Some return to worship at the family altar or visit the graves of their ancestors. Others return to where they grew up. Although Tet is the main holiday amongall Vietnamese, each region and religion has its own customs