The Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center has just restored and introduced lost ancient Mid-Autumn lantern models through the program "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" in 2023.
With the theme "Sparkling Autumn Lights", the program was organized to contribute to creating a unique playground, helping children and tourists have more experiences and understand more about history, culture in general and Mid-Autumn Festival in particular.
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| The ancient Mid-Autumn Festival space at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Site. (Source: VNA) |
Here, children and visitors will be able to participate in many useful activities, such as visiting the space displaying traditional Mid-Autumn lanterns in the form of stalls on the ancient street.
Based on valuable sources of foreign researchers such as Henri Oger, Albert Kant; Quai Branly Museum (France)... The Center has coordinated with cultural researcher Trinh Bach and artisans from traditional Mid-Autumn lantern-making villages in Hanoi Old Quarter, Thanh Oai (Hanoi), Bao Dap (Nam Dinh), Dong Ho (Bac Ninh)... to restore ancient lantern models that have been lost from traditional materials such as Do paper, crepe paper, cellophane, bamboo strips, rattan, glue...
The most prominent are carp transforming into dragon lamp, carp watching the moon lamp, live crab lamp, cooked crab lamp, rabbit lamp, butterfly lamp, shrimp lamp, drum lamp...
Next to it are stalls displaying traditional Mid-Autumn toys such as paper doctors, moon-watching stick-beaters, papier-mâché masks, lion heads, frog drums, rattles, tin ships, drumming rabbits, figurines, stuffed swans...
Visiting the exhibition area, children will learn more about old toys and appreciate the culture of the nation. For grandparents and parents, it is also an opportunity to recall their own childhood.
Visitors coming here can also check-in in front of the colorful, sparkling streets in an extremely quiet and ancient citadel architectural space that can only be found in Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
In addition, the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center also organizes useful interactive activities for children such as making Mid-Autumn lanterns (star lanterns, rabbit lanterns, and revolving lanterns), making moon cakes, painting masks, making paper kites, and performing unique lion dances.
Artisan Nguyen Thi Tuyen, who specializes in making paper doctors and moon-watching stick players; artisan Nguyen Van Quyen, who specializes in making lanterns and star lanterns; artisan Dang Van Khang, who makes clay figurines, will interact and guide the experience for children and tourists...
On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival 2023, the program "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" is organized to contribute to creating a unique playground, bringing children and tourists experiences and understanding more about cultural history in general and Mid-Autumn Festival in particular.
Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four biggest festivals of Vietnamese people. In ancient times, farmers often watched the moon, predicted the weather, and predicted the harvest. Since the Ly Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival has become a national festival, taking place simultaneously in the royal court and among the people. In addition to important royal ceremonies, the king also held a three-day festival for the people to enjoy. Everywhere in the Thang Long citadel was decorated with brocade, lights and flowers. In later feudal dynasties, Mid-Autumn Festival was still an important festival for the royal family and the country. In addition to traditional folk festivals, families often prepared offerings to their ancestors during the day and set up offerings to enjoy the moon in the evening. |
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