This year, Hanoi offers many unique entertainment spaces, recreating the traditional festival atmosphere. The Old Quarter, with the centerpiece being Hang Ma Street, is a vibrant area, attracting people to shop and take photos, along with folk art performances.
Meanwhile, Thang Long Imperial Citadel recreates the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival and the unique Ly Dynasty royal festival. The Museum of Ethnology offers a “Fun with Children” experience space with interactive activities, helping children make their own toys and learn about culture.
Hang Ma Street and the Old Quarter around Hoan Kiem Lake
Since early September, Hang Ma Street has been brightly decorated to welcome visitors, take photos and shop. The closer to Mid-Autumn Festival, the more crowded it is, especially on weekends. This year, there are models of crescent moons, white rabbits, and giant carps, attracting young people to take photos.
At Kim Ngan Communal House on Hang Bac Street, the exhibition and discussion on the theme “Our Moon” recreates the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere in the Northern region. In the exhibition, visitors can admire lion heads, papier-mâché masks, lanterns, paper doctors, dough animals, traditional Mid-Autumn Festival trays, etc. The exhibition lasts until October 6.
The Mid-Autumn Festival activities are held at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square, Hoan Kiem Lake walking street, Hang Ma - Hang Luoc - Hang Ruoi streets, Phung Hung mural street, Dong Xuan market. A series of activities including performances, instructions on making folk toys, the cultural program "Fairy Moon Season", a contest to display Mid-Autumn Festival trays, instructions on making lion heads, and the Full Moon Festival, take place every evening until October 6.
Thang Long Imperial Citadel
The 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival program at Thang Long Imperial Citadel has themes including the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival and the Ly Dynasty Royal Mid-Autumn Festival.
The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival area includes stalls selling ancient Mid-Autumn Festival toys such as lion drums, frog drums, rattles, lion heads, papier-mâché masks, tin toys, paper doctors, moon-watching stick players, lanterns, monk lanterns, star lanterns, and paper animals. The ancient lantern models have been restored by Thanh Oai village artisans using photo materials from the Quai Branly Museum (France) and the French School of the Far East.
In the section of the Royal Mid-Autumn Festival of the Ly Dynasty, for the first time, there is an interpretation of the Royal Mid-Autumn Festival of the 11th-12th century with a system of panels introducing history and a system of paintings recreating the activities taking place during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The exhibition space displays artifacts recreating boat racing scenes and water puppet performances by soldiers and people.
In addition, the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center also has a colorful check-in space including a flower lantern gate, a tray wall, a cluster of goldfish playing with the moon in a lotus pond, and a lamp road.
Visitors can immerse themselves in the festive atmosphere with a series of lion dance performances and Mid-Autumn Festival toy making experiences (spinning lanterns, butterfly lanterns, star lanterns, rabbit lanterns, painting papier-mâché masks, paper kites, etc.) on October 4 and 5.
Museum of Ethnology
On the evening of October 5, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology organized the Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 program with the theme "Fun with Children". Young visitors had the opportunity to meet artisans in the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival space through familiar toys such as: lanterns, star lanterns, paper doctors, to he, papier-mâché masks, clay figurines, dough animals..., watch lion dances, lantern processions, and folk water puppetry of Dong Ngu puppet troupe ( Bac Ninh ).
Children participated in many discovery activities such as listening to picture stories about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival, transforming into puppet characters, trying out hand puppetry, painting Mid-Autumn Festival-themed pictures, and learning how to make toys under the guidance of folk artisans.
In addition, there are also STEM hands-on experiences exploring science through making lanterns, ships, and digital experiences such as virtual reality (VR), and Mid-Autumn treasure hunting games through artifacts in the Museum. The installation art space “Autumn Colors” lasts until November 4 with traditional toys from the senior artisans.
Source: Vnexpress Newspaper
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