From February 9th to 13th (i.e. Lunar January 12th to 16th), in Yen Tri Commune, Yen Thuy District A Cultural Week was organized to celebrate the Party and At Ty Spring, 2025 with a series of the cultural, artistic, sports and culinary festival activities.
A night of cultural exchange at the Festival of Trung Communal House within the framework of the Cultural Week of Yen Tri Commune in At Ty Spring, 2025.
Opening in the morning of February 9, the Festival of Thuong Communal House took place in Tan Thanh hamlet. On February 10, the Trung Communal House Festival took place in Minh Thanh hamlet. Thuong Communal House and Trung Communal House are the two provincial-level historical and cultural relics, worshiping two generals, Truong Hong and Truong Hat. According to the historical records, they were born around the beginning of the 6th century; The legend is that they were intelligent, talented, diligent in reading military books, diligently practicing martial arts, and helped Trieu Viet Vuong keep the border safe. The two men had the merit of saving the country and the people, and they were conferred the title of village tutelary god by the local people to protect and bless the villagers.
Next, on the night of February 10, at Than communal house yard, Long hamlet, a food festival took place with the stalls displaying the traditional dishes imbued with the national identity such as the local pork, the steamed vegetables, Lam rice, Can wine and the local agricultural products. In addition, many cultural, artistic and sports activities were also included in the exchange program, creating an exciting atmosphere.
On February 12-13, Hang Pagoda - Hang Chua Festival takes place in A Dong hamlet. Hang Pagoda was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic in 1994. The pagoda is located on a cliff, consists of 2 ancient pagodas built in the shape of the letter "nhat”. During the 2 resistance wars against France and the US, Hang Pagoda was the place to set up the command post, hide weapons and food for the army to serve the resistance.
The festival includes the cultural and artistic exchange activities, a volleyball tournament, a men's football tournament and Yen Tri commune’s volleyball championship, and an open crossbow shooting tournament to celebrate the Party and Spring.
The cultural week of Yen Tri commune is organized to preserve and promote the unique cultural values; promoting and advertising relics, contributing to the implementation of the Community Tourism Project in the commune.
With an increasingly vibrant and widespread emulation movement aimed at building cultured residential areas and cultured families, Yen Thuy District has been making steady progress toward improving both the material and spiritual well-being of its people, while fostering a civilized, prosperous, beautiful, and progressive community.
Once lacking recreational spaces and community facilities, Residential Group 2 in Quynh Lam Ward (Hoa Binh City) has recently received attention for the construction of a new, spacious, and fully equipped cultural house. The project followed the model of state support combined with public contributions in both labor and funding.
The "All people unite to build cultural life" movement, which has been effectively integrated with Kim Boi district’s socio-economic development goals, is fostering a lively spirit of emulation across local residential areas, hamlets, villages, public agencies, and enterprises. In addition, through the initiative, traditional cultural values are being preserved and promoted, while community solidarity and mutual support in poverty reduction and economic development are being strengthened.
A working delegation of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee led by its Permanent Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Toan on June 11 inspected the progress of a project to build the Mo Muong Cultural Heritage Conservation Space linked to tourism services in Hop Phong commune, Cao Phong district.
Born and growing in the heroic land of Muong Dong, Dinh Thi Kieu Dung, a resident in Bo town of Kim Boi district, in her childhood was nurtured by the sweet lullabies of her grandmother and mother. These melodies deeply imprinted on her soul, becoming an inseparable part of her love for her ethnic group's culture. For over 20 years, this love for her hometown has driven Dung to research, collect, and pass down the cultural values of the Muong people to future generations.
In the final days of May, the Ethnