The huge procession of Kim Ngan communal house festival "walks" around the old town (Video: Huu Nghi).
Kim Ngan Communal House Festival (Hang Bac Street) is a demonstration of respect and gratitude for the merits of the founders of the goldsmith profession associated with the traditional goldsmithing profession in Hang Bac Street, Hang Bac Ward.
According to documents preserved to this day, during the reign of King Le Thanh Tong (1460-1497), Minister of Personnel Luu Xuan Tin was allowed by the King to set up a silver ingot foundry in the capital. He brought people from Chau Khe village to do this job. The photo of the "Saint" in the communal house was carried out by the people to start the festival at 4pm on April 22.
Gradually, the people of Chau Khe went to Thang Long to do the silver casting business more and more, from the silver ingot casting business to silver and money exchange, gold and silver and jewelry craft, forming guilds and then becoming the Hang Bac craft town today. In the picture is the palanquin carrying gold and silver ingots.
The procession of Kim Ngan communal house festival may be the largest ever on the scale of a traditional festival in Hanoi's Old Quarter.
According to information from the Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter, the Kim Ngan Communal House Festival and the Goldsmiths' Association in 2023 will take place from April 22 to May 7, with many attractive traditional cultural activities, contributing to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural identity of the nation.
People in the old quarter eagerly watched the procession through the old streets.
Mr. Nguyen Huy Hung, a goldsmith at 93 Hang Bac Street, dressed neatly to welcome the festival procession in front of his house.
The procession departs from Kim Ngan communal house at 4pm and passes through the following streets: Hang Bac; Hang Be; Hang Dau; Dinh Tien Hoang; Hang Khay; Le Thai To; Hang Dao; Hang Bac. In the photo is the procession passing Hoan Kiem Lake at 5pm.
The procession offered incense at the statue of King Ly Thai To by Hoan Kiem Lake.
The palanquin carrying the founder of the goldsmith profession passes the turtle tower.
After the procession through the old streets and around Hoan Kiem Lake, the group was welcomed by many tourists and people of Hanoi.
18:10, the group returned to Kim Ngan communal house, where the founder of the profession was enshrined.
Then there is the sacrificial ceremony in Kim Ngan communal house.
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