The People's Committee of Ha Long City has issued a Decision approving the Project "Ha Long - Festival City," gradually forming a brand for the city's unique cultural and tourism festivals on the edge of heritage.
Ha Long City possesses rich and unique cultural and historical tourism resources with 96 historical-cultural-scenic relics and 13 traditional and modern festivals.
Among them, the most prominent is Ha Long Bay, which has been recognized by UNESCO three times as a World Natural Heritage.
Over the years, Ha Long has devoted resources, paid attention, and done a good job of organizing traditional festivals and holidays in a systematic and large-scale manner, bearing the mark, cultural beauty, and people of the heritage land and gradually becoming products that attract tourists each time they are organized.
Notably, Ha Long Carnival is one of the most unique tourism products, the most impressive street festival every summer that has been maintained and developed by the city and province for many years.
Each year with a theme and artistic performances that are specially staged, elaborate and impressive, Carnaval Ha Long has created a new vitality, a unique appearance and left many good impressions on visitors about the beauty of the heritage land.
Thereby, contributing to linking culture with tourism, turning festival activities into unique cultural spaces, converging traditional and modern quintessence, at the same time, demonstrating creativity based on cultural resources to promote the cultural industry in Ha Long in particular and Quang Ninh in general.
With the goal of promoting traditional cultural values and intangible cultural heritages in the area through organizing festivals and events, associated with the goal of building Ha Long (Quang Ninh) into a festival city, a national tourism center, of international stature, recently, the People's Committee of Ha Long City issued Decision No. 7556/QD-UBND approving the Project "Ha Long - festival city."
The project demonstrates the locality’s vision and creative approach in preserving and honoring traditional festivals, and developing new festivals to meet the entertainment and cultural enjoyment needs of the people. Thereby, gradually forming a brand for cultural and tourism festivals unique to the city on the edge of heritage.
To implement the Project “Ha Long - Festival City,” Ha Long City will preserve and promote traditional festivals with typical cultural identities and unique characteristics. At the same time, upgrade a number of valuable festivals and typical events to organize annually at the city level and select and restore a number of traditional festivals with typical values; effectively mobilize resources (sponsorship, socialization) to organize festivals and events.
In 2025, Ha Long city will restore and reorganize a number of traditional festivals such as the New Rice Celebration Festival of the Tay people in Dan Chu commune; Dai Phan Festival of the San Diu ethnic group in Ha Long city; Loi Am Pagoda Festival; Cai Lan Temple Festival; Long Tien Pagoda Festival.
Along with that, upgrade the scale of some traditional festivals: Bang Ca Village Festival, King Le Thai To Temple Festival. In particular, focus on building scientific dossiers to propose ranking as National Intangible Cultural Heritage for Duc Ong Tran Quoc Nghien Temple Festival (2025), King Le Thai To Temple Festival (2027).
In addition, the city also organizes a number of new festivals and cultural tourism events: Ha Long City's traditional dragon boat and sports sailing festival; Cherry Blossom Festival and Japanese Cultural Week in Ha Long; Motorized parachute and paragliding festival; Full moon festival and artistic light show by the Heritage Bay; Ha Long Bay Heritage Day; Ha Long Spring Flower Festival; Quang La Flower Paradise-Flower Festival; Ripe Guava Season Festival...
There are expected to be 16 city-level cultural festivals and events; 14 commune- and ward-level tourism festivals.
In particular, during the implementation of the Project, the locality will create conditions and attract investors to stage and organize film production programs, music, entertainment, and live performances associated with the culture of the sea, islands, and traditional cultures of ethnic groups in the area./.
Source: https://baolangson.vn/ha-long-huong-toi-xay-dung-thuong-hieu-thanh-pho-le-hoi-5018924.html
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