An ancient form of tug of war is still organised at the Tran Vu Temple Festival on the third day of the third lunar month in Thach Ban ward, Long Bien district, Hanoi.
On April 7, Thach Ban ward, Hanoi, held a ceremony to receive UNESCO’s certificate recognising the traditional sitting tug-of-war game of Tran Vu temple as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The Huyen Thien Tran Vu statue in the Tran Vu Temple in Thach Ban ward, Long Bien district, Hanoi was announced as a precious national object at a ceremony held on April 9.
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