In the face of the Covid-19 epidemic in Vietnam, Tuyen Quang province has recently decided to temporarily suspend the organization of Thanh Tuyen Mid-Autumn Festival 2020. Accordingly, the People's Committee of Tuyen Quang province issued a document to local departments and branches requesting to temporarily suspend the organization of Thanh Tuyen Festival to focus on implementing measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic and achieve the socio-economic development goals at the end of 2020.
This year's Thanh Tuyen Festival will not be held due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic.
According to the tentative plan, the 2020 Thanh Tuyen Festival and the Ceremony to receive the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Recognition Certificate for "Then Practice of the Tay, Nung, Thai People in Vietnam" are expected to take place from September 25-26 (9-10 of the 8th lunar month) with special cultural and artistic activities such as displaying and exhibiting the Then heritage of the Tay, Nung, Thai people in Vietnam and special products of localities, displaying and introducing special products, tourism products of Tuyen Quang,...
The event is expected to have the participation of 11 neighboring provinces to promote the image of the country, people, and cultural heritage values of Tuyen Quang to the people nationwide and internationally, especially the unique historical and cultural values of the revolutionary homeland.
In recent years, Thanh Tuyen Festival has attracted a large number of tourists from all over the world.
Thanh Tuyen Festival is a very unique and exclusive Mid-Autumn Festival of Tuyen Quang province, held annually. The highlight of the Festival is the giant Mid-Autumn lantern models that are handmade by the people of the residential groups and carried through the streets. The giant Mid-Autumn lantern models are all built based on historical stories, folk legends and from the practical life and production of the people in each historical period.
In the past 10 years, the festival has often attracted a large number of tourists from all over the world to attend because of its unique cultural and religious activities.
