Visitors to experience vibrant Tet in Hanoi Old’s Quarter
Hanoi’s Old Quarter will offer opportunities to visitors to experience Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) with an array of cultural activities from January 25 to February 24.
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi’s Old Quarter will offer opportunities tovisitors to experience Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) with anarray of cultural activities from January 25 to February 24.
The Tet celebration of a traditional Hanoian family will be demonstrated at KimNgan communal house on 42-44 Hang Bac Street. There, visitors have deeperinsight into how a meal with traditional dishes for the Giao Thua (New YearEve) is prepared.
Meanwhile, the Heritage House on 87 Ma May Street will display photos of Tetcelebrations in the past as well as introduce Vietnamese bonsai and tea culture.
An exhibition of Hang Trong, Dong Ho and Kim Hoang folk paintings will be heldat the Old Quarter Heritage Information Centre on 28 Hang Buom Street. The Cultural Exchange Centre on 50 Dao Duy TuStreet will host an exhibition on Do paper and Huong Canh pottery”.
The Old Quarter Management Board said decoration and lighting will be used onPhung Hung Mural Street and the flower market on Hang Luoc Street.-VNA
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At Phung Hung Mural Street (Photo: VNA) 
