Lion, dragon, and unicorn dance (pictured) is a distinctive performing art form of the Chinese community in Ho Chi Minh City. Featuring three mythical creatures – the lion, unicorn, and dragon – representing wishes for prosperity, good fortune, and warding off bad luck, it is often performed at festivals, Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, opening ceremonies, groundbreaking ceremonies, etc., showcasing spiritual, artistic, and educational values, as well as preserving and transmitting traditional culture.
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In addition to one new national intangible cultural heritage site, Ho Chi Minh City also has 7 more historical and cultural relics recognized by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City this time, including: Tan Dinh Market, Mariamman Temple, Trung Vuong High School (District 1), An Khanh communal house, Long Binh communal house, Long Hoa communal house (Thu Duc City) and Saigon University (District 5), bringing the total number of historical and cultural relics in the city to 200, including: 2 special national relics (historical relics), 58 national relics (including 2 archaeological relics, 32 architectural and artistic relics, 24 historical relics), 140 city-level relics (86 architectural and artistic relics, 54 historical relics); and 79 historical relics related to the struggle for national liberation and reunification.
On this occasion, Portcoast Consulting Joint Stock Company donated all of the City Theatre's digitized products to the Ho Chi Minh City Arts Center. This event not only affirms the theatre's role as an important cultural center but also demonstrates the connection between preserving tangible and intangible heritage, contributing to the preservation and promotion of Vietnamese cultural identity.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tphcm-them-1-di-san-van-hoa-phi-vat-the-quoc-gia-va-7-di-tich-lich-su-van-hoa-185250330221217324.htm
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