The festival includes an exhibition of calligraphic works, food, folk games, traditional music performances and a handicraft fair showcasing products made from silk, lacquer, pottery, rattan and ornamental plants.

The 2019 Spring Calligraphy Festival kicked off yesterday in Hanoi.

Sixty ong do (calligraphers), including famous ones such as Kieu Quoc Khanh and Cung Khac Luoc, are displaying their writing skills and give calligraphic works to visitors.

The Centre for Scientific and Cultural Activities of Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam cooperates with the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports to organize the festival each year at Van (Literature) Lake next to the Temple of Literature.

This year it will run until February 17.

Tet traditions honour Kitchen Gods

For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year) festival has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 28 this year.

 

Vietnam’s tallest building to have Tet fireworks display

Saigon's Landmark 81 has been added to the list of venues where fireworks will be let off on Lunar New Year’s Eve.

 

Le Mat village brings traditional Tet to thousands

A Hanoi-based group keen on preserving the ancient values of communal houses will host its annual gathering featuring various traditional customs celebrating the Lunar New Year Festival on January 26 and 27 in the capital.

 

Visitors to experience vibrant Tet in Hanoi Old’s Quarter

Hanoi’s Old Quarter will offer opportunities to visitors to experience Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) with an array of cultural activities from January 25 to February 24.

 

Tet get-together held for Vietnamese expats in Saudi Arabia

The Embassy of Vietnam in Saudi Arabia on January 18 held a get-together for overseas Vietnamese and guest workers in the Middle East country to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

 

Source: VNA