Festivals and ceremonies

Tho Ha ancient village with a typical festival in Kinh Bac
02/11/2011 04:27
Tho Ha ancient village festival. Tho Ha Village located in Van Ha Commune, Viet Yen District, Bac Giang Province, about 50km northeast of Hanoi , is considered the “sacred land”. Tho Ha village is called the cradle of culture in Kinh Bac with many typical village...
Kiep Bac Temple Festival
15/09/2011 08:23
The main day of the festival occurs on the 20th day of the 8th lunar month, but from the previous days onward, the festival attract many visitors from all over the country to the Con Son – Kiep Bac cultural and historical site in the northern province of Hai Duong. The legend...
Pilgrims flood Ba Chua Xu Temple Festival
15/09/2011 08:20
Ba Chua Xu Temple was built in 1820, at the foot of Sam Mountain, Vinh Te Commune, Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province. Ba Chua Xu Temple is constructed according to the Chinese character "quoc", has 4 square roofs, roofed with blue pile-shaped tiles. According to a legend, in the early...
Vietnam Christmas
15/09/2011 08:16
Christmas is one of the four most important festivals of the Vietnamese year, including the birthday of Buddha, the New Year and the Mid-autumn Festival. Although the Christians observed the religious rituals of Christmas. Traditional Vietnamese religions are Buddhism and the Chinese...
Yen Tu Festival
15/09/2011 08:12
Situated within the immense arched mountain range of north-eastern Vietnam, Yen Tu Mountain in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province bears at its peak the Dong Pagoda: at an altitude of 1,068m above sea level. The beauty of Yen Tu consists in the majesty of its mountains mingling with...