Currently, the city pays great attention to preserving, conserving and promoting the values of 7 National Intangible Cultural Heritages in Da Nang.
Intangible Cultural Heritage is considered an extremely valuable resource of each country and region, with special appeal to attract domestic and foreign tourists.
Currently, Da Nang has 7 National Intangible Cultural Heritages that the city is very interested in preserving, conserving and promoting the heritage values including Tuong art of Quang region, Non Nuoc Ngu Hanh Son stone craft, Nam O fish sauce making, Da Nang Fishing Festival, Bai Choi art, Quan The Am Ngu Hanh Son Festival, Tuy Loan rice paper making.
Quang Tuong Art
Quang Nam (Quang Nam, Da Nang, Quang Ngai) Tuong appeared and developed from the beginning of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century.
A Tuong play performed before the public is a combination of many artistic elements such as: script, music, dance, makeup and costumes.
Tuong scripts can be divided into 4 types: Ancient Tuong, Academic Tuong - Royal Tuong, Folk Tuong and Comedy Tuong. The structure of Tuong scripts is divided into many acts, each act has many layers.
The art of makeup is the highlight and impression of Tuong with 3 main colors: white, black, red. Through the technique of "shading" used to express the character's image based on the face paint color, the lines can be recognized as a neutral or insidious character, good or evil.
The themes and ideological content of Tuong are characterized by heroic aesthetics, with examples of loyalty to the country, self-sacrifice for a great cause, and lessons about human behavior between the public and the private, between family and country.
Along with the common characteristics of Vietnamese Tuong art, Quang Tuong also has its own characteristics with famous names such as: Nguyen Hien Dinh, Tong Phuoc Pho, Nguyen Nho Tuy, Nguyen Lai.
Quang Tuong art was listed in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2015 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism with its unique values.
Non Nuoc Ngu Hanh Son stone craft
Non Nuoc stone carving village has a long history, starting from the 17th century. At that time, talented artisans from Thanh Hoa migrated to this land, bringing with them sophisticated stone carving techniques. Initially, people only exploited stone to make daily household items such as mills, rice mortars, and other labor tools. These products mainly served the self-sufficiency needs of the local community.
Over time, with the development and cultural exchange, Non Nuoc craft village began to create more diverse and sophisticated stone art products. Stone works are not only ordinary objects but also statues, reliefs, and decorations of high artistic value.
Non Nuoc artisans have combined traditional techniques with endless creativity to create products that are diverse in shape, rich in patterns, and sophisticated in every detail.
Non Nuoc stone art products are very popular and are exported to many countries around the world such as Japan, Korea, America and European countries.
Today, Non Nuoc stone carving village is not only a production site but also a famous tourist destination, attracting thousands of visitors every year.
Non Nuoc stone carving village was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2014.
Nam O fish sauce making profession
Nam O fish sauce traditional craft village (Hoa Hiep Nam ward, Lien Chieu district, Da Nang city) is a famous traditional craft village of the locality. Legend has it that in ancient times, the product was used to present to the King.
The craft village was recognized as a National Intangible Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in August 2019 and is oriented by Da Nang city to develop traditional products associated with community tourism.
According to the traditional fish sauce makers in Nam O village, it is not easy to have batches of fish sauce with the traditional flavor. Every year, Nam O people only brew fish sauce twice, in the third or seventh lunar month, because this is the time when the fish is freshest.
The fish must be anchovy, caught near the coast of Da Nang. As soon as the fish is still fresh, the villagers ferment it in jars with a ratio of 10 fish to 4 salt. Nam O people only use Sa Huynh salt (Quang Ngai) to ferment the fish sauce, because it has the right salinity.
After 12-18 months of fermentation, when the fish sauce mixture is fragrant and ripe, the villagers will filter the fish sauce. The traditional fish sauce filter is a bamboo basket, shaped like a funnel, lined with a layer of cloth, so that the filtered fish sauce is clean and clear, without any residue. When poured into the basket to filter, the fish sauce drips out drop by drop, so the locals call it "essential fish sauce."
Delicious Nam O fish sauce has a rich salty taste, mixed with the sweetness of fresh fish, a very characteristic aroma and a golden brown color. It remains clear over time and does not lose its color.
According to statistics from the People's Committee of Lien Chieu District, Nam O fish sauce craft village currently has 64 households as production members; of which, there are 10 relatively large-scale fish sauce processing facilities, 17 of which have registered their own brands. The average fish sauce consumption output from 2020 to present has reached 250 thousand liters/year; an increase of more than 4 times compared to the period in 2015.
On June 27, 2024, in Da Nang city, the Ceremony to announce the decision and receive the certificate of protection of geographical indication "Nam O" for Da Nang's Nam O fish sauce product took place.
This is the first geographical indication of Da Nang city and also one of three geographical indications for fish sauce products nationwide, including Phu Quoc fish sauce, Phan Thiet fish sauce and Nam O fish sauce.
Danang Fishing Festival
Thanh Khe District's traditional fishing festival is one of the fishing festivals of fishermen in coastal areas held annually in Da Nang city.
For generations, the Cau Ngu Festival has been a typical cultural product of the coastal communities in the Central and Southern regions of Vietnam, associated with the worship of Whale.
For the life of coastal communities, Cau Ngu Festival is the most important festival of the year, because this is a festival to pray for a good harvest - to pray for fish or to worship the fish god and ask the god to grant a year of "calm seas, full holds of fish and shrimp"...
