Hoi An’s Mid-Autumn Festival - a Vietnam’s intangible cultural heritage

QNN• 29/09/2023 21:37

(QNO) - A ceremony of receiving the title "National Intangible Cultural Heritage For Hoi An’s Mid-Autumn Festival" was solemnly held in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province on the evening of September 28.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong (left) and the leader of Hoi An city.

The event was opened with the Thien Cau (Tengue) dance. It re-enacts the image of tengu spitting out the moon, signaling a good harvest and a peaceful life.

According to Director of Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation Pham Phu Ngoc, the Hoi An’s Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing tradition, social customs and beliefs formed on the basis of the local cultural characteristics and attached to the development of Hoi An urban - commercial port.

The Hoi An’s Mid-Autumn takes place on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month in Hoi An ancient town, attracting a lot of local people and visitors.

Hoi An’s Mid-Autumn Festival was recognized as a National intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam on February 28, 2023.