One of the unique customs during Lunar New Year in Vietnam is displaying a five-fruit plate

The most important holiday in Vietnamese culture is the Spring Festival, also known as Lunar New Year or Vietnamese Lunar New Year. It lasts from the first day of the Vietnamese lunar calendar's first month, approximately late January or early February, through the third day. One of the unique customs during Lunar New Year in Vietnam is displaying a five-fruit plate by every Vietnamese family.

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The five-fruit tray expresses the present generation's sincerity and filial piety toward their forefathers. (Photo / Retrieved from Pixabay)

The five-fruit tray expresses the present generation's sincerity and filial piety toward their forefathers. Despite the name, a five-fruit tray does not always contain five different types of fruit.

It typically includes a hand of green bananas, a ripe pomelo (or a Buddha's hand, a shaddock), oranges, persimmons, sapodilla plums, a bunch of kumquats, and, in recent years, mangoes and grapes as well as apples and pears.

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It's a true work of art to arrange fruits on the crimson, hourglass-shaped wooden tray. (Photo / Retrieved from Pixabay)

It's a true work of art to arrange fruits on the crimson, hourglass-shaped wooden tray. To make it look like a still life painting, one must match the colors and shapes of the various fruits when putting them together on the tray.