The Lim festival honors love duet singing. Photo: giadinh.net.vn The annual festival takes place on February 27-28 or the 12th and 13th days of the Lunar New Year. The incense-offering rituals were organised at Hong An pagoda (Lim pagoda) on Lim Hill. The pagoda is dedicated to Nguyen Dinh Dien (Hieu Trung Hau), who invented Quan Ho. The Lim festival contributes to preserving the locality’s traditional cultural values and promoting images and tourism potential of Bac Ninh. The organising board has arranged six areas and one stage for Quan Ho singing. Quan Ho is also performed on boats, and at pagodas and communal houses in Noi Due and Lien Bao communes, and Lim town. Besides Quan Ho singing, the festival also features various folk games such as traditional wrestling, earthenware pot breaking, and bamboo swinging. The art of love duets was inscribed in UNESCO’s representative list of intangible cultural heritage in September 2009. Quan Ho is an art form that combines various elements, including music, lyrics and costumes, and features the distinctive culture of people in the region formerly called Kinh Bac. The singing represents different kinds of relationships — the relationship between male and female singers as romantic lovers, the relationship between two friendly villages and the relationship between performers and the audience. Each element helps define Quan Ho, give it life and meaning, and the resulting harmony is so much more than just a beautiful song. Source: VNA
The Lim festival dedicated to Quan Ho (traditional love duet singing) kicked off in the northern province of Bac Ninh on February 21. The annual spring festival attracted thousands of people who came from all corners of the country. Performances by local amateur artists are being held over two days on Lim hill in Tien Du district where the Lim pagoda is located. The pagoda is dedicated to Hieu Trung Hau, who invented Quan Ho. Professional singers from the Bac Ninh provincial Cultural Centre and the Bac Ninh Quan Ho Troupe will also perform on February 21 and 22 nights.…... [read more]
NDO/VNA – Thousands of people from different localities across Vietnam have gathered in Tien Du district of northern Bac Ninh province to attend the Lim festival which is dedicated to Quan Ho (love duet singing), one of the world’s intangible cultural heritages. The annual festival, which takes place on the 12th and 13th days of the Lunar New Year, this year falling on March 2-3, is held on Lim Hill where Lim Pagoda is located. The pagoda is dedicated to Hieu Trung Hau, who invented Quan Ho. According to the story told by local residents, Hieu Trung Hau, who lived…... [read more]
Thousands of people from different regions across the country have flocked to Tien Du district in northern Bac Ninh province to attend the Lim festival which is dedicated to Quan Ho (love duet singing), part of the world's intangible cultural heritage. The annual festival, which takes place on February 11 and 12 this year, is held on Lim Hill where Lim Pagoda is located. The pagoda is dedicated to Hieu Trung Hau, who invented Quan Ho. Besides Quan Ho singing, visitors are also entertained with folk games, including bamboo swinging, traditional wrestling, earthenware pot breaking and human chess. Love duet…... [read more]
This year's festival was held in the newly built Kinh Bac Cultural Centre which drew enthusiastic applause from a big audience. The festival is held annually by the Bac Ninh Culture and Information Department with the aim of preserving the ancient ways of love duet singing and highlighting the beauty of the love duets. Source: VOV... [read more]
Thousands of people from different localities across Vietnam have flocked to Tien Du district in northern Bac Ninh province to attend the Lim festival which is dedicated to Quan Ho (love duet singing), part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. The annual festival, which takes place on the 12th and 13th days of the Lunar New Year, which fell on March 2-3, is held on Lim Hill where Lim Pagoda is located. The pagoda is dedicated to Hieu Trung Hau, who invented Quan Ho. According to the story told by local residents, Hieu Trung Hau , who lived in 18th…... [read more]
