Opening of Hang Pinh Festival in 2025

- On the afternoon of October 3 (ie August 12 of the lunar calendar), at the monument of comrade Hoang Van Thu (Luong Van Tri ward ) , the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held the opening ceremony of the Hang Pinh festival in 2025 .

Delegates attending the opening ceremony of the Hang Pinh Festival 2025

Attending the program were leaders of a number of provincial departments, branches, sectors and associations; representatives of leaders of Luong Van Tri and Ky Lua wards, a number of schools in the province, along with a large number of ethnic people in the province and tourists from near and far.

Lion and cat dance performance at the opening ceremony

Special performance of Then singing and Tinh lute at the program

Lang Son is a mountainous province located in the Northeast of the country, with a long history and cultural tradition, the land of convergence and residence of 7 main ethnic groups, including the Tay and Nung. Through the process of construction, formation and development, the Tay and Nung ethnic communities in Lang Son province still preserve cultural characteristics imbued with national identity. A typical example is the Hang Pinh festival - a festival expressing the Tay and Nung identity and connecting the community.

Leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and leaders of the Provincial Museum presented cakes and traditional star lanterns to students. — The Organizing Committee of the Hang Pinh Festival 2025 presented cakes and traditional star lanterns to outstanding students with difficult circumstances at Chi Lang Primary School, Luong Van Tri Ward.

According to the Tay and Nung ethnic groups, “Hang” means market, “Pinh” means baked cake. This is the market to buy baked cakes on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in Lang Son. According to tradition, every year on the 12th day of the 8th lunar month, the Tay and Nung ethnic groups inside and outside the province flock to Lang Son city to attend the Hang Pinh festival. In recent years, the location of the Hoang Van Thu monument and the Lang Son Provincial Museum (Luong Van Tri ward) has become the place where the Hang Pinh festival takes place. Coming to the Hang Pinh festival, people often wear their most beautiful ethnic costumes, go together to buy baked cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, enjoy baked cakes and sing sli, luon, and then folk songs.

Delegates visit the booths — Delegates visited booths recreating the cultural space of Ky Lua market at the Provincial Museum.

The Hang Pinh Festival is a space for ethnic groups in the province to meet, exchange feelings, express solidarity and close ties among the people. This is a unique cultural beauty, a community activity that attracts a large number of ethnic groups to participate, thereby contributing to preserving and promoting the unique traditional cultural values of Lang. With its historical values and unique cultural activities, the Hang Pinh Festival has contributed to preserving and promoting the traditional values of the land and people of Lang cultural region. This is a unique tourism product, attracting visitors to visit, contributing to promoting the development of the tourism industry.

People visit the booth displaying traditional brocade products at the Provincial Museum.

At the program, delegates, local people and visitors from near and far enjoyed the special Then, Sli and Luong singing performances praising Lang Son homeland; visited the cultural space of the ancient Ky Lua market and experienced making moon cakes. On this occasion, the festival organizers presented 20 Mid-Autumn gifts to outstanding students with difficult circumstances of Chi Lang Primary School, Luong Van Tri Ward.

Many people experience making traditional moon cakes at the Provincial Museum campus.

According to the plan, on October 3 and 4 (August 12 and 13 of the lunar calendar), at the Monument of Comrade Hoang Van Thu and the Provincial Museum, there will be many special activities such as visiting the cultural space of Ky Lua market; experiencing making moon cakes at the Provincial Museum; exchanging then singing, sli singing, luong singing, organizing folk games such as grass-pulling, stilt walking, lion and cat dancing...

Source: https://baolangson.vn/khai-mac-hoi-hang-pinh-nam-2025-5060679.html