Hue Festival 2022 to take place from June 25-30
NDO/VNA - The Hue Festival 2022 is scheduled to take place from June 25-30 with eight major programmes and
Especially, 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of the Complex of Hue Monuments as a site of world cultural heritage and the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of Nha Nhac – elegant music – as an intangible cultural heritage. According to the organizing board, spring, summer, autumn, and winter festivals will include many attractive activities to celebrate such special events.
Let’s take a look at the impressive moments captured by the Weekly in the four seasons of festivity of Hue Festival 2022.
Spring: The ceremony of setting up cay neu (a tall piece of bamboo with good luck messages) was held in January to ring in the Lunar New Year – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Spring: Xa Tac Festival took place in February to pray for national peace and prosperity and good crops and people’s well-being – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Summer: Hot air balloon performance at the end of June – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Summer: Hue-style ao dai performance – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Summer: Boats are seen on the Perfume River participating in Hon Chen Temple Festival – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Summer: Hue-style traditional art show – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Summer: Hue Lotus Festival – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Autumn: A festival of Kylin, lion and dragon dance performance in Hue City – PHOTO: HIEU TRUONG Winter: Thousands of people on December 31 got together in the center of Hue City to attend the countdown event to welcome the New Year of 2023 – PHOTO: HOANG LE Winter: An impressive performance at the event – PHOTO: HOANG LE Winter: The event attracted a lot of young people – PHOTO: HOANG LE Winter: …and foreign guests – PHOTO: HOANG LE Hue Festival 2023: Hue Festival 2023, for the second time, will take place throughout the year in Thua Thien Hue Province – PHOTO: HOANG LE