Experience the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in the middle of Hanoi's Old Quarter

On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival 2023, the Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter cooperated with artisans and craftsmen to organize a series of interesting activities.

Tourists and children will have interesting Mid-Autumn Festival experiences when visiting Hanoi's Old Quarter. Photo: An Nhien

Activities imbued with traditional culture for domestic and foreign tourists will take place at heritage sites in Hanoi's Old Quarter and the Phung Hung Street mural space from September 22 to 28.

Notably, the exhibition with the theme “Returning to the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival”, with nearly 80 documents and photo materials on display, helps visitors learn about the Mid-Autumn Festival rituals in the Royal Palace, the bustling atmosphere of drum beats, brilliant lanterns, star lanterns, rabbit lanterns…

The Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter continues to coordinate with artisans and craftsmen from craft villages near Hanoi to introduce and guide how to make traditional toys in the Old Quarter on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival such as: the experience activity of making dough figurines "To he class"; making traditional star lanterns "Lantern welcoming the moon"; space to experience making traditional Mid-Autumn toys; introducing and guiding how to make traditional moon cakes.

Artisans making to he figurines. Photo: Organizing Committee

In particular, artisans and craftsmen from craft villages near Hanoi will participate in displaying and introducing traditional toy products including: star lanterns, lanterns, papier-mâché masks, clay figurines, etc. Children will be guided through folk games such as hopscotch, flag capture, volleyball, tug of war, blindfolded goat buff, stilts, bamboo dancing, sack jumping, hopscotch, etc.

In addition, a useful entertainment space and an opportunity to learn about traditional cultural values ​​for visitors are also organized by the Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter.

The 120-year-old heritage house is being organized by the Hanoi Old Quarter Management Board to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: An Nhien

For Vietnamese people, the Mid-Autumn Festival is an important occasion for families to gather and have fun after a hard working period. The custom of breaking cakes and watching the moon also shows the care andeducation of children both materially and spiritually in a specific, subtle, lively and unique way of Vietnamese people.

Our ancestors believed that games and toys are not only for entertainment but also as educational tools, nurturing children's souls. Traditional Vietnamese Mid-Autumn toys such as paper doctors, stick-playing men, papier-mâché masks; star lanterns, dough animals... are messages, conveying our ancestors' wishes to the young generation about the spirit of studiousness, encouraging learning and creativity.

With many diverse experiential activities, the organizers hope to contribute to promoting the heritage education activities of the capital, raising awareness of conservation, promoting traditional cultural values, developing a creative educational ecosystem in the community, aiming to form a generation of citizens who understand heritage culture and have creativity on that foundation. At the same time, introduce traditional culture, promote tourism development, promote the image of Hanoi's Old Quarter in particular and the capital in general.

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