The Lunar New Year is an important and special Lunar New Year celebration in Vietnam, as well as in some East Asian countries. The Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year, a day of reunion, looking to the roots and giving thanks along with wishes for luck and success. Lunar New Year’s Day has a lot of human and profound meanings.

In the early spring air, the trees sprouted buds and stretched out to welcome the warm air. This is also the time to close the old year and welcome the new year, so in Thang Long’s palace, many solemn New Year celebrations took place to show the dignity and power of the “Heavenly Son”.

In order to promote the value of ancient Thang Long royal court culture, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2023, the Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center – Hanoi organized a Vietnamese New Year program with the theme “The Royal Palace in Spring”. The program includes the following activities:

Homeland Spring Program 2023

The Spring Homeland Program 2023, held on January 13 and 14, 2023 for the overseas Vietnamese community, is a major political, foreign and cultural activity at the beginning of the new year 2023 to connect overseas Vietnamese. with domestic. This is a big program that attracts the participation of a large number of overseas Vietnamese from all over the world who return to their homeland to celebrate Tet, which is welcomed by overseas Vietnamese every New Year and Spring.

The key activities of the Program “Spring Homeland 2023” was held at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long such as:

+ Typical activities of the overseas Vietnamese delegation to offer incense at Kinh Thien Palace;

+ The traditional carp release ceremony at Ho Sen (the vestige of the Ancient River) in the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi,

• Location: Kinh Thien Palace and the ancient river of Le Dynasty Archaeological Site 18 Hoang Dieu.
• Organization time: 09h00 – 10h10′ on January 14, 2022.

Traditional Lunar New Year exhibition space

The space displaying traditional Tet customs shows the atmosphere of preparing for Tet and the customs of the Lunar New Year such as the custom of worshiping ancestors, the custom of hanging Tet pictures, Tet couplets, New Year wishes….

+ The space displays the atmosphere of preparing to welcome the New Year with rich traditional Tet items expressing the hope of a warm and happy spring and welcoming the new year of peace and prosperity.

+ Hanging Tet paintings has long been an elegant hobby, a beautiful traditional custom during the Lunar New Year of the Vietnamese people. Famous Tet paintings such as Hang Trong and Kim Hoang (Hanoi), Dong Ho (Bac Ninh) with colorful colors are often chosen to hang during Tet with the desire to welcome a lucky and peaceful new year.

+ The custom of worshiping on Tet holiday of the Vietnamese people towards their roots and ancestors is to show their respect, the morality of drinking water, remembering the source, and being bold in humanity, creating a sacred and warm Tet atmosphere.

In addition, there are customs imbued with national cultural identity such as: hanging couplets, setting off firecrackers for Tet, asking for the first letter of the year, celebrating the age of…

• Location: Building 19C
• Exhibition period: From January 1, 2023

Exhibition space “The Royal Palace in Spring”

According to the customs of the Vietnamese and East Asian countries, the Lunar New Year is an important holiday, the moment marking the transition between the old year and the new year. In particular, Tet in the palace also has a unique look of respect and power. One of the most important first rituals in the Lunar New Year is the Lunar New Year ceremony – a ceremonial festival of the Le dynasty, held on the first day of the New Year with the ceremony of establishing the dynasty at Kinh Thien Palace. Righteousness Ceremony is held with solemn ceremony expressing the wish for prosperity of the nation, longevity of the nation, creating an atmosphere of early spring, a new beginning with the hope of bringing good predictions. for the new year. During the Lunar New Year, 12 countries in the country offered greetings to the King. On this occasion, the King also bestowed a banquet and a spring bonus for martial arts officials. The awarding of spring bonuses shows the King’s concern for the mandarins and is deeply humane.

Therefore, visitors to the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long can not only enjoy the value of the royal cultural heritage, the space of the old Vietnamese New Year, but also preserve the moment of spring with the display of heritage flowers and plants. brilliant colors.

Location: Doan Mon area, Kinh Thien Palace, Hau Lau

Water puppet shows, puppet shows and performances for visitors:

• • Time: 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on January 23, 24, 25, and 26, 2023 (ie the 2nd to 5th of Qui Mao New Year)

  Incense offering ceremony, spring opening (January 30, 2023, the 9th day of January in the year of the Rabbit)

Wishing all visitors a Happy New Year – Prosperity – Good luck.