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<\/a><\/p>\nLantern procession under the moon light <\/i><\/p>\n
However, traditional celebration of the festival has faded under the impact of modern life, and remains vivid only in the distant memory of the elderly people. Children today rarely take any keen interest in the traditional toys made manually by the skilled hands of the craftspeople from different parts of the countries. Very few artisans and craftspeople are working with their whole hearts and minds to keep alive a tradition of the past both to make ends meet and to safeguard \u201cthe spirit of the Mid-Autumn Festival\u201d.<\/p>\n
For this year, with a view to giving visitors and children in particular interesting yet rewarding experience, the Th\u0103ng Long-H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i Heritage Conservation Centre has worked closely with the folk artisans to organize an event called \u201cCelebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2016\u201d at the Imperial Citadel of Th\u0103ng Long. The programme is to take place between 9 November and 11 November 2016, featuring many traditional cultural activities imbued with the national identities so as to contribute to the conservation of the intangible cultural heritage of Th\u0103ng Long – H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i.<\/p>\n
In the spacious open area of the Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel, children with have a chance to enjoy puppetry shows, lion dances performed respectively by the puppeteers of T\u1ebf Ti\u00eau guild and the lion dancers of Tri\u1ec1u Kh\u00fac village. Various traditional folk games are also revived for children to partake in the celebration. These games include carrying rice across a bamboo bridge, seesaw, tug of war, boomerang, wooden horse, stick-and-ball (ch\u01a1i chuy\u1ec1n), board game (\u00f4 \u0103n quan), clay crackers, blindfolded drummer (b\u1ecbt m\u1eaft \u0111\u00e1nh tr\u1ed1ng) and sack race (nh\u1ea3y bao b\u1ed1).<\/p>\n
Lion dance<\/i><\/p>\n Apart from indulging in various types of entertainment, children will also have a chance to watch the artisans making traditional toys and moon cakes. They will be shown how to produce these products on their own as well as to experience the art of making masks, star-shaped lanterns, rabbit lanterns, revolving lanterns, glutinous rice figurines (T\u00f2 he); paper scholars (Ti\u1ebfn s\u1ef9 gi\u1ea5y) and announcers. They will also be trying their hands on the ceramicware of B\u00e1t Tr\u00e0ng, creating animals and items from clay.<\/p>\n Learning to make pottery <\/i><\/p>\n Visitors may well engage in small talks with many famous artisans such as Ms \u0110inh Th\u1ecb T\u00fa Anh from Ph\u01b0\u01a1ng So\u00e1t Bakery in H\u00e0ng \u0110\u01b0\u1eddng Street; Mr Ho\u00e0ng B\u00e1 Nh\u1ea5t \u2013 the mask maker from Thu\u1eadn Th\u00e0nh – B\u1eafc Ninh; Mr V\u0169 V\u0103n Sinh \u2013 the lantern maker from Thanh Oai – H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i; Ms Nguy\u1ec5n Th\u1ecb Tuy\u1ebfn \u2013 the famous maker of paper scholars from V\u00e2n Canh – H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i; Mr \u0110\u1ed7 V\u0103n K\u1ef3 the maker of rabbit and bonze lanterns from Th\u01b0\u1eddng T\u00edn – H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i; Mr L\u01b0\u01a1ng M\u1ea1nh H\u1ea3i \u2013 the potter of B\u00e1t Tr\u00e0ng ceramic village; Mr \u0110\u1eb7ng V\u0103n Ti\u00ean, the maker of rice figurines (t\u00f2 he), among others.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n