Mid-Autumn Festival Lanterns

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, although there are many types of electronic lanterns and expensive imported toys on the market, colorful paper lanterns still have a special appeal. Through many manual and meticulous steps, traditional Mid-Autumn lanterns always bring emotions, expressing the cultural beauty of the Vietnamese people. Traditional lanterns using candles always bring emotions, expressing the cultural beauty of the Vietnamese people. And the image of carrying lanterns, breaking the cake, and watching the moon through many generations has always been preserved in many different ways. Vietnam.vn invites you to admire the Mid-Autumn lanterns during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, through the photo series "Mid-Autumn Lanterns" by author Pham Minh Giang. The photo series was submitted by the author to participate in the Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam", organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

As a Vietnamese, you will certainly feel the joyful atmosphere every time the Mid-Autumn Festival comes. And on this occasion, the image of colorful lanterns shining brightly under the golden moonlight is indispensable. Mid-Autumn Festival has many meanings because it is considered a festival of family reunion, a festival for children with beautiful lanterns as a tradition. For Chinese people, lanterns are hung in front of the house and symbolize luck and peace. And some people make them into flower lanterns, after writing down wishes, they let them float down the river to carry the prayers far away. For Vietnamese people, mid-autumn lanterns are mainly made for children to play with on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. With diverse shapes, bright colors and mainly handmade from bamboo and wind paper, the outside of the lantern is painted with extremely delicate lines. Traditional Vietnamese mid-autumn lanterns symbolize prosperity and family happiness. In 2024, the Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam" continues to be organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications in coordination with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists on the website   https://happy.vietnam.vn is open to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and over. The contest aims to honor individuals and groups with positive information products, making practical contributions to the propaganda and promotion of a beautiful image of Vietnam to the world. Thereby helping people in the country, compatriots abroad and international friends access authentic images of the country, Vietnamese people, Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights, towards a happy Vietnam. Each contest category (photo and video) has the following prizes and prize values: - 01 Gold Medal: 70,000,000 VND - 02 Silver Medals: 20,000,000 VND - 03 Bronze Medals: 10,000,000 VND - 10 Encouragement Prizes: 5,000,000 VND - 01 most voted work: 5,000,000 VND The winning authors will be invited by the Organizing Committee to attend the Announcement Ceremony and Award Ceremony and Certificate on live television of Vietnam Television.

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