Every time the Lunar New Year comes, artisans from provinces and cities across the country compete to demonstrate their ingenuity and meticulousness in creating giant mascots to welcome the new year. Stretching across the S-shaped land, each region has mascots with distinct symbolic features.
The Year of the Dragon is approaching, the images of dragons in different provinces and cities are majestic and majestic, while others are humorous enough to make you laugh to tears. Since its launch, the “collection” of mascots has made everyone amazed, admired and created a stir on social networking sites because of the richness of shapes, sizes, materials and impressive features.
Having caused a stir with the tiger and cat mascots in previous years, Quang Tri is one of the provinces that people are looking forward to seeing the finished product. The dragon mascot in Lao Bao town (Huong Hoa, Quang Tri) is about 4.5 m high, the dragon's body is about 7 m long and weighs about 500 kg. Surrounding the majestic dragon are stylized white and blue clouds.
Quang Tri is one of the provinces where people are looking forward to seeing the finished product.
In contrast to the skinny and weak tiger mascot last year, as soon as the first images of the dragon mascot in Phu Tho in the year of the Dragon appeared, many people admired and praised it for being beautifully crafted, soft and balanced.
The dragon mascot in Phu Tho in the year of the Dragon appeared and received many compliments for being beautifully crafted, soft and balanced.
True to its name “unique Binh Duong”, the pair of dragons here are crafted from jars of the old Dai Hung kiln, which is over 160 years old. Not only creating a highlight for the occasion of the Year of the Dragon, the mascots are arranged along the road in Tuong Binh Hiep ward as a cultural symbol promoting the local traditional craft village closer to tourists. Each 27m long dragon body is assembled from 38 large jars and the details of the head, scales, legs and tail of the dragon are all designed from clay and made from thousands of jars.
True to its name "unique Binh Duong", the pair of dragons here are crafted from jars of the ancient Dai Hung kiln, over 160 years old.
Recently, the environmentally friendly dragon mascot at Nguyen Hue Flower Street Tet 2024 (Ho Chi Minh City) has gradually taken shape. With the name "Luong Long Trieu Lien" (pair of dragons worshiping lotus), each mascot has 5 dragon body segments winding along both sides of the flower street, with a length of more than 100 m and a head circumference of more than 2 m.
The dragon was startled at Aeon Mall (Tan Phu District)
The dragon mascot is shaped like a "crazy" tree at Tao Dan Park.
The dragon mascot of Nguyen Hue Flower Street is environmentally friendly, as more than 90% of the materials used in the cladding are rattan and bamboo.
With the theme of Pride in the Tradition of Father Dragon - Mother Fairy, inspired by the legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, the dragon mascot of Binh Dinh province is being built at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square, Quy Nhon City with its "majestic" demeanor, creating a strong impression on viewers. The exhibition area is large in scale, about 105 m long, nearly 40 m wide and the mascot is 7.5 m high. This area is interspersed with about 45,000 pots of ornamental plants and flowers of all kinds.
The dragon mascot of Binh Dinh province is being built at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square, Quy Nhon City with its "majestic" demeanor, making a strong impression on viewers.
Four dragon mascots in Thanh Hoa have strange and humorous shapes, “skinny and weak”, and are causing a “storm” on social networks. The majority of people think that the dragon mascot has an ugly appearance because it is “weak and stunted”, with an unbalanced body that looks like an eel.
The dragon mascot in Thanh Hoa has a strange and humorous shape, "skinny and weak", and is causing a "storm" on social networks.
Borrowing the body structure from the Western dragon and the remaining details remaining faithful to the traditional dragon image, the "baby" dragon mascot from Bac Giang is called "the happy dragon" with the meaning of wishing everyone a new year full of peace and luck.
The "baby" dragon mascot from Bac Giang is called "happy dragon" with the meaning of wishing everyone a new year full of peace and luck.
In the land of the Prince Bac Lieu, the most prominent thing at the rural market on Tet holiday is the dragon mascot made from 130 lanterns. The dragon mascot has a head 1.7 m long and a body 82 m long, the round lantern that makes up the dragon body has a diameter of 1 m.
In the land of the Prince Bac Lieu, the most prominent thing at the rural market on Tet holiday is the dragon mascot made from 130 lanterns.
The dragon mascot in Hue was inspired by royal motifs and treasures associated with the historical, cultural and people values of the ancient capital. The two dragons are arranged symmetrically to create a natural arch shape with the intention of "two dragons worshipping the moon" facing the Quoc Hoc stele, expressing the aspiration for prosperity of Hue City.
The dragon mascot in Hue is inspired by motifs and royal treasures associated with the historical, cultural and human values of the ancient capital.
In Nghe An, two dragons are carved from green trees and placed on the sidewalk of Nguyen Sy Sach Street, Vinh City. These two dragon-shaped bonsai trees are of equal size, each about 30 meters long, more than 2 meters high, and are carved into curved stone pedestals. The dragons' eyes and mouths are shaped from white plastic sheets, giving the dragons an "angry" appearance that makes many viewers laugh. After receiving many mixed opinions, the Nghe An dragon mascot has been "renovated" to have a more eye-catching appearance.
After receiving mixed opinions, the Nghe An dragon mascot has been given a "makeover" to make it look more attractive.
