{"id":3103,"date":"2019-09-06T21:17:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T09:51:54","slug":"inauguration-of-the-joyful-2019-mid-autumn-festival-programme-at-thang-long-imperial-citadel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/inauguration-of-the-joyful-2019-mid-autumn-festival-programme-at-thang-long-imperial-citadel\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of the Joyful 2019 Mid-Autumn Festival Programme at Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the morning of 6 September 2019, the 2019 Mid-Autumn Festival Programme under the theme \u201cFestive Drums of Autumn Moon\u201d kicked off at Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel, attracting not only researchers, artisans, but also teachers and more than 400 pupils of the Ng\u00f4i Sao Primary and Lower Secondary School.<\/p>\n

\"2019-Mid-Autumn-01\"
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Participants attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mid-Autumn Festival started out as an agricultural ritual, especially wet rice cultivation. From the days of yore, ancient people held in very high regards two periods of time in a year:\u00a0 season onset in spring and harvest season in autumn. For the onset, they practiced praying ceremony, and for the harvest they conducted thanksgiving ceremony. These were the mores and customs of cultivating residents. These people, rejoiced at bumper crops, decided to conduct thanksgiving ceremonies as a sign of gratitude to Heaven and Earth as well as the Agricultural God and ancestors. Mid-Autumn Festival, known locally as T\u1ebft Trung thu,<\/em> is one of the most important festivals of the Vietnamese people, taking place in the middle of autumn on the 15th<\/sup> day of the eighth lunar month when the moon is roundest and brightest.<\/p>\n

Under the L\u00fd Dynasty became a festival of national stature. The ceremony was conducted by the king himself and lasted three days with such activities as ancestral worship, relatives visit, boat race, water and land puppetry. The entire capital city of Th\u0103ng Long was splendidly decorated and the festival attracted a huge turnout of people. During subsequent dynasties, T\u1ebft Trung thu<\/em> remained an important festival of not only the royalty and nobility but also of the whole country.<\/p>\n

According to tradition, households would carry out ancestral worship during the day and enjoy party and appreciate the moon at night.\u00a0The party tray often featured mooncakes of different shapes (moon, shrimp, fish, fruit) made of flour and colorfully dyed, together with other seasonal products such as young rice (c\u1ed1m), persimmons, custard apples, grapefruits, etc. On the occasion of T\u1ebft Trung thu<\/em>, people together indulged themselves in moon-gazing, merrymaking, lantern parade and partying amidst the drumbeat of the lion dances as well as the singing of tr\u1ed1ng qu\u00e2n<\/em> – a unique form of repartee, under the full-moon light.<\/p>\n

\"2019-Mid-Autumn-02\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watching performances of tr\u1ed1ng qu\u00e2n.<\/em><\/p>\n

With the purpose of reconstructing the images of traditional Mid-Autumn Festival and thus contributing to the preservation of the national culture, the Joyful Mid-Autumn Festival programme has become an annual feature at Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel where children have opportunities to take part in useful and meaningful activities to further their understanding of the roots of the Vietnamese culture.<\/p>\n

Coming to the programme at Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel, children will have a chance to take part in useful and exciting activities such as watching lion dances, listening to tr\u1ed1ng qu\u00e2n<\/em> songs, and experiencing the making of mooncakes.<\/p>\n

Another T\u1ebft Trung thu<\/em> season full of love and joy is awaiting kids at Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel.<\/p>\n

Some photos of the inauguration ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"2019-Mid-Autumn-03\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teachers and students of the inter-level school Ng\u00f4i Sao offering incense in front of the K\u00ednh Thi\u00ean Palace Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"2019-Mid-Autumn-04\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Offering incense to ancestral kings.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"2019-Mid-Autumn-05\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listening to stories about Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated in the palaces of <\/em>Th\u0103ng Long Citadel in the past.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"2019-Mid-Autumn-06\"<\/strong>
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Making mid-autumn lanterns under the instructions of artisans.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \"2019-Mid-Autumn-07\"
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Enjoying themselves to the full with traditional folk games.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"2019-Mid-Autumn-08\"
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Lion dance.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"2019-Mid-Autumn-09\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Making mooncake b\u00e1nh d\u1ebbo together.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \"2019-Mid-Autumn-10\"
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Kneading dough figurines \u2018t\u00f2 he\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Th\u0103ng Long – H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i Heritage Conservation Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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