Thang Long Imperial Citadel to host Mid-Autumn Festival
The Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre will organise a Mid-Autumn Festival from September 17 to October 4 at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
Celebrations of Mid-Autumn Festival at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) -The Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre will organise a Mid-Autumn Festivalfrom September 17 to October 4 at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
Celebrations feature traditional activities such as dragon dances and makingmooncakes, multi-coloured paper and star-shaped lanterns.
Historian Le Van Lan will join a discussion on the Mid-Autumn festival, and alantern festival held to mark the event during the Le-Trinh Dynasty in theearly 17th century.
A traditional occasion for children, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated onthe 15th day of the eighth lunar month, with people often preparing trays withmooncakes, candy, and fruit.
Family members get together to enjoy the full moon with each other. There aremany entertainment activities for children, such as a lantern parade./.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, which is considered an exclusive traditional occasion for children, was held in a number of big cities in the Czech Republic for Vietnamese children in the country.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Vietnamese people often arrange trays with moon cakes, candies and fruits. Family members will gather to talk and enjoy the moon together.
International Children’s Day (June 1) is a festival for children and is celebrated very widely across Vietnam. The day also gives adults a reminder about taking better care and protection of their children and protecting the world for the future.
There is only three weeks to go until the Mid-Autumn Festival, a very special time of year in Vietnam, especially for kids. With COVID-19 making its presence felt, local mooncake producers are working hard to guarantee food safety so that customers can still have a festival full of joy.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
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Celebrations of Mid-Autumn Festival at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel (Photo: nhandan.com.vn) 
