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Cultural Festivals and Travels

Quang Ba Communal House Festival

Time: the 10th day to the 12th day of the second lunar month.

Place: Quang Ba Hamlet, Quang An Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Bo Cai Royal Highest Phung Hung and 6 generals.

Characteristics: Human chess, cock fighting.

Quay Village Festival

Time: 12th day of the first lunar month.

Place: Lien Ha Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Thuy Hai, Dang Giang, Khong Chung, Tam Giang and Dong Hai.

Characteristics: giao duyen singing, cock fighting, human chess playing, blind-man's-buff, pond swimming for catching ducks.

Sai Temple Festival (Alive King procession Festival)

Time: 12th day of the first lunar month.

Place: Thuy Loi Village, Thuy Lam Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Huyen Thien Tran Vu.

Characteristics: According to the tale of Golden Tortoise that help An Duong Vuong exterminate ogre to build Co Loa Citadel. It involves a procession of alive king who is acted by an old man sitting in the palanquin.

Sua Mountain Festival

Time: the 19th day of the first lunar month.

Place:Sua Mountain (Bach Thao), Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Huyen Thien Hac Cong (Saint Hac Cong).

Characteristics: This festival originated from the swear custom of 3 hamlets: Ngoc Ha, Huu Tiep, Xuan Bieu to strengthen the union against the natural calamities and enemy-inflated destruction. People take part in the festival for meeting and entertainment: songs singing, bonsai contest, cooking steamed glutinous rice contest.