Lễ hội Nguyên Tiêu: The First Full Moon Festival
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Vietnamese Name Tết Nguyên Tiêu (or Rằm Tháng Giêng) Nguyên means ‘first,’ Tiêu means ‘night’ (First Night of the Full Moon). Date 15th day of the 1st Lunar Month (Rằm Tháng Giêng). Marks the end of the month-long Tết (Lunar New Year) celebrations. Focus Ancestor worship, spiritual […]
Lễ hội Tây Sơn: The Tây Sơn Festival
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Đống Đa – Tây Sơn (or Quang Trung King Festival) Commemorates the Ngoc Hoi-Đống Đa Victory. Honoree Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyễn Huệ) and the Tây Sơn brothers. National hero and leader of the Tây Sơn Uprising (late 18th century). Location Quang Trung Museum, […]
Đường hoa Nguyễn Huệ: The Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Vietnamese Name Đường hoa Nguyễn Huệ Translated as the Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street. Occasion Lunar New Year (Tết Holiday) The most important annual celebration in Vietnam. Location Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Central pedestrian boulevard, connecting the City Hall and the […]
Lễ hội làng nghề Sình: The Sình Village Craft Festival
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Vietnamese Name Làng nghề Sình (The village itself) The local ‘festival’ centers around the production of its famous folk paintings. Location Sình Village, Phú Mậu Commune, Phú Vang District, Huế City (Thừa Thiên Huế Province). Located near the Perfume River, upstream from Huế. Primary Craft Sinh Folk […]
Lễ hội Cầu Ngư: The Sacred Whale Festival
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Cầu Ngư Translates to ‘Praying for Fish Festival’ or ‘Fishermen’s Festival’. Alternative English Name Whale Worshipping Festival (or Cá Ông Festival) Acknowledges the central deity: Cá Ông (Mr. Whale). Region Coastal provinces of Central and South Central Vietnam, including Da Nang, Phú […]
Bài Chòi: The UNESCO Heritage Game of Central Vietnam
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official English Name The Art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam Bài Chòi means ‘Cards in the Huts’. It is recognized as a performing art form and a game. UNESCO Status Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Inscribed in 2017). A globally protected […]
Lễ hội Cổ Loa: Honoring the Founders of the Ancient Capital
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Cổ Loa Also known as the Cổ Loa Citadel Festival. Location Cổ Loa Citadel and Temple, Đông Anh District, Hanoi, Vietnam. The site of the capital of the ancient Âu Lạc State (3rd Century BCE). Date 6th day of the 1st Lunar […]
Lễ hội rước pháo Đồng Kỵ: The Giant Firecracker Procession
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội rước pháo Đồng Kỵ Translates to Đồng Kỵ Firecracker Procession Festival. Location Đồng Kỵ Village, Từ Sơn City, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam. Located about 30 km northeast of Hanoi. Date 4th day of the 1st Lunar Month (Main Day) The festival generally […]
Lễ hội Gò Đống Đa: The Victory Festival of Emperor Quang Trung
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Gò Đống Đa Often called the Đống Đa Battle Anniversary. Location Đống Đa Cultural Park, Đống Đa District, Hanoi, Vietnam. Site of the historic victory. Date 5th day of the 1st Lunar Month Occurs immediately after Tết (Lunar New Year). Significance Commemorates […]
Lễ hội Yên Tử: The Ancient Pilgrimage of Truc Lam Zen
Quick Facts 편집 Data Field (Title) Content Icon/Note Official Vietnamese Name Lễ hội Yên Tử Also known as the Yên Tử Spring Festival. Location Yên Tử Mountain, Uông Bí City, Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. The birthplace and capital of the Trúc Lâm Zen tradition. Duration 3 Months (One of Vietnam’s longest festivals). From the 10th […]