Lim Festival

Lim festival is one of the most famous festivals in Bac Ninh attracting tourists to visit and celebrate the beginning of spring with special programs, listening to Quan ho melodies and playing many folk games. Not only has the symbolic significance of the spirit, culture and spirituality of the people of Tonkin, the Lim festival also reminds the next generation of remembering the merits of their predecessors and educating them to preserve the traditional beauty of the country.

The Lim festival opens with a procession with a large number of people participating. On the festival day, many special folk rituals and games take place such as the custom of worshiping queens. All officials, incense elders, and men of the village must fully gather at Hong Van mausoleum to be able to offer sacrifices to the post-god. When performing rituals, male and female singers will sing Quan ho to praise the merits of the god. The festival takes place all over the villages in Noi Due canton and Hong Van mountain is the center, with a solemn and heroic ritual of sacrificial procession and many fun, unique and attractive games such as playing human chess, sing Quan ho, the nest of prostitutes, weave a cloth contest and so on.

Time: 13th January

Place: Bac Ninh Province