In the collection of Tet paintings collected by Maurice Durand since 1940 in Hanoi, a considerable number of congratulatory paintings express the wishes of the people for a peaceful and prosperous New Year.
In the space of the traditional Tet holiday, Vietnamese people play Tet pictures quite differently and depending on each person’s conditions, or according to the customs and practices of each region. The book of Vietnamese folk paintings collected and researched (1st edition of Ho Chi Minh City Culture – Culture Publishing House, in 2021) introduces a collection of Tet paintings collected by Maurice Durand since 1940 in Hanoi. In this collection, a considerable number of New Year’s congratulation paintings, in which there are congratulatory paintings expressed in direct words … In the photo, there are Phuc and Duc words in stylized style and Nhan letters. , Meaning, Ceremony, Tri, Tin, Phu, Quy, Loc, Khang, Ninh. 
Besides, New Year’s greetings are presented in short sentences around wishing wealth and benefits. In the picture is a picture of a baby holding a gourd with the words “Gemstone with two needles” (piled gold and pearls). 
The picture of a mandarin holding the word “ton loc” – a growing fortune (on the right) and a picture of a mandarin holding the word “ton fortune” – is more and more wealth. 
This is another version of the mandarin mandarin painting holding the words “ton loc”, “ton fortune”. 
Wishes for fortune and fortune are sometimes compared to high status and numerous descendants (high fortune and promotion). This is a picture of two children, an older one holding a baby, holding a book in his hand, with the word “nail fortune and prosperity” – giving birth to a noble and prosperous. Below is a jar, outside the word Kim (gold, silver). 
Longevity wishes are used very often and are combined with the word wealth, wealth and the birth of many children. This is expressed in two simple words “immortal” or presented in a more complex and poetic way, in the style “Dedicating the Spring” (dedicating thousands of spring seasons), or as in the photo, “Phu Forever precious flowers “(endowed with flowers for thousands of years). 
The most important wishes are to have descendants of the family line, often represented by the image of a pomegranate or healthy children, such as “Pomegranate conception” (pomegranate blooms a hundred children), “The most Gentle and gentle family peace “(Peaceful family; gentle children and grandchildren). Or this wish is also nested with sentence patterns such as: “Đắc Thọ multi boys” – long life and many sons (picture on the right); “Happy, the audience will respect” – have the happiness to live a long life to see your children and grandchildren (picture left). 
In addition to the congratulatory paintings expressed in direct words, there are also New Years wishes with meaning illustrated images of flowers, fruits, animals, objects and people. To understand the meaning of this kind of paintings need to know their estimates and symbols. For example, the peacock is a symbol of peace and prosperity, the cranes and turtles represent longevity, the pig picture represents prosperity … In the picture on the left, the peach symbolizes longevity. ; The pomegranate fruit represents the desire to flourish and have many children and grandchildren. 
Two children wear peaches and pomegranates on their heads with the same meaning as above. 
In the picture is a picture of the toad (three-legged type) representing the pass in the exam. 
In addition to the above types of New Year’s congratulation paintings, there are also congratulatory paintings expressed through the phenomenal object called homophones. . Congratulatory paintings of this type are very popular, reflected in folk paintings and often create quite subtle puns. For example, the image of a millet rooster is homogeneous to the word sand means (auspicious, good). The painting of the vase also expresses the desire to be safe because the vase evokes the word “peaceful”. In the photo is a picture of fish (fishermen) used to wish warmth and full of wealth. 
The word Diep (butterfly) is similar to the word Điệt Điệt (only seventy-eight years old) is used to express wishes for a long and long life.
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