Mid-Autumn Festival lights up Hanoi’s Old Quarter
A variety of fascinating activities will be organized to bring meaningful experiences to visitors, the locals and especially the children in the capital to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
A range of cultural activities are getting underway in Hanoi’s Old Quarter from September 7 to 10 to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival 2022 that falls on September 10 this year.
The event features stalls selling products and toys for the traditional festival, cultural and art performances, and folk games. A highlight of the festival includes a contest of arranging mid-autumn offering trays and a procession of lanterns.
The festival will take place at Hang Ma traditional mid-autumn market, Dong Xuan Market as well as the Hang Dao - Hang Giay walking area, Phung Hung mural street, the Hoan Kiem Lake walking space and its vicinity.
Organisers expect to honour local artisans who make traditional items such as lanterns, masks and other toys for the Mid-Autumn Festival. They also want to create a playground for children to take part in folk games and learn more about the traditional culture.
During the four-day festival, a space will be erected at the Heritage House at 87 Ma May street to showcase trays of offerings, including fruits and moon cakes, prepared by typical Hanoian families during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Traditional toys will also be introduced to both locals and tourists at Kim Ngan Communal House at 42 - 44 Hang Bac street, as well as the Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center at 50 Dao Duy Tu street.
At these venues, artisans will educate visitors on how to make To He or rice-powder toy figurines, and to produce star-shaped lanterns. Moreover, several art performances will be held in front of Dong Xuan market, along with folk games and a lantern procession which will get underway in the walking space around Hoan Kiem, also known as the Returned Sword Lake.
