Held regularly from 2009 to now, the festival of Hai Chau village communal house becomes a cultural activity, restoring and preserving the traditional beauty. This year's festival will be held from the 8th to 10th of the third lunar month (on April 14 to 16) with two main parts: the ceremony and the festival.
Place vestiges communal house from ancient times
The communal house in Hai Chau is hidden in the 48/46 alley Phan Chau Trinh street (Hai Chau 1 ward), located on an area of over 3,500m2. Relics of communal houses include Tien Hien church, churches of clans and Ba temple.
The historical record of Hai Chau communal house was first established in the 5th Gia Long year (1806) to worship the village tutelary god and the gentle and gentle ancestors of Nghia Loi land on the banks of Han river. After a long absence, the Hai Chau communal house festival was officially restored in 2009 and since then, has taken place annually on the 10th of the third lunar month.
Mr. Tran Van To, a long-time local resident shared, one of the beautiful symbols of ancient Vietnamese village is the communal house. The organization of the festival of Hai Chau communal house is an opportunity to honor the beauty of the communal house symbol, the place to worship the village tutelary god, worship the people who openly reclaim the village.
This is also a chance to gather the homeland's children and welcome the returning children, educate the next generations to respect, preserve the national identity, and strive to build the homeland. According to Mr. Vo Truong Anh, Chairman of Hai Chau 1 People's Committee, this is a large-scale cultural activity, so every year the locality pays special attention to, from preparation, organization as well as security assurance, order.
Up to now, the activities of Hai Chau village communal house festival have basically been approved, based on the programs implemented many years ago. This year's festival will be held from the 8th to 10th of the third lunar month (on April 14 to 16) with two main parts: the ceremony and the festival.
The ceremony took place solemnly with the ceremony and the sacrifice ceremony. The ceremony is to worship the soul. The main sacrifice ceremony is the worshiping of the tutelary genie, the precious sages, the sage of the village. The formation of the main cult and cult of the elderly is carried out by the elderly people of Hai Chau Ward 1.
Conserve to preserve for future generations
As a unique cultural activity, both traditional education "drinking water to remember the source" and showing thoughts, lifestyle and civilization in modern life, this year, Hai Chau communal house festival has many new definition.
Prominent is the People's Committee of Hai Chau District integrating the Competition of cadres, civil servants and officials of the whole district on the topic of urban culture and civilization. In particular, combining the contents of Directive 43-CT / TU on "Cultural year, urban civilization". In addition, the festival will take place in sports activities such as tug of war, dumpling dance, bumper singing, folk songs ...
Another difference of the Hai Chau village festival in 2016 is the water puppet show. According to Mr. Vo Truong Anh, currently the locality is working with Nguyen Hien Dinh Tuong Theater on water puppetry.
The purpose of this activity is to serve the needs of tourists and residents, most notably the pupils. The introduction of the water puppet repertoire in this year's program aims to educate the younger generation about inheriting and preserving local traditional values as well as traditional art forms. faded away by modern life./
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