Place: The mountainous region of Yên Tử, Thượng Yên Công Commune, Uông Bí Town Time: Yên Tử festivities begin on the ninth day of the first lunar month and last until the end of the third lunar month. Significance: Yên Tử has been a centre of Buddhism for many centuries, and is the starting point …
Place: Ðình Wharf in Quan Lạn Commune, Vân Ðồn District Time: The festivities are organized yearly on the 18th day of the sixth lunar month, but the celebration lasts from the 10th to the 20th days of month. Significance: The festival is organized to commemorate the victory against the Mongol invaders in 1288, as well …
Place: Trà Cổ Village, Móng Cái Town. Time: Festivities in Trà Cổ take place yearly from the 30th day of the fifth lunar month until the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. Significance: Nearly 600 years ago, Trà Cổ people built a communal house dedicated to the tutelary genies of the village. The festival …
Place: At Thập Cửu Tiên Công Temple (Temple of the 19 Founding Fathers) in Cẩm La Commune on Hà Nam Island, Yên Hưng District. Time: Every year, the village starts the festivities on the seventh day of the first lunar month. Significance: In commemorating the 19 founding fathers who built dykes, created the populated island …
Place: Yên Giang Commune, Yên Hưng District. Time: The festival is organized on the eight day of the fourth lunar month, some years last 4 days and nights. Significance: It celebrates the Bạch Ðằng Victories of national heroes struggled against foreign aggression: Ngô Quyền (938); Lê Hoàn (981); and Trần Hưng Đạo and the famous …
Place: Long Tiên Pagoda at the foot of Bài Thơ (Poem) Mountain, Hạ Long City. Time: The official festive day is on the 24th of the third lunar month. Significance: Long Tiên Pagoda was built quite recently, 1941, and is the largest pagoda in Hạ Long City. The festivities of the pagoda are not reserved …