Festivals
Traveling in Hai Phong festival season, visitors not only enjoy having fun and entertainment with many interesting activities but also have the opportunity to learn more about the culture of this land.
Hai Phong Buffalo Fighting Festival
Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival is one of the extremely popular Hai Phong festivals, is a traditional cultural activity, of national stature, and is attended by a large number of people every year. The feature of the festival is the image of buffaloes rushing towards each other, showing their strength and also showing the chivalrous spirit of the people here.
The festival took place with many activities imbued with national identity. The opening dance was divided into two rows by 24 young men of the village, both flexible and powerful, with the colors changing flexibly and fancifully in the sounds of drums and la la. In the words of the elders, the sound of drums and claps has the effect of creating an atmosphere in the yard to urge the "buffaloes" to compete more fiercely. With the flag dance, the flags are swung up and down strongly, decisively, rhythmically, sometimes crisscrossing each other like two armies fighting, showing the bravery of people fighting the sea
At exactly 8 o'clock, the sound of drums and gongs to open the festival, translate loudspeakers to call the "buffaloes" into the battle sounded. From the two north-south gates of the ring, each pair of buffaloes is led out to stand at the foot of the Ngu Phung flagpole (on both sides). When the signal was issued, the two buffaloes moved closer together, about 20 meters apart. At the next command, the buffalo driver suddenly pulled out the nose string, and the two buffaloes rushed into each other to start a match
Time: 9/8 lunar calendar every year
Address: Do Son Stadium, Do Son District, Hai Phong
Hai Phong red phoenix flower festival
This is a festival in Hai Phong held to serve the promotion of tourism, each year will be designed with its own themes associated with the red phoenix flower - the symbol of Hai Phong, with unique art performances. including drums festival, dragon dance, carnaval parade, epic art performance....
Time: Usually held every year from May 7 to 13
Address: Hai Phong City Opera House
Hai Phong Boat Racing Festival
Dragon boat racing is a famous Cat Ba festival, becoming an impressive traditional image of seafaring fishermen in Hai Phong. The main event of the festival is the thrilling boat races, implying the wish for a favorable year of rain, wind, calm waves and calm seas so that fishermen can go out to sea to fish and do well.
Sea racing dragon boat has a diamond shape 11m long, 1.5m wide, built very well. Each boat has from 22 to 26 people. At the beginning of the competition was a tug of war between the fleets of boats at sea. After the tug-of-war performance, the roofless baskets were shaken by fishermen from the South Central Coast. Next is dragon boat racing. The race track is 1km long with signal flags at both ends, the racing boat will have to go 3 or 4 laps, the boat that reaches the finish line first will win the prize.
Time: April 1 every year
Address: Cat Ba, Hai Phong city.
Hai Phong festival hits ground cannon
The land firecracker festival is usually held in the fall. In the competition, clay cannons must be made from the soil at the bottom of the river, kneaded very soft and smooth, turning pink and shiny like wax before they can be used to mold firecrackers. All participants are allowed to fire cannon, each neck consists of 3-4 people, receive from 25-30kg of land to compete in making fast firecrackers.
Time: Usually held on the 3rd day of the 8th lunar month
Address: The communes of Tan Hung, Tam Da, Tan Lien, Vinh Bao district, Hai Phong city
Hai Phong Festival to process Mr. Bo's pig
The festival takes place extremely excitingly when the pig that has just been slaughtered will be cleaned, placed on a tray in a fresh state, beautifully decorated with five fruits, banh day... and carried out in a procession throughout the journey in an hour. Village drums and music team.
Time:10th day of the first lunar month
Address: Ky Son, Hai Phong
Hai Phong Festival to pray for fish - procession of yellow fish
This is a unique festival with unique characteristics of Hai Phong fishermen to convey their wish for favorable rain, calm waves, a bountiful harvest, and safe sailing. The festival also shows the spiritual beliefs of worshiping the golden shark - the largest fish in the croaker family, with high nutritional and economic value and rarity, dating back to ancient times.
Time: Usually held once every 3 yearsafter the Lunar New Year
Address: At Ngoc Tinh Cultural Village, Tan Trao Commune, Kien Thuy District, Hai Phong City