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Experience of the Online “Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion” at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long

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Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a holiday for children but also an occasion for family members to reunite and spend time together. According to folk beliefs, the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Full Moon Festival, takes place on the full moon day of lunar August every year. Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a holiday..

Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a holiday for children but also an occasion for family members to reunite and spend time together.

According to folk beliefs, the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Full Moon Festival, takes place on the full moon day of lunar August every year. Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a holiday for children but also an occasion for family members to reunite and spend time together. On Mid-Autumn Festival night, the whole family gathers around the meal, children organize lantern procession, lantern contest, lion dance, and play folk games; adults enjoy the moon, eat cake, drink tea or drink West Lake lotus wine with boiled snails soaked in ginger leaves, dipped in a ginger sauce or snails stuffed with ginger leaf & meat; Some places even enjoy alternate songs with drum accompaniments. This year, in the context of the complicated situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mid-Autumn Festival may therefore become more special because it has returned to the true meaning of the festival of bonding and sharing love.

Mid-Autumn Festival Meal.

The online display of “Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion” conveys photos and stories about the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, around the warm Mid-Autumn Festival, which is rich in affection, and the Mid-Autumn Festival toys that grandparents and parents give their children every Mid-Autumn Festival. That is, adapting the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival meal of Hanoians at the beginning of the 20th century based on the documents of paintings and writings of Henri Oger, Nguyen Tuan, Phan Ke Binh, Vu Bang, etc. In the Mid-Autumn Festival meal, the paper doctor is placed in the most solemn position, expressing the wish that their children will study well and succeed. Next is the moon cake, usually with flexible cakes, pies, Suzhou cakes, mung bean cakes, fruit-shaped cakes made from colorfully dyed dough and autumn products such as nuggets, persimmons, custard-apple, bananas, grapefruit, chestnut, etc.

Paper masks.

In addition, the display introduces a variety of traditional Mid-Autumn Festival toys, restored in ancient ways by the talented hands of artisans in the Old Quarter and craft villages around Thang Long Citadel. According to sources from the Quai Branly Museum (French Republic); In the early years of the 20th century, in Hanoi, Mid-Autumn Festival toys were extremely rich, made from many different materials such as paper, earth, flour, wood, western ironware, cotton and cellophane, etc.

Accessing the online display, the audiences can also meet Historian Le Van Lan through video clips talking about the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival: The theme of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; the custom of displaying the feast of the Hanoians with special stories such as Mr. La Vong fishing, Doctors return to their villages, The filial son, the custom of lantern procession; The custom of enjoying the moon of Hanoi people; Learn about the art of making swans from cotton, a special Mid-Autumn Festival toy of Hanoians with artisan Quach Thi Bac.

Accessing the online display, the audiences can also meet historian Le Van Lan through video clips talking about the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

Through an online form, the Thang Long – Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center desires to convey to visitors the important meanings of the Mid-Autumn Festival, helping children and their loved ones experience a special and safe Mid-Autumn Festival reunion full of the joy of reunion.

Binh Duong