(VOVWORLD) - A cultural program called "Vietnamese Tet – Old Quarter Tet 2024" will be held in downtown Hanoi from January 28th to February 3rd.
 Diverse activities will take place during “Vietnamese Tet-Old Quarter Tet 2024” from January 25 to February 28, 2024 in different locations in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi. (Photo: Dinh Lang Viet Group)
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At Kim Ngan temple, a traditional Tet space has been set up showing the 12 zodiac animals, particularly the Dragon, which rules 2024. Traditions that will be recreated include an incense-offering ceremony, a tutelary god reporting rite, a ceremonial raising of a Neu pole, and a ritual to worship craft ancestors.
At Heritage House, 87 Ma May street, the living space and Tet celebration of an ancient Hanoi family will be recreated.
The Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Center at 50 Dao Duy Tu street will be decorated as a traditional Tet space of Vietnam’s northern delta with dragon-themed paintings, ceramic items, and traditional music performed by the Ancient Music Group of Tonkin.
The Culture and Arts Center at 22 Hang Buom street will present Bat Trang ceramic products with a dragon theme and a demonstration of Vietnamese calligraphy.
On display along Phung Hung street will be traditional products of Hanoi craft villages and nearby areas, including Hang Trong, Kim Hoang, and Dong Ho folk paintings, calligraphy, ceramics, bamboo and rattan items, and To he figurines.
The "Vietnamese Tet – Old Quarter Tet 2024" program will open this Sunday at Kim Ngan temple on Hang Bac street.