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Opening ceremony of the program “The past and present Dragon Boat Festival” in 2022

Hanoi is unique with the program “The past and present Lunar New Year” in 2022

On June 1, the Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center – Hanoi opened the program “The past and present Doan Ngo festival” in 2022 at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel heritage site. Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung attended the program.

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Delegates cut the opening ribbon

The main highlight of this year’s program is the display and experimentation of the fan ceremony in the ancient palace. For the first time, Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center – Hanoi recreating the space of the ceremony of giving fans in the Royal Palace on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

Members of the Thang Long Cultural Heritage Association participated in the fan-giving ceremony. The participants were all dressed in old royal clothes, practiced the rituals and received the fans bestowed by the King. The ceremony takes place in solemnity, leaving many emotions and impressions on the viewers.

In the royal court, under the Le dynasty, the King and the court solemnly held ancestral sacrifice rituals, regular court ceremonies, and bestowed banquets and fans to the mandarins, demonstrating the authority of the heavenly son and carrying deep human values. sharp. Rituals were held at Thai Mieu and Chi Kinh Palace. On the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a special ceremony that is the ceremony of giving fans. The King proceeded to give fans to the mandarins. The ceremony of giving fans to the mandarins is held to show the authority of the divine son.

To prepare for this ceremony, the court assigned the Ministry of Households to allocate wages to prepare the fan board on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Dao Xa village belongs to Ngoc Department general, Duong An district, Thuong Hong district, ancient Hai Duong town (now Dao Fan village, Bai Say commune, An Thi district, Hung Yen province) was assigned the task of making fan boards.

After the fan was finished, he was allowed to enter the Temple of Literature, the Temple of Literature, and the King ordered it to be given to His Royal Highness, the Prince, the incumbent literary and martial mandarin, the military garrison, and the Ministry’s team. In the hot weather of the Lunar New Year, the ceremony of giving a fan is an expression of the king’s special care for the mandarins. The king’s grace to bestow fans also has a profound meaning to bestow “Blessings, Health, and Peace”.

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Reenactment of the fan ceremony

Hanoi displays fan collection by artist Duong Van Doan

Also in the program, the Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center – Hanoi also displayed a fan collection of artisan Duong Van Doan; display a royal fan with a size of 2.4m with a poem by King Le Hien Tong written on the fan in 1503; displays a number of fans for kings, queens, and mandarins adapted from various sources. Visitors can also experience fan making under the guidance of artisan Duong Van Doan.

In addition, coming to the exhibition space, visitors can also learn about the unique customs of the Dragon Boat Festival such as: the custom of “killing insects”, the custom of wearing five-color charms through restored five-color amulets. Based on artifacts being kept at the Quai Branly Museum (France) and the colorful space of a shop on the old Hang Miu street, the custom of picking Southern medicinal herbs promotes folk knowledge using herbs for health care. human health… through the display system of artifacts, panels, interpretive paintings.

In particular, within the framework of the program, visitors can also listen to historian Le Van Lan talk about the Doan Ngo New Year rituals in the old palace, culinary artist Nguyen Anh Tuyet introduces the custom of “killing insects” in the festival. On Doan Ngo Day, artisan Duong Van Doan introduces the process of making fans…

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Artists guide visitors to experience making fans

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Quang, Director of Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center – Hanoi said: “The program “Doan Ngo Tet past and present” in 2022 aims to honor the cultural traditions of the nation, promote the value of royal culture of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, with the desire to bring to visitors with unique tourism products, imbued with traditional culture”

Visitors will have the experience and better understanding of the fine traditional culture of the nation. The Dragon Boat Festival program will become an annual event held at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, contributing to preserving and promoting the values ​​of traditional customs and traditions, especially educating the young generation to understand. and love the culture imbued with Vietnamese national identity.

On this occasion, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center presented the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center with 4 sycamore plants to plant in the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long. This is a precious tree, associated with the land of the ancient capital of Hue. The four corn plants are the feelings and hearts of the Hue people for the capital Hanoi, which is even more meaningful when planted in the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.

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