Festivals in Haiphong City

Objects of worship: Tran Hung Dao, An sinh vuong Tran Lieu (the father of Tran Hung Dao), Tue Tinh (famous physician). Characteristics: Worshipping, incense-offering ceremony, swinging, dum singing, cock fighting, Chinese chess.

Festivals in Haiphong City

An Lu Temple Festival
Time: The 11th day of the eleventh lunar month. 
Place: An Lu Commune, Thuy Nguyen District, Haiphong City. 
Objects of worship: Tran Hung Dao, An sinh vuong Tran Lieu (the father of Tran Hung Dao), Tue Tinh (famous physician). 
Characteristics: Worshipping, incense-offering ceremony, swinging, dum singing, cock fighting, Chinese chess.      

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Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival
Time: The 9th day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Do Son Dist., Haiphong City. 
Objects of worship: Water genie. 
Characteristics: Buffalo fighting, the cult of water genie.      

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Dong Ly Communal House Festival
Time: 8th to the 12th day of the first lunar month.
Place: My Dong Commune, Thuy Nguyen District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Su Quyen, general of Hai Ba Trung.
Characteristics: Procession of ancestral tablet, worshipping, Chinese chess, cock fighting.      

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Dragon Boat Race Festival
Time: April 1 (by solar calender).
Place: Cat Ba Town, Cat Hai District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: President Ho Chi Minh interested in fishing work.
Characteristics: Boat race celebrates the day President Ho Chi Minh paid a visit to Cat Ba fishing village in 1959 and that day is also the traditional day of aquiculture.      ________________________________________

Du Hang Communal House Festival

Time: The 18th day of the second lunar month. 
Place: Du Hang Kenh Ward, Le Chan District, Haiphong City. 
Objects of worship: Ngo Quyen. 
Characteristics: Cheo singing, ca tru singing, chau van singing

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Earth firecracker Festival
 Time: 3rd day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Tan Hung, Tam Da, Tan Lien Communes, Vinh Bao District, Haiphong City.
Characteristics: Earth firecracker contest. Each earth firecracker is refined carefully, 25kg to 30kg in weight. After the starting signal, players lift earth firecracker high then beat it down. Which one has longest piece will win the prize.      

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Giai Market Festival
Time: In the morning of the 2nd day of the first lunar month.
Place: Ha Ðoi Hamlet, Tien Thanh Commune, Tien Lang District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Tran Quoc Thanh (a talented general of Tran Dynasty).
Characteristics: Festival of the beginning of a new year, selling and buying for lucky.      

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Giai Temple Festival
Time: The 20th day of the eleventh lunar month. 
Place: Tien Lang District, Haiphong City. 
Objects of worship: Two generals of Tran Dynasty - Tran Quoc Thanh and Tran Quoc Dien. 
Characteristics: Procession, worshipping; Chinese chess, cock fighting, cheo performance.      

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Ha Communal House Festival
Time: 20th day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Hong Bang District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: The Buddha, Tran Hung Dao, Tran Quoc Toan, Chua Lieu, Nguyen Cong Tru.
Characteristics: Sacrifices-offering ceremony, incense offering.      

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Ha Doi Festival (Coupling Festival)
Time: 15th day of the third lunar month.
Place:Ha Doi Village (Tien Thanh Commune) and Cam Khe Village (Toan Thang Commune), Tien Lang District, Haiphong City.
Characteristics: Making sacrifice to the village's tutelary god, "going to the field" ceremony.      

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Ha Lung Temple Festival
Time: 16th day to the 18th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Dang Hai Ward, Hai An District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Ngo Quyen, who started the age of self-control of our country, major victory in against Nam Han invaders on Bach Dang River.
Characteristics: Sacrifices - offering ceremony, incense offering, visiting the vestige of Bach Dang Stake-Yard.      

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Kha Lam Temple Festival
Time: The 3rd day of the sixth lunar month. 
Place: Kha Lam Temple, Kien An District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Princess Chieu Minh - the daughter of King Tran Thanh Tong, who had merit of building bridge, opening market, taking care of old people, assisting people in misfortune, offering all her fields and gardens to people.
Characteristics: Incense offering, recalling ceremonies, reciting the Buddhist scriptures, celebrating a requiem.      

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Nghe Temple Festival
Time:the 8th to the 10th day of the second lunar month.
Place:Le Chan District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship:Le Chan, Lady general of Hai Ba Trung.
Characteristics: A procession of headwear, vegetarian feast.      

