Unique traditional festivals of Hanoi attract foreign visitors

09/07/2019 17:27

Hanoi is home to many tourist attractions with more than 5,000 historical, cultural and architectural relics and thousands of unique traditional festivals.

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La Phu pig procession festival is held annually on the 13^th day of the first lunar month in La Phu village, Hoai Duc district (Photo: VNA)

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Dong Da festival takes place on the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month in Dong Da mound (Dong Da district) to mark the Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da victory during which Quang Trung defeated 200,000 Chinese Qing invaders in 1789 (Photo: VNA).

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Saint Giong festival takes place on the ninth day of the fourth lunar month in Phu Dong commune, Gia Lam district. It is recognised as intangible cultural heritage of humanity by the UNESCO (Photo: VNA)

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A view of the festival (Photo: VNA)

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Saint Gong – Soc temple festival takes place on the fifth day of the first lunar month in Ve Linh village, Phu Linh commune, Soc Son district. It is as intangible cultural heritage of humanity by the UNESCO (Photo: VNA)

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The Co Loa Citadel Festival takes place annually on the 6th day of the first lunar month in Co Loa Commune, Dong Anh District, commemorating the proclamation of Thuc Phan An Duong Vuong - the king of Au Lac, the second state in Vietnamese history (Photo: VNA)

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The rice cooking competition at Thi Cam village is held on the 8^th day of the first lunar month at Xuan Phuong commune, Nam Tu Liem district (Photo: VNA)