Hoi An’s Mid-Autumn Festival - a Vietnam’s intangible cultural heritage
(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.](https://bqn.1cdn.vn/2023/09/29/images.baoquangnam.vn-storage-newsportal-2023-9-29-148755-_1.jpg)
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.
![Thien Cau dance](https://bqn.1cdn.vn/2023/09/29/images.baoquangnam.vn-storage-newsportal-2023-9-29-148755-_d2.jpg)
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.
![Part of the event](https://bqn.1cdn.vn/2023/09/29/images.baoquangnam.vn-storage-newsportal-2023-9-29-148755-_d1-01.jpg)
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Reported by K.LINH - Translated by N.VIET