Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
Foreign tourists also join in the spring celebrations with Hanoi people. (Photo: VNA)
Foreign tourists also join in the spring celebrations with Hanoi people. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) to ask for calligraphy with hope of attaining wisdom, peace and luck for the new year. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) to ask for calligraphy with hope of attaining wisdom, peace and luck for the new year. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) to ask for calligraphy with hope of attaining wisdom, peace and luck for the new year. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) to ask for calligraphy with hope of attaining wisdom, peace and luck for the new year. (Photo: VNA)
Foreign tourists also join in the spring celebrations with Hanoi people. (Photo: VNA)
Foreign tourists also join in the spring celebrations with Hanoi people. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoians visit Tran Quoc Pagoda on the first morning of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoians visit Tran Quoc Pagoda on the first morning of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Quan Thanh temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi people visit Quan Thanh temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. (Photo: VNA)
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Hanoians enjoy spring spirit on first day of Lunar New Year of the Horse

On the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse, which falls on February 17 this year, Hanoians visit pagodas, communal houses and temples as tradition dictates to pray for bliss and peace. Visiting religious locations at the start of the year during Tet holiday is a longstanding cultural tradition of the Vietnamese people, passed down through generations.