Artists join a performance with lanterns in Hoi An City. The ancient city and its twin town, Wernigerode, will host the ‘lantern festival’ in Wernigerode, Germany in 2023. Photo courtesy of Mai Thanh Chuong 


Hoi An said the plan was fixed in an online meeting on October 20, agreeing that the ancient town’s lantern festival will cover lantern decorations in the streets of Wernigerode, art performances, lantern-making skills demonstration, calligraphy and other hand-made trades of Hoi An.

The two cities also plan to build a Hoi An Garden at the Miniaturen Park ‘Kleiner Harz’ in Wernigerode on the occasion of the lantern festival, while an eco-road or ‘green shadow’ street will be developing in Hoi An from next year.

Cultural exchange events have been organised in both cities as part of annual co-operation programmes.

A woman poses with lanterns at a destination in Hoi An. The lantern festival is an annual cultural event in Hoi An, and the festival will be held in Germany in 2023. Photo courtesy of Huong Giang

 

In 2019, Hoi An artisans also joined the ‘lantern night’ festival in the old streets of Wernigerode, while the German Beer festival was held in Hoi An.

Wernigerode helped developed a solar-powered system for public lighting, loudspeakers and lanterns in Hoi An in 2018, before sending a donation of 23,600 euros (VND651 million, or more than US$23,000) to support flood and storm victims in Hoi An.

An artist draws on a lantern in a demonstration of lantern-making skills in Hoi An. Lanterns are one of the different crafts that will be introduced in Germany in 2023. VNS Photo Cong Thanh 


Since 2013, Hoi An, a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage city in Quang Nam Province, and Wernigerode have boosted close friendship, technology, education and sustainable tourism.

Tourism promotion images of Wernigerode, the colourful city, are decorated at ticket counters in Hoi An Town. 

Source: Vietnam News