page_title: New Year tree
section_title: Vietnamese and Cantonese custom
hierarchical_section_title: New Year tree / Vietnamese and Cantonese custom
caption_attribution_description: English: 廣州番禺zh:祈福新邨農莊
context_page_description: New Year trees are decorated trees similar to Christmas trees that are displayed to specifically celebrate the New Year. They should not be confused with the practice of leaving up a Christmas tree until after New Year's Day. New Year trees are common in various cultures and nations, chiefly the former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Turkey, China and Vietnam.
context_section_description: Planting a New Year tree or cây nêu is also a Vietnamese custom that is part of the springtime Tết festival. Often a bamboo pole serves as the "tree".
  Hoa đào (in Northern) or Hoa mai (in Southern) and kumquat trees are also decorated and displayed in Vietnamese homes during Tết.
  In Cantonese, the new year tree is called Nin Fa (Chinese: 年花, literally New Year Flower). Bamboo is just one of the new year trees for the Cantonese, the others being mandarin and peach. The mandarin plant is called Kat (Chinese: 桔), which is a homophone to Chinese: 吉, standing for good luck. The peach flower stands for good relationships; love is one of the relationships, so it's also a wish for love.
caption: Chinese New Year tree
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