Ha Nam Spring Festival - Leading the cultural beauty of Vietnam

From ancient times until now, the spring festival has been considered a unique cultural feature, an opportunity for people to honor human beings or angels. This is considered an image that brings together all the most beautiful qualities of people, helping them remember their roots, lead good people and build a peaceful and happy life. According to data from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ha Nam has 209 festivals. Most festivals take place in early spring with the key element being tradition.
 

Communal houses, temples and pagodas dominate as the main spaces for celebrating festivals in Ha Nam. In recent years, communal houses, temples and pagodas have been repaired, built and renovated, thereby promoting strong development of festival activities. Festivals in Ha Nam are often held to express religious beliefs and beliefs towards worshiped figures. These may be national heroes in the fight against foreign invaders; or cultural celebrities; or those who openly destroy wasteland to build villages and prevent natural disasters; or people who have contributed to transmitting, preserving and developing traditional crafts; or gods such as the cloud god, wind god,...

These characters are honored as gods, they have great power to protect, help and bring happiness to the village. People participating in the festival in Ha Nam all have a clear belief and devotion to the gods. Besides, they also orally pass on the history, origins and legends of the village's worshiping figures. They are always proud and respectful of these patron gods.

In village festivals in Ha Nam, people are often the main subjects. Before each festival, the villagers often hold a meeting to plan and assign tasks to each person such as: sacrificer, incense offering, communion, palanquin bearer, flag bearer, eight treasures, halberd bearer, etc. game organization and the person responsible for logistics. The master of ceremonies is usually an elderly person in the village or in the monument management board. For each person participating in the festival, it is a matter of pride and happiness, therefore, people need to comply with the requirements and pay respect to traditional rituals.
 

Festival activities during the village festival are also very diverse. Most of the games focus on exercising health, dexterity, agility and are often highly community-based. Specifically: swimming, monkey bridge, catching loaches in jars, catching ducks in ponds, blindfolded goat catching, tug of war, swinging, wrestling, etc. create a festive atmosphere full of excitement and excitement. . In addition, there are many festivals that organize sports tournaments, attracting a large number of participants. For large-scale festivals, decorations, art performances, and organization of activities are all supported by the Culture, Sports, and Tourism industry.
 

Traditional festivals in Ha Nam, although still retaining their Vietnamese identity, many festivals are facing the challenge of preserving, maintaining and recreating traditional rituals. Many festivals such as the horse running ceremony in Yen Trach village (Bac Ly, Ly Nhan) have retained the important ritual of sacrificing the god of agriculture. However, there are many other rituals that have become extinct due to lack of people to teach and continue them. For example, the ceremony to worship the god of agriculture For example, the ceremony to sacrifice to the god of agriculture in Yen Trach village includes picking up a horse's body and forming it into a raft, installing a five-colored flag and full of traditional agricultural items. This raft will then be brought to the altar of the god of agriculture to perform the sacrifice. Although many festivals still exist, many traditional games such as swimming and boat racing at Ba Danh pagoda festival (Ngoc Son, Kim Bang) and Vu Co Dai Vuong festival (Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Liem district) is also gradually losing its vibrant and fun nature as before. However, Ha Nam is still called the land of early spring festivals because other festivals here still attract a large number of tourists to participate such as: Doi Son President Festival (Tien Son commune, Duy Tien town); Tam Chuc Pagoda Festival (Ba Sao town, Kim Bang district); Ceremony of giving food to Saint Tran at Tran Thuong temple (Tran Hung Dao commune, Ly Nhan district).

It is also worth noting that many cultural and sports activities are organized in localities by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in order to restore and preserve cultural movements as well as create motivation for preserving cultural heritage. beauty in traditional festivals. The strict implementation of regulations on festival management and organization, along with propaganda work to build a positive cultural environment in traditional festivals, has helped festivals in Ha Nam maintain their many traditional rituals, while meeting the needs of community cohesion and raising people's cultural and spiritual awareness.

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