Cau Ngu Festival not only shows the unique and regional folk cultural identity of fishermen in each locality with heritage, but also serves as an environment for preserving, enriching and promoting the diversity of national cultural identity, and is an opportunity to promote the value of Vietnamese maritime culture.
Besides, the Cau Ngu Festival is a source of historical documents and authentic evidence of the sovereignty of the sea and islands and the experience of dealing with the sea and islands of generations of Vietnamese people in the past, present and future.
Cau Ngu Festival is to pray for national peace, people's safety, calm seas and a bountiful harvest for fishermen. This is also a beautiful local cultural feature, expressing the morality of remembering the source of water, and showing gratitude to previous generations who contributed to building the fishing industry.
At the same time, the festival is also a place to preserve traditional folk art forms and is an important festival that needs to be maintained, preserved and promoted.
The Cau Ngu Festival in Da Nang city was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2016.
Art of Bai Choi
The art of Bài Chòi in Da Nang is concentrated in Cam Le district, Son Tra district, Lien Chieu district, Ngu Hanh Son district, especially in Hoa Vang district. Chơi-đánh-shou-hát are four names to describe a type of folk art: Bài Chòi.
The art of Bài Chòi in Da Nang has a strong small-stage character, full of improvisation, expressing the character and cultural characteristics of local residents, preserving the dialect, customs and practices in the Bài Chòi chants/sings.
Bài chòi activities are a unique form of entertainment for people during Tet, village festivals, ancestor worship ceremonies or Cau Ngu festivals, etc., becoming an indispensable spiritual food in the cultural life of people of all walks of life in the Central region in general and Da Nang in particular.
Bài chòi activities have a high community character in performance and enjoyment, contributing to increasing solidarity and community cohesion, bringing people closer together, contributing to strengthening solidarity and stability of society.
The art of Bài Chòi also shows humanity in many different aspects, such as parental love, teacher-student love, husband-wife love, filial piety..., educating people about ethics, personality, love for homeland, country, love between couples... guiding people towards values and noble moral standards.
Currently, the folk art heritage of Bài Chòi is being preserved and promoted in association with the system of historical and cultural relics in the city, combined with the organization of traditional festivals at the relics with Bài Chòi festivals and other entertainment activities to attract tourists.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recognized the art of Bài Chòi in Da Nang city as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2016.
Quan The Am Ngu Hanh Son Festival
The Ngu Hanh Son Quan The Am Festival (also known as Quan Am Festival) is held in Hoa Hai ward, Ngu Hanh Son district, Da Nang city.
The festival was formed when Venerable Thich Phap Nhan (founder of Quan The Am Pagoda) discovered a stalactite statue of Quan The Am, holding a vase of nectar, completely natural, very complete, as tall as a real person in a cave on Kim Son Mountain - one of the five mountains of Ngu Hanh Son. The Venerable named it Quan Am Cave, at the same time, he built a pagoda right next to the cave, leaning against Kim Son Mountain and named it Quan The Am Pagoda to praise Quan The Am's position.
Since then, on the feast days of Quan The Am, local people and visitors from all over the world come here to worship in great numbers. In order to meet the religious needs of Buddhists and the local community, the Buddhist Venerables at that time unanimously chose February 19 (Lunar calendar) every year (His Birthday), pagodas in Ngu Hanh Son area gathered at Quan The Am pagoda to celebrate the feast day of Quan The Am Buddha and consider this as a place to worship Him.
The Quan The Am Ngu Hanh Son Festival is imbued with Buddhist religious beliefs, associated with the special national relic - Ngu Hanh Son Scenic Relic, is the crystallization of Buddhist cultural values with the traditional culture of the Vietnamese people.
The festival meets the spiritual needs of the community, guiding people towards goodness, uniting together to build a peaceful and happy life. Folk rituals express the morality of drinking water, remembering its source, remembering and showing gratitude to those who have contributed to the country and the community.
Although the Quan The Am Ngu Hanh Son Festival has Buddhist colors, it honors traditional cultural values, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of the Vietnamese people.
The Quan The Am Ngu Hanh Son Festival celebrates and honors the cultural values and community strength of the social environment in which it exists, is the glue that creates community cohesion, nurtures a sense of attachment to the homeland, educates and raises people's awareness of the traditional cultural values of the nation.
With the above typical values, the Ngu Hanh Son Quan The Am Festival was included in the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism according to Decision No. 601/QD-BVHTTDL dated February 3, 2021.
Tuy Loan rice paper making profession
Tuy Loan rice paper craft village is located in Tuy Loan ancient village, Hoa Phong commune, Hoa Vang district, Da Nang city, about 500 years old.
Currently, in Hoa Phong commune, Hoa Vang district, there are 15 households maintaining the traditional rice paper making profession, mainly concentrated in Tuy Loan village.
Every Lunar New Year, over 40 households in Hoa Phong commune participate in making rice paper to meet the demand for rice paper in the market. Currently, Tuy Loan rice paper has been copyrighted.
Tuy Loan rice paper is made entirely by hand and the villagers only make one type of grilled rice paper. To make a rice paper, it must go through many different stages, each stage requires the worker to be experienced and proficient.
Tuy Loan rice paper is mainly made from rice flour and other ingredients such as sesame (white sesame), ginger, garlic, sugar, fish sauce, salt..., creating a unique flavor for the rice paper.
The fact that the traditional craft village of Tuy Loan rice paper making was listed in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2024 has created more buzz for a centuries-old craft village in Da Nang, and is also an essential condition for the locality to continue to preserve, maintain and further promote the value of this craft village./.
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