From September 19, visitors to the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Site ( Hanoi ) will experience the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival through the program "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" in 2023 organized by the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center and enjoy the lost ancient Mid-Autumn lantern models.
The sparkling display of star lanterns will create an attractive space for children this Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Thanh Tung/VNA
With the theme “Sparkling Autumn Lanterns”, the program is organized to contribute to creating a unique playground, helping children and visitors have more experiences, understand more about history, culture in general and Mid-Autumn Festival in particular. Here, children and visitors will participate in many useful and interesting activities. That is, visiting the space displaying traditional Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns in the form of stalls on the ancient street. Based on valuable sources of documents from foreign researchers such as: Henri Oger, Albert Kant; Quai Branly Museum (France)..., the Center has cooperated with cultural researcher Trinh Bach and artisans from craft villages specializing in making ancient Mid-Autumn lanterns in Hanoi's Old Quarter, Thanh Oai (Hanoi), Bao Dap (Nam Dinh), Dong Ho ( Bac Ninh )... to restore ancient lantern models that have been lost from traditional materials such as Do paper, crepe paper, cellophane, bamboo strips, rattan, glue... The most prominent are the carp transforming into a dragon lantern, carp watching the moon lantern, live crab lantern, cooked crab lantern, rabbit lantern, butterfly lantern, shrimp lantern, drum lantern... Besides, there are still booths displaying traditional Mid-Autumn toys such as: Paper doctor, moon-watching stick-beater, papier-mâché mask, lion head, frog drum, rattan drum, tin ship, drum-beating rabbit, figurines, stuffed swans... Visiting the exhibition area, children will learn more about ancient toys and appreciate the culture of the nation. For grandparents and parents, it is also an opportunity to reminisce about their own childhood.
The Thang Long – Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center has collaborated with cultural researcher Trinh Bach and artisans from traditional Mid-Autumn lantern-making villages to restore ancient lantern models that have been lost. Photo: Thanh Tung/VNA
Visitors coming here can also check-in in front of the colorful, shimmering streets in an extremely quiet and ancient architectural space of the citadel that can only be found in Thang Long Imperial Citadel. In addition, the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center also organizes useful interactive experiences for children such as: Making Mid-Autumn lanterns (star lanterns, rabbit lanterns, and revolving lanterns), making moon cakes, painting papier-mâché masks, paper kites, and performing unique lion dances. Artisan Nguyen Thi Tuyen, who specializes in making paper doctors and moon-watching stick players; artisan Nguyen Van Quyen, who specializes in making lanterns and star lanterns; artisan Dang Van Khang, who molds clay figurines, will interact and guide the experience for children and visitors...Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four biggest festivals of the Vietnamese people. In ancient times, farmers often watched the moon, predicted the weather, and predicted the harvest. Since the Ly Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival has become a national festival, taking place simultaneously in the royal court and among the people. In addition to important royal ceremonies, the king also held a three-day festival for the people to enjoy. Everywhere in the Thang Long citadel was decorated with brocade, lights and flowers. In the following feudal dynasties, Mid-Autumn Festival was still an important festival of the royal family and the country. In addition to traditional folk festivals, families often prepared offerings to their ancestors during the day, and in the evening, set up offerings to enjoy the moon.
Children and tourists will be able to visit the space displaying traditional mid-autumn lanterns in the form of stalls on the ancient street. Photo: Thanh Tung/VNA
On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival 2023, the program "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" is organized to contribute to creating a unique playground for children and tourists to have more experiences and understand more about cultural history in general and Mid-Autumn Festival in particular.
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