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Nhu Thuong Communal House Festival
Time: 6th to 8th day of the third lunar month.
Place: Quoc Tuan Commune, An Duong District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Mai Thi Cau, Mai Ky Son, two siblings (children of King Mai Hac De). 
Characteristics:Wrestling, duck catching contest.      

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Pho Chieu Pagoda Festival
Time: 4th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Du Hang Kenh Ward, Le Chan District, Haiphong City.
Characteristics: Ancestor’s anniversary death.      

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Phu Xa Temple Festival
Time: The 20th day of the eighth lunar month. 
Place: Dong Hai Ward, Hai An District, Haiphong City. 
Objects of worship: Tran Hung Dao, Lady Bui Thi Tu Nhien - who kept food store house of Dai Viet army and had merit of rebuilding Phu Xa Temple. 
Characteristics: Sacrifice-offering ceremony, procession of ancestral tablet, Chinese chess, cock fighting.      

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Phuc Le Festival
Time: 2nd to 6th day of the first lunar month. 
Place: Phuc Le Commune, Thuy Nguyen District, Hai Phong City.
Characteristics: Dum singing, vegetarian-cooking contest, weaving, and traditional games.      

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Prince Consort Temple (Deo Temple) Festival
Time: the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Nui Deo Town, Thuy Nguyen District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: General Lai Van Thanh, talented General Tran Dynasty.
Characteristics: A sucrifices -offering ceremony in commemorating the merit of the General.      

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Rowing Festival
Time: 21st day of the first lunar month.
Place: Cat Hai Townlet, Cat Hai District, Haiphong.
Characteristics: Boats racing.      

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Spring Swinging Festival
Time: Tet holidays.
Place: Some regions of Thuy Nguyen and An Lao Districts, Haiphong City.
Characteristics: Swinging.      

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Tat Giang Festival (Dum singing at night on river Festival)
Time: 10th to the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Phuc Le Commune, Thuy Nguyen District, Haiphong City.
Characteristics: Singers rowing on river, songs are composed by themselves, the contest is taken place in 3 nights, who cannot make repartees is lost.      

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Thuong Doan Temple Festival
Time: the 1st to the 15th day of the third lunar month.
Place: Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Princess Lieu Hanh, Buddha.
Characteristics: Ca Tru singing and water puppetry show.      

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Trang Temple - Nguyen Binh Khiem Festival
Time: 28th day of the eleventh lunar month.
Place: Trung Am Hamlet, Ly Hoc Commune, Vinh Bao District,Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Doctorate Nguyen Binh Khiem.
Characteristics: A solemn sacrifices-offering ceremony in commemorating Doctorate Nguyen Binh Khiem takes place in the relics of. This is a big cultural event in Haiphong City and it attracts great numbers of visitors.      

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Tri Yeu Communal House Festival
Time: the 7th to the 10th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Dang Cuong Commune, An Duong District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Cao Son, Qui Minh and Chang Rong - The local genie, assist Hung King against Thuc troop.
Characteristics: Worship to the genie, contests of chung cake, giay cake, wrestling.

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Ve Pagoda Festival
Time: From the 10th to the 20th day of the eighth lunar month. 
Place: Bach Dang River Wharf, Haiphong City. 
Objects of worship: Buddha, Saint Tran (Tran Hung Dao). 
Characteristics: Saying prayers, incense-offering ceremony. Special offering is sesame rice pancake, according to the old tale, Tran Hung Dao used rice pancakes that had sesame were sprinkled copied battle map, then sent to all the army to know and study. The festival is called "strategy plan of eating full and fighting invaders".      

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Vieing for ball Festival
Time: 6th day of the first lunar month (every 3 year).
Place: Kim Son Village, Tan Trao Commune, Kien Thuy District, Haiphong City.
Objects of worship: Pham Ngu Lao, famous General of Tran Dynasty.
Characteristics: Competition among the young men in the region to vie for ball. The ball is made from bulb of banana-tree, diameter 30-40cm, and weight about 20kg.     

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Xua Market Festival
Time: The 1st day of the first lunar month.
Place: Xua Village, An Lu Commune, Thuy Nguyen District, Haiphong City.
Characteristics: The market opens in the morning of the first day of Tet, sell all kind of local agricultural products. People go to the market not only for selling and buying but also for praying lucky in trading all the year.      

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