The Trung Sisters Festival

As I mentioned in the previous about the Trung Sisters, in the memory and to express the appreciation of the Trung Sisters' devotion to our country, every year, the Trung Sisters Festival is organized in the 6th of the first lunar month at their hometown - Me Linh, Hanoi.

Some highlights about the festival are presented by Vietnam Visa Easy as below:

The festival starts with kingdom palanquin procession, war elephants, and gifts from Ha Loi communal house to the Trung Sisters’ Temple. The procession took place in the jubilant, boisterous atmosphere, colorful flags, the drums, cymbals, and melodious octets.

Thousands of people attending the kingdom palanquin procession at The Trung Sister Festival

The prestigious and righteous elders of the village were selected to play drum, gong on the festival. Two suites of palanquin were carried by beautiful healthy girls of the village.

At two sides of the road, the local people set up altars in front of the door to welcome the procession. Everyone respects and commemorates the great uprising against northern invaders of the Trung Sisters.

After the ceremony was a festival with folk dances, wrestling, and traditional games of the country such as swinging, beating clay pots...

Vietnamese styled wrestle is an important part of The Trung Sister Festival.

The Trung Sisters Festival not only has spiritual sense but also traditional culture event, honoring the earth, mountains, and rivers, nation; honoring the Trung Sisters as a typical model for proficient, loyal, heroic Vietnamese women;

The festival is also one of the festivities opening a new year full of festivals throughout the Vietnam countryside, attracting thousands of locals and visitors.

The Trung Sisters Festival is a beauty of Vietnamese tradition that women are respected and honored in our culture.

Comments

Bánh Trôi Nước (Floating Rice Cake) - by Ho Xuan Huong

Bánh Trôi Nước (cake that floats in water) is a little sugary ball of sticky rice with either red-bean-paste or coconut-paste center. As a metaphor, bánh trôi nước is used to speak about a woman's fate in Vietnam during the old days. The poem was written by Ho Xuan Huong, who is known as "The Goddess of Vietnamese Nom Poem". An illustrated portrait of poet Ho Xuan Huong (source: Internet) Poem "Banh Troi Nuoc" in Vietnamese (on the left) and English (on the right). Illustrated by Quang Phan (the background is from the internet). P.s: A recipe for bánh trôi nước can be found here in case you are interested! :D

Hai Bà Trưng: The Story of Vietnam's Elephant-Riding Warrior Princesses

M any women have been instrumental in resisting foreign domination throughout Vietnamese history. Hai Bà Trưng (the Trung sisters) are among the most renown. They are considered as the two first national wartime heroines. They are forever etched in the hearts of the Vietnamese for having led a rebellion against the early Chinese domination of the country. Their story below is introduced by The Cultural trip. The original version can be found by this link . Hai Bà Trưng in the battle with the Han Empire The peaceful Trieu Dynasty of Nam-Viet was defeated by the Chinese in 111 B.C., and the Han Empire sought to annex all of Nam-Viet as part of its territory. They divided the country into smaller districts and assigned a puppet Vietnamese leader for each, all of whom were to answer directly to the Chinese governor, To Dinh. The two Trung sisters, Trung Trac, and Trung Nhi, were born to a general of one of the districts, Giao Chi, in rural Northern Vietnam, and despite Chinese ...

Chơi Chuyền - Bamboo Jacks, Game of Every Vietnamese Girl

I remember when I was still in elementary school, we did not have a lot of access to technology, so as video games or social networks like kids these days. Vietnamese traditional games were still popular back then, and they were our only choices for entertaining during the breaks. I hardly played the following game – Chơi Chuyền , because it was supposed for girls (please do not say I sexually discriminated, it was like it used to be though). Chơi Chuyền is now a popular activity at some festivals, but not in daily lives. Source: internet Chơi Chuyền includes ten thin, well sharpened, round bamboo sticks and a ball, which traditionally is a fig, a miniature variety of eggplant, a small rock or a clod of clay. Nowadays, tennis balls are used instead. The player tosses the ball into the air. While the ball is in the air, she must quickly pick up the sticks and then catch the ball. Players often sing along a nonsense rhyme: "Cai m...

Women of Vietnam

Search This Blog