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Myriad of Tet celebrations await visitors in Hanoi

A wide range of cultural activities are taking place in the Old Quarter and the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi to welcome the Year of the Rooster.
Myriad of Tet celebrations await visitors in Hanoi ảnh 1Folk Tet paintings are showcased at Kim Ngan Temple (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A wide range of cultural activitiesare taking place in the Old Quarter and the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long inHanoi to welcome the Year of the Rooster.

At Kim Ngan Temple (42-44 Hang Bac Street), themanagement board of the Old Quarter opened on January 19 an exhibition of threefolk painting genres: Hang Trong and Kim Hoang of Hanoi, and Dong Ho of BacNinh province. It also arranges a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) space there.

Visitors can also gain an insight intotraditional Tet arrangements by a genuine Hanoi family in the Heritage House at87 Ma May street or those by a typical family in northern Vietnam atthe Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Centre, located at 50 Dao Duy TuStreet.

Meanwhile, the art of calligraphy, the making offolk Tet paintings and the demonstration of modern use of traditional fine artproducts are being offered at the Hanoi Old Quarter Heritage Information Centreat 28 Hang Buom street.

Traditional musical performances are also heldin various relic sites in the Old Quarter.

Talking about cultural activities to welcomeTet, Tran Thuy Lan, deputy head of the Old Quarter management board, said Tetcelebrations are a way for the Vietnamese people to pay homage to theirancestors and preserve traditional values.

Those activities will take place throughFebruary 12 (or the 16th day of the first lunar month).

At the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, a myriadof activities will be held from January 20 to February 28 to celebrate Tet.

They include an exhibition of folk Tet paintingsof Hang Trong, Kim Hoang and Dong Ho, and a display of 15 royal costumes ofTrinh Lords and Nguyen Kings. The best 100 among entries in a Vietnam heritagephoto contest will also be showcased.

Once coming to the Imperial Citadel, people canvisit the newly discovered archaeological site there while having a betterunderstanding of Kinh Thien Palace through the recreation of this palace’sincense offering space.

The rituals of worshipping the Kitchen Gods andoffering incense to late kings in the past will also be reenacted.

The Imperial Citadel will close from January 26to 28 (from the 29th day of the old year’s last lunar month to the first day ofthe Lunar New Year) and be re-opened on January 29.-VNA
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