Hoi An is an ancient town located in the lower section of Thu Bon River, the coastal plain of Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, Da Nang City and about 30 km south. In Hoi An is still preserved a wide range of traditional festivals, such as festivals in admiration tutelary, festivals commemorate ...

What is the traditional way of telling legends at Tet? A traditional custom requires that at the approach of Tet, relatives and friends should gather around the stove where banh trung (sticky rice cakes) are cooking and tell one another legends about the Lunar New Year. The folklore flavor of the ...

Some of the customs described in this section have lost their original religious meanings but are still followed today out of "respect for tradition". They are observed to varying degrees according to the age of those involved and their social ties. How are the kitchen gods seen off to Heaven to ...

Tet Trung Thu is a wonderful, ancient festival of Vietnam that revolves around children. The Festival dates back as far as 15-20,000 years ago in Southeast Asia, and is traditionally held on the 15th day of the 8th Lunar Month. An important to families in Vietnam for many years, originally this ...

The Tet holiday is not just a single day of a new year celebration but includes weeks of preparation and days thereafter reserved for visiting family and friends to wish them well in the new year.  For children this is a great time of the year because a simple new ...

Tet Trung Thu (Mid Autumn Festival) is quickly upon us. Being a predominantly agricultural society, Tet Trung Thu is one of the most important festivals in Vietnam to mark the end of the harvest season. Like many harvest moon festivals celebrated in Asia, it is held in the eighth lunar month and ...

Attending a three-day Festival in Keo Pagoda, you can experience lots of traditional rituals, religious ceremonies and cultural performances which reflect the lifestyle of inhabitants along the banks of the North Delta of the Red River.       The legend...  Come back to the history, legend said that a humble fisherman in the 11th century achieved enlightenment ...

Tourists are always greeted to take part in Thay Pagoda Festival, which is yearly held in a nature-gifted picturesque landscape.    Overview  Well situated in the shadows of Sai Son Mountain, Thay Pagoda lies in a tranquil and beautiful village, which is only around 40km west of Hanoi. The festival, officially held annually on the ...

Being held annually from the 10th to the 12th day of the second lunar month, the Saint Chu Dong Tu is a popular religious festival celebrating Godfather Chu Dong Tu, who discovered culture, conquered marsh, and developed agriculture and trade in the Vietnamese society. The Saint Festival. The festival is a joyful occasion ...

If you have a chance to Dak Lak Province in springtime, you should not miss the Elephant Race Festival, normally celebrated in the third lunar month. Attending the festival, you will be lived in the boisterous atmosphere of the echo of gongs and the spectacular performances of the elephants from ...

Annually held after Tet Holiday, Co Loa Festival pays homage to King An Duong Vuong who built the Au Lac Kingdom and the Co Loa Citadel to fight the battle against enemies in III B.C.   Co Loa Festival Taking place from the 6th to the 16th day of the Lunar New Year at ...

According to ancient customs of the people of ethinic minority groups in the Central Hightlands, the deceased are preserved in grave-houses. The hut is usually stocked with personal belongings of the dead. Two or there years afterwards, family members remove the hut and buil a new, larger wooden house. The grave-house ...

  There is a Vietnamese saying: "We have the Father's Festival in August and the Mother's Festival in March." The Mother's Festival is held in the Phu Giay Temple which is dedicated to a female genius, Lieu Hanh.  Phu Giay festival takes place annually from the 1st to the 10th of the ...

The more popular name for the Vietnamese New Year is Tet, where as the formal name is Nguyen-dan. Tet is a very inportant festival because it provides one of the few breaks in the agricultural year, as it falls between the harvesting of the crops and the sowing of the ...

A popular saying goes: "Even after 100 years of virtuous religious life, if you don't come to Yen Tu you cannot be called a true religious person". Pilgrimage to Yen Tu Festival in respect of Buddha and sightseeing is so meaningful... Situated within the immense arched mountain range of north-eastern Vietnam, Yen Tu ...