NEW YEAR NAMING — CONTEXT AND WORDING RECORD
Original writing aid; not a universal cultural style rule or an event schedule.

1. WHAT AM I DESCRIBING?
Specific community/custom, comparison, household greeting or named public event:
Community and location actually identified by the source or host:
Do not infer participation or cultural identity from appearance or decoration.

2. NAME AND EVIDENCE
Local or community-supplied name, copied carefully:
English explanation useful for this audience:
Exact organiser title, if this is a public event:
Source, publication/event year and date checked:
Which practices are described by this source, and for whom:
Unknown or conflicting scope/name details:

3. CHOOSE THE WORDING
Specific Chinese context: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), when appropriate.
Vietnamese context: Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year.
Comparison: Lunar New Year: [named tradition] and [named tradition].
Named event: [exact title], hosted by [organiser] in [place/year].
Greeting: Wishing you a happy [the name the host uses].
Unclear scope: keep the name unconfirmed and ask before publishing a cultural label.
These are adaptable examples, not messages already sent or authorised translations.

4. CHECK THE CLAIMS
Does the heading match the cultures actually discussed?
Have I preserved a quoted event title and distinguished my own explanation?
Are foods, rituals, greetings and duration attributed instead of made universal?
Have I avoided claiming Spring Festival has only one English use globally?
Have I separated the holiday name from its particular year's calendar date?
Have I kept an old event notice historical instead of copying its date forward?

5. FINAL DRAFT
Heading / first mention:
Short explanation of cultural scope:
Attributed example and limit:
What still needs confirmation before use: