VietNamNet Bridge - Known as one of the biggest holidays of Vietnam, Mid-Autumn festival has been significant for Vietnamese families for many years. It is the symbol of family reunion and peace. On this occasion, many events will be held in Hanoi to bring you the spirit of traditional Mid-Autumn festival combined with the unique space and environment and many other exciting traditional games and activities.

“Under the Moonlight” will take place at Quang Ba temple, Lane 12, Dang Thai Mai Street on October 1, from 5 – 8 pm. 

Coming to the event, the participants can:

– Learn how to make Mid-Autumn festival moon cake with artisan Do The Manh (4th generation of Do The family).

– Learn how to make Mid-Autumn lamp with artisan Vu Van Sinh

– Learn how to make glutinous rice (to he) with artisan Dang Van Hau

– Playing Mid-Autumn traditional games

– Watch a lion dance and music performances

– Enjoy a buffet party

– Join in lotto and win big prizes

Ticket price is VND200,000/person

For more information, contact 0129 439 1095.

Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival’s Toy-Making Workshop will be held on September 29-30 at Creative Lab by UP, Creative Square, 1 Luong Yen Street.

Aiming to recreate the atmosphere of the Mid-autumn festival of the old days, the traditional toy-making workshop series “Cam den chay truoc Trung Thu” by Creative Lab by UP will bring grown-ups back to their childhood days and help kids understand more about the traditional values of the nation. The workshop consists of:

September 29

– 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm: Making lanterns from recycled materials

– 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm: Making star-shaped lanterns

– 8 pm – 10 pm: Painting Mid-autumn festival’s masks for children

September 30

– 9 am – 11 am: Painting Mid-autumn festival’s masks for children

– 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm: Making lanterns from recycled materials

– 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm: Making star-shaped lanterns

– 8 pm – 10 pm: Painting Mid-autumn festival’s masks for “grown-ups”

Capacity: 30 people/workshop

Fee: VND100,.000VND/workshop

For more information, please contact 096 899 3688.

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration with Improvisational Comedy will take place on October 1 at 2nd floor, 101A Nguyen Khuyen Street.

A celebration of Mid-Autumn festival with Improvisational comedy is a special combination of traditional comedy and improvisational comedy: the actors have been assigned the familiar, traditional roles of “chú Cuội”, “chị Hằng”, “thằng Bờm”, “Phú Ông”, “Tấm”, “Cám”…, yet there is no script and all the dialogue is improvised.

Ticket price is VND60,000 (including free beer/water from the organizer).

Tickets available at the entrance. The capacity is limited at 35 people and the show will start at 8 pm.

For ticket booking, call 098 869 3968, 096 824 6155.

The First Mid-Autumn Festival in Our Heart at Pan Pacific Hanoi, 1 Thanh Nien Road, Hanoi

Opportunities to enjoy mooncakes made by chefs at the Pan Pacific Hanoi hotel. Not only creative in design, Pan Pacific Hanoi pleases guests with a wide selection of baked mooncake flavours including lotus seed, taro, jambon, green bean, honeydew and pandan with egg yolk. Each mooncake is meticulously hand crafted using the finest ingredients to make it the perfect golden brown delight.

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration at Metropole Hanoi, 15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi, September 30, 6-9pm 

A classy buffet dinner composed of fine ingredients awaits you at the Spices Garden restaurant of the Metropole Hanoi hotel. Children will get the chance to join in the distinctive activities of the Mid-autumn festival such as lion dance, star-shaped lantern procession, and fruit tray decoration.

Mid-Autumn Festival 2017: “The Colors of Dong Thap Province” on September 30 and October 1 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

An event where participants learn more about the inland wetland Dong Thap Muoi in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta through its traditional “điệu hò” (chanties), local textile weaving techniques and cuisine. At the center of the event is the traditional activities of the Mid-autumn festival – lion dance, playing folk games, making traditional toys, mooncakes and cốm Vòng (Vietnamese green rice flakes from the famous Vòng village).

Hoi An Lantern Festival, September 30 to November 20 at Yen So Park, Hanoi

Reconstructing the poetic setting of the central Hoi An City in Hanoi, the event is definitely not-to-be-missed for youngsters who fancy a spot worth “checking-in” – as it appears on their social media pages. Immerse yourself in a light party with 10,000 illuminating lanterns – the festival opens on Sep 30 2017, FREE ENTRY for everyone!

Mid-Autumn Festival 2017 at Thang Long Imperial Citadel will take place at 19 Hoang Dieu Street from September 28 through October 4.

This year’s programme continues to present a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival featuring many useful and interesting activities for children, in particular, a school education programme which helps young kids to understand more about mid-autumn festivals of the past through documented works of the French researchers Henri Oger and Albert Kahn Museum. Children will also have a chance to talk directly to historical and cultural researchers and artisans, and experience the traditional games and craft making process.

Exhibition activities: Based on drawings by Henri Oger and precious documentary photos owned by Albert Kahn Museum in France, a space displaying toys typical of mid-autumn festival of early 20th century will be restored. The space is filled with stalls displaying traditional toys normally associated with mid-autumn festivals.

Art performances: Lion dance, water puppetry, conventional puppetry, music.

Demonstration and interaction: Coloring masks, making mid-autumn cakes, star-shaped lanterns, cylindrical lanterns, Buddhist monk lanterns, rabbit lanterns, glutinous rice figurine (tò he), paper doctors (tiến sĩ giấy) the stick-and-moon man, and making ceramic items in the shape of pets.

Artisans who will be taking part include the family of Mrs Dinh Thi Tu Anh who makes moon cakes well-known with Phuong Soat Bakery on Hang Duong Street; the family of Mr. Hoang Ba Nhat who makes masks in Thuan Thanh – Bac Ninh Province; the family of Mr. Vu Van Sinh who makes revolving lanterns in Thanh Oai – Hanoi; the family of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tuyen who makes paper doctors in Van Canh – Hanoi; the family of Mr. Do Van Ky who makes rabbit and Buddhist monk lanterns in Thuong Tin - Hanoi; the family of Mr. Luong Manh Hai from the pottery village of Bat Trang - Hanoi; and Mr. Dang Van Tien who makes glutinous rice figurines among others.

Traditional games and fun activities: carrying rice across a bamboo bridge (gánh lúa qua cầu), see-saw, boomerang, wooden horse, sack race (bao bố), tug of war (kéo co), stick-and-ball (chơi chuyền), clay crackers (pháo đất), board game (ô ăn quan), blindfolded drummer (bịt mắt đánh trống).

School education program:

– Sightseeing for a purpose: exhibition of mid-autumn festival toys late 19th and early 20th centuries; watching documentaries about traditional mid-autumn festivals through the drawings by Henri Oger; photos courtesy of Albert Kahn Museum in France about Mid-Autumn Festivals during the 1913-1916 period;

– Talk to the expert: Talking to cultural and historical researchers about the traditional mid-autumn festival and watching artisans introducing and demonstrating the production of mid-autumn festival toys;

– Experience and interaction: making mid-autumn festival toys and taking part in traditional games, watching art performances like lion dances, water puppetry, conventional puppetry and music.

Mid-Autumn Lantern Procession and Partying: featuring such activities like lion dances, lantern procession welcoming the moon, art performances, games and parties.

Tickets are VND15,000/person for students and people of 60 years old or above and VND30,000/person for adults. Children under the age of 15 are exempt from tickets.

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