Colors of the Lantern Festival

Lion dance and unicorn dance have become an indispensable part of the Shangyuan festival.

The Lantern Festival is an opportunity for Hoi An residents to demonstrate their community's cultural identity as well as preserve and pass on the unique cultural identity of the Vietnamese and Chinese communities. Community activities related to traditional rituals are mainly concentrated from the 12th to the 18th, with the main ceremony on the 16th of January.

On the occasion of Lantern Festival, the Hoai River is filled with lanterns.

The Lantern Festival in Chinese community halls is also a day to worship ancestors and an occasion for descendants in the state to meet annually.

Traditional rituals during the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival is also considered the “Thien Quan Tu Phuc” day - the day when the heavenly officials bestow blessings on all living beings on earth. Therefore, many people from all over the region gather at pagodas, temples, Quan Cong temples, Phuc Kien, Trieu Chau, Quang Trieu assembly halls, etc. to ask for fortune-telling and good fortune.

The halls are decorated to welcome visitors.

The Lantern Festival in Hoi An was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2023. But since 2010, the Lantern Festival has become a unique traditional festival in Hoi An, attracting a large number of tourists.

Incense smoke billows at the guild halls.

Ceremony.

The custom of praying for wealth and fortune is a traditional activity at the Lantern Festival in Hoi An.

Pray.

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