Lanterns again bring out the best of Hoi An
Saturday, 15:28, 13/02/2016
A lantern festival is organized at An Hoi Statue Garden in the ancient town on February 2-22 to celebrate the Tet Lunar New Year.
Classes of making lanterns and folding origami-like items with bamboo leaves are available for visitors until February 14. |
Traditional houses are reproduced with lanterns. |
A monkey lantern marks the Year of Monkey. |
A lantern on An Hoi Bridge |
Another giant lantern on the bridge |
Dragon is one of the four holy creatures in Vietnamese folk culture, besides qilin, tortoise, and phoenix. |
Qilin, or ky lan in Vietnamese, is a mix of different creatures, such as dragon and lion. |
A tortoise-shaped lantern |
Lanterns illuminate An Hoi Bridge |
The Hoai River |
Lanterns can also be seen elsewhere in the ancient town |
In front of a communal house |
The town's icon Chua Cau (Pagoda Bridge) |
Besides lanterns, Hoi An celebrates Tet Lunar New Year Festival with a string of activities such as street music performances, a boat race on Hoai River and folk games. |