728x90 AdSpace

  • Latest News

    Thứ Năm, 12 tháng 11, 2015

    Bach Dang Festival

     Bach Dang Festival is an annual event of Quang Ninh province, which is organized every 8th March in Lunar Year at Yen Giang commune, Yen Hung District of Quang Ninh and lasts for 4 days. This is also one of the biggest festivals in Quang Ninh.
    Bach Dang Festival

    The festival celebrates victories of national heroes in Bach Dang of Vietnam such Ngo Quyen(in 938), Le Hoan (in 981), Tran Quoc Tuan (later known as Tran Hung Dao) and other commanders of Tran dynasty (in 1288).

    Bach Dang river remarked combat achievements of the heroes to fight foreign invaders. Ngo Quyen with his a barrier of large poles in the bed of the river defeated the invading forces of the Southern Han state of China and put an end to centuries of Chinese imperial domination in Vietnam in 938. Le Hoan and his arms defeated the Tong invading forces of China. Tran Hung Dao and other commanders of Tran Dynasty defeated Nguyen Mong invading forces in 1288 by using Ngo Quyen's tactic again.

    Annually, this festival is took place on holly ancient land with many great historic evidence as told above. Almost Vietnamese people believe that their prayers will become true when it’s took in holly places. Besides, the funny and heated festival is other reasons which attract ten thousands Vietnamese people in Red river delta every year.
    Bach Dang Festival 1

    Bach Dang Festival, as other festival, combines two parts. The first part is time for local people burning incense and showing their honor to Tran Hung Dao. The residents pick up a palanquin and go along the river, which is an important rite in rivers area in Vietnam. The second part of the festival belong to traditional games like boat race, wrestling, human chest, cockfight,... A play about military excercises of Tran arms was hold to remind atmosphere of the ancient fights in the pass and no longer happen today. Boat race is the biggest game which has a large number of participants. Boats in shape of leaves run very fast on the river. Visitors acclaim on both watersides. All of them wake up fighting spirit and the sceneries of  of make the festival more eventful and happier.
    • Blogger Comments
    • Facebook Comments

    0 nhận xét:

    Đăng nhận xét

    Item Reviewed: Bach Dang Festival Rating: 5 Reviewed By: Unknown
    Scroll to Top