Trang An Festival 2025 in Ninh Binh - A thousand-year heritage of the sacred soul of mountains and rivers

Trang An Festival 2025 is a cultural and spiritual event of special significance, held annually in Ninh Binh to pay tribute to Duc Thanh Quy Minh Dai Vuong - one of the three generals of the Hung King era who defended the Son Nam region, while also arousing the spirit of "remembering the source of water" in the community, contributing to preserving and promoting national cultural values.

More than 700 artists and actors perform at Trang An Festival 2025

This is also an opportunity to continue to honor the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex - a World Cultural and Natural Heritage recognized by UNESCO in 2014. After more than a decade, Trang An is not only a unique landscape symbol, but also a testament to Vietnam's commitment to implementing the UNESCO Convention on Heritage Protection.

Recently, the evaluation results of international and domestic research organizations show that the overall economic and cultural value of Trang An is up to 213 billion USD. This is a number of strategic significance, affirming the position of Trang An in the sustainable development planning of the Northern Delta region.

The organizers mobilized more than 100 electric cars to serve the Dragon procession.

This year's festival is organized on a large scale, including many traditional rituals such as water procession, dragon procession, incense offering at Suoi Tien Temple, combined with large-scale art programs performed by more than 700 artists and actors on nearly 20 live stages.

Unique traditional art forms from all regions such as Quan Ho, Hue Royal Court Music, Central Highlands gongs, Kim Son drum dance, Cheo singing, Xam singing... were introduced, thereby affirming the diverse cultural depth of the Vietnamese people and the ability to connect heritage with modern tourism activities.

Dragon boat procession in Trang An Festival 2025

Delegates perform the water procession ritual at Trang An Festival

Ninh Binh province continues to affirm its orientation to build Hoa Lu into a Millennium Heritage City - a regional and international center of creativity, cultural industry and tourism. As the core of this strategy, Trang An is being planned to develop not only as a key tourist destination but also as a new economic and cultural growth pole, contributing to realizing the sustainable development goals of the province and the Northern Delta region.

Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex is a perfect combination of majestic nature and historical heritage. With a system of valleys, water caves, and primeval tropical forests, Trang An is also the cradle of human culture, where human presence has been recorded for more than 30,000 years.

Delegates perform incense offering ceremony at Suoi Tien Temple

Since the Dai Co Viet State period, Trang An has been the center of history, witnessing important events in the struggle to protect national independence: from the time of King Dinh Tien Hoang, King Le resisted the Song, King Tran Thai Tong built the Vu Lam Palace in the resistance war against the Yuan-Mongol, to the resounding victories of Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue in the victory over the Qing army.

Today, Trang An continues to preserve outstanding cultural and natural values, not only for Vietnam but also for all of humanity. This is a place associated with patriotism, indomitable will and national pride. These values ​​have been passed down from the past to the present, becoming a source of inspiration and motivation to orient the future. Trang An is not only a heritage, but also a living symbol of the combination of nature, history and people, a place where sustainable values ​​are forever honored and preserved.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/le-hoi-trang-an-2025-tai-ninh-binh-di-san-ngan-nam-hon-thieng-song-nui-20250414101654783.htm