Ha noi — A tourist week celebrating traditional trades and leading up to Ha Noi’s 1,000th anniversary will kick off at the Thang Long Royal Citadel this Sunday.
Located at 12 Nguyen Tri
Phuong Street, Ha noi organisers are working to bring back the cultural
atmosphere of the old capital under traditional rooftops with traditional
activities and an open-air fair.
To introduce traditional
trades and talented craftsmen, the monument will be decorated with handicraft
products such as artistic stones, pottery from Bat Trang Village, paper lanterns
and silk from the northern province of Ha Tay’s Van Phuc Village.
Visitors will get a chance to
learn about solemn rituals of worship, as well as ancient Vietnamese houses
including bamboo houses from northern Viet nam and houses from Hoi An’s Old
Square.
Visitors are welcome to join
in on a festival procession for ancestors of trades to kick off the opening day.
Ceremonies will be full of cultural features such as a spiritual festival with a
thousand candles and torches, a march by craftsmen around the Citadel and a gong
performance from north-western ethnic groups along with drums from Doi Tam
Village in the northern province of Ha Nam.
The week will also launch a
fine arts and handicrafts competition, under the
theme: Hallmark in 1,000 years
of Thang Long-Ha Noi.
Coinciding with the festival
will be the launch of a new cultural centre celebrating handicrafts. The Hoa Lu
Handicrafts Company will open the centre on Monday, entitled Ha Noi – Pho Xua
Nghe Cu (Ha Noi – Old Streets and Crafts) at 31 Hang Gai
Street.
The 500sq.m centre is
traditionally designed to resemble the capital’s old streets. Here tourists can
admire old photos of Ha Noi, a city plan dating back to 1890 and discover the
city’s typical cultural traits. The centre will sell a variety of souvenirs and
handicrafts. The centre’s employees are all tour guides familiar with the old
streets of Ha Noi and handicrafts villages.
The week-long event will bring
in tourism companies from the northern provinces of Thai Binh, Lao cai Bac
Giang and Ha tay advertising tours on the Hong (Red) River and trade
villages on the outskirts of Ha Noi.
The event is being organised
by the Ha Noi Citadel Conservation Centre along with the Viet Nam Association of
Craft Villages.
Source: VNS
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