The Fish Festival 2023, also known as Khau Rang festival of the Tay people in Yen Minh district was held on a district scale with many activities such as: Fish racing, hand-catching fish competition, fish bile taking competition, wrapping banh chung with fish fillings, grilling field carp, making corn wine with leaf yeast...

The festival contributes to promoting the image of people and resources, typical and unique tourism products of Yen Minh district, attracting a large number of tourists.

According to legend, two Tay leaders, Nguyen Vien Rich and Nguyen Vien Quang, brought their Tay relatives and people to Mau Due commune to explore and live in valleys next to rivers and streams. They cultivated effectively in the fields and invented the practice of releasing carp into rice fields. With high productivity, this practice was widely replicated. Every year, on September 9, Tay families in Mau Due commune, Yen Minh district, both rich or poor, make a decent meal of rice and fish and invite their relatives to come to enjoy the meal.

The Fish Festival has a unique identity of the Tay community in Yen Minh district and it has been maintained until today with the desire to pray for good weather, good harvests and to give thanks to the ancestors for teaching people how to grow wet rice.

Besides satisfying the needs of spiritual life, this is also an opportunity for children in the village to wear new clothes, for young men and women to have the opportunity to get to know each other, and most especially, the Fish Tet has created extremely diverse culinary, cultural and artistic activities.

After the ceremony to honor their ancestors, families enjoy feasts filled with dishes from field carp. Strong fragrant leaves-fermented corn wine is brought out by the homeowner to invite in-laws, neighbors, and friends to reunite. In the cozy atmosphere of family reunion, everyone is excited because the harvest is good, the village and family have a prosperous life.

Because of these beautiful meanings, the Fish Festival of the Tay people in Yen Minh district was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2016.

To "turn heritage into assets", the 2023 Fish Festival was organized on a district-level scale by Yen Minh district on October 22. Because it was held during the buckwheat flower season, the festival attracted thousands of tourists who came to visit and experience unique and attractive activities such as fish competitions held in the wide stream flowing through the area.

Almost every house in the district raises field carp. When the rice season comes, people drain the water to catch fish and they choose the biggest and strongest ones to bring to the festival to participate in various activities such as fish competition, catching fish by hand, fish bile poking competition, wrapping Chung cake filled with fish; making leaf yeast corn wine.

The organization of the Fish Festival not only motivates people to enthusiastically work, encourage livestock development and increase income, but also promotes the image of people, resources, typical products and unique tourism products of the district to people across the country.