Ancient Kinh Bac area is a land of ancient stories of culture, because of this tradition, here possesses many folk festivals. A festival is most interested, it is Lim festival in Lim town, Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province.
Over 50.000 people flock to Lim festival every year.
Lim festival is a big festival in early spring of Kinh Bac area, it is held from 12 to 14 in January every year in Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province. There is the theory that Lim festival is derived from temple festival, sing festival, related to singing of Truong Chi in the legend Truong Chi - My Nuong, there is traces of shape of Tieu Tuong river in villages in Lim area. Lim festival is festival of ancient villages which located around Lim moutain and banks of Tieu Tuong river
The old men do ceremony to open honous at Ca home village(Noi Due village, Tien Du district).
Honous procession from homevillage of Dinh Ca to Lim hill
Lim festival is temple festival of Lim village and banks of Tieu Tuong river. Lim festival became area festival in the 18th century. When proconsul of
Thanh Hoa - Nguyen Dinh Dien is a man of Dinh Ca village, Noi Due, Kinh Bac who had many merits to imperial court and he was rewarded many fortune. He donated many farms and money for Noi Due to restored temple, opened carnival, preserved fine traditions. He also built his tomb and named Hong Van shrine on Lim mountain.
The children excited when pulling white horse
Because he has many merits, when he died, people in Noi Due has worshiped him. The tomb in Hong Van shrine has name Hong Van compassion signed dating Canh Hung 30(1769), it has kept in home village of Dinh Ca village which said quite clearly the background, merits and the worship Nguyen Dinh Dien each year two opportunity on his date of birth and date of die at Hong Van shrine and Hong An pagoda on Lim moutain.Through a lot of time history , Lim festival has many cultural layers, in which held sacrificial god on one occasion, it is on January 13th, coinciding with the Lim Pagoda festival. So that, there was Lim festival.
Union procession wife of mandarin Nguyen Dinh Dien.
Nguyen Dinh Tho, 16th descendant of mandarin Nguyen Dinh Dien , he is opening ceremony at Lim hill.
8 AM on 13/1 lunar calendar every year, Lim festival is opened with ceremony procession. The procession with a large number of people in the colorful tuxedo. In the days of festival, there are many famous rituals, customs and folk games. All the members, village elders, men of the village of Noi Due to fully gather in Hong Van shrine to sacrifice gods. While ritual, there is quan ho singing to sacrifice gods.
On Lim mountain, the artist are singing ancient quan ho songs.
The brothers and sisters are singing "quan ho" on boat, infront of Lo Bao home village, Noi Due village.
To sing - worship, the brothers and sisters of Noi Due lined in front of the shrine singing count on. While singing, they are only sung to praise the merits of the gods. Lim festival went down in history, survival and development to the present day. It is prepared very careful from 9 and 10 January and is held from 11 to 14 January. The main day of the festival is 13th, with the form of procession and sacrifice of the tutelary village, the name of the female god of home at Co Lung temple, Hong Van shrine, Do Nguyen Thuy shrine. In the Nguyen and the Do shrine in Dinh Ca village, incense offerings to the Buddha, the midwife - A in Hong Van pagoda.
On Lim hill, folk games are taking place very exciting.
The wrestlers are competing in cheering of the audience
Lim festival is a big festival of Kinh Bac area, it has rich activities which almost meet the arts and cultural activities beliefs center the spirit of the festival in Bac Ninh countryside land with many folk festivals.
The festival has many folk games such as: fighting, wrestling, chess, cooking. More special is singing - the most basic and characteristic part of Lim festival, it is " singing invited betel ","singing called ferry".
Fighting cock express spectacular attacks.
Folk games Vietnam - Blindfold beating pots.
Come to Lim festival, you will come to a sky of sound, poetry and music.The traditional colorful dress, ba tam cone, quai thao cone, strip oak silk bibs, umbrellas, turban,shirt pairs embroidered floral brocade,etc. All of them like hidden spring vitality of people and things. The way of play of people in Lim area is a unique way , every gesture communication has carried with it a high cultural nuances.
Folk games: blindfolded catching goats bring laughter to players and spectators.
The festival takes place throughout in villages of Noi Due, the center is Hong Van moutain, with solemn liturgy and lots of fun , the most attractive is person-chess, weaving contest, quan ho singing.
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