Tree erection ritual mentioned in the area of Doan Mon yard (the relic of Imperial Citadel of Thang Long). Photo: Thanh Tung.
Lunar New Year is the most important and significant Lunar New Year holiday in Vietnam, along with the Lunar New Year culture of East Asian countries. The Lunar New Year is an important occasion for the beginning of a new year, a day of reunification, towards the roots and thanksgiving along with wishes for luck and success.
Coming to the Vietnam Lunar New Year 2021 program at Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, visitors will be able to participate in useful and interesting activities such as Display with the theme “The Year of the Ox to welcome spring” with unique highlights to reappear the spring- ceremony through the model of god-like-pig bearing spring sacrifice, the king’s spring offering in the spring-day ceremony of Le Trung Hung’s time; fine customs and traditions of the nation on the Lunar New Year’s Day shown in the booths of the atmosphere of preparing for Tet holiday, the space of worship, the customs of celebrating the New Year’s day; The year of the Metal Cat, welcomes the year of the Ox; Calligraphy arts; Painting with the theme of Welcome spring…
Along with that are the activities of experience, interaction “Spring welcome items”, asking for early spring letters, folk paintings, making curiosa, making peach blossom, handmade chrysanthemum, making flowers and seedlings by leaves with the guidance of artist Nguyen Manh Thang… beside is an attractive playground with many traditional games such as bamboo swing, continuous game…
The program will run from February 4, 2021, to March 1, 2021 (December 23 to January 18 in the lunar calendar).
Trung Kien