(CLO) From October 31, 2024 to March 16, 2025, the Ocean International Lantern Contest & Festival 2025 will be held for the first time in the world , taking place in Ocean City.
The event not only honors the beauty of Asian culture, but also continues to maintain the appeal of the Eastern Destination City of Hanoi , while marking Vietnam on the map of international cultural and artistic events.
Top destination for Spring travel and art enjoyment in the North
Considered a unique symbol of East Asian culture with a history of thousands of years, lanterns are not only a source of light but also carry the meaning of faith, hope and luck.
In China, lanterns are often used during festivals, symbolizing luck and prosperity, bringing peace to every home. In Japan, lanterns are not only used during festivals but are also an indispensable part of traditional architecture. Meanwhile, Korea uses lanterns as a way to show respect and pray for happiness.
In Vietnam, lanterns are also a symbol of wishes for a prosperous life and reunion. Vietnamese people also have the habit of hanging lanterns at the door on important occasions such as Lunar New Year to bring luck and ward off bad luck. Lanterns are also considered a traditional toy for children during the Mid-Autumn Festival, with models such as carp, star lanterns or lanterns, etc.
Lanterns are a familiar product in Vietnamese traditional culture.
Those cultural symbolic meanings are also the foundation for Vinhomes to organize the Ocean International Lantern Contest & Festival 2025 right at Ocean City with the consistent message "Shine for Life". In particular, the Lantern Design Competition, held for the first time in the world, will create a unique cultural and artistic playground. Through the preliminary round (from October 31, 2024 to November 14, 2024), the event attracted 16 competing teams with 20 entries, including the best artisans from all craft villages of Vietnam and countries such as China, Korea, Thailand, etc.
The “living heritage” of traditional art will bring quintessential works, created by skillful hands and unique creativity. At the same time, with the theme of the first year being “Oriental Light”, the works will be the crystallization of traditional cultural values with modern technology, not only skillfully honoring the quintessence of Asian culture but also having the ability to be applied in life.
Unique lanterns with their own stories and meanings will be brought to Ocean City (Illustration photo)
Immediately after the final round honoring the winning works, the Ocean City “stage” will be dedicated to the International Lantern Festival, lasting from January 18, 2025 to March 16, 2025. The magnificent and majestic lantern clusters will be displayed along a route of about 2 km, creating an art-enjoying destination and an unmissable Spring travel experience for millions of tourists.
In particular, in addition to the works from the lantern design competition, visitors can also visit and take thousands of sparkling check-in photos with lantern models brought by artisans from Fosun - the unit that organizes the famous Yuyuan Lantern Festival, which has been recognized as an intangible cultural heritage in China.
The colorful Yuyuan Lantern Festival will be recreated by Fosun in Ocean City (Illustration photo)
Fosun’s lantern exhibition with the theme “Shan Hai Jing & Ling Nan Trich Quai - Exhibition of Oriental Mysterious Creatures” is inspired by the legends and folk myths of Vietnam and China. The event will take visitors on a journey of experience with many interwoven emotions, not only stimulating the imagination but also leaving in each person the profound cultural and historical values of Vietnam and the world, bringing excitement, luck and peace for the new year 2025.
Enhance your experience in the destination city of Ocean City
Expected to be developed as an annual event, the Ocean International Lantern Contest & Festival is not only a highlight to increase the attraction of Ocean City, but also puts Vietnam's coordinates on the map of destinations to enjoy art and admire world-famous cultural heritage.
Up to now, no country has organized a world-scale lantern contest and festival with many unique experiences like the Ocean International Lantern Contest & Festival. At the same time, this is also the first time that countries with thousands of years of lantern culture have brought their masterpieces to Vietnam to compete.
When combined with a series of other sideline activities held throughout before, during and after Tet, Ocean City will be among the top destinations not to be missed on the Northern tourism map in early 2025. This is also what the Destination City has achieved in the past year, when attracting millions of domestic and foreign tourists to visit to experience a high-class lifestyle with resort - entertainment - shopping - entertainment activities beyond imagination.
Ocean City continues to maintain its position as one of the top attractive destinations in the North.
Since its launch, Ocean City has become the center of world-class festivals and art performances. With the addition of the annual Ocean International Lantern Contest, the Destination City will become more and more vibrant and bustling, becoming an important piece on the tourism map of Vietnam. At the same time, this place is also the dream destination for those looking for a perfect, dynamic and experience-filled place to live.
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Source: https://www.congluan.vn/cuoc-thiet-thiet-ke-va-le-hoi-den-long-quoc-te-ocean-hoi-tu-tinh-hoa-van-hoa-a-dong-post321927.html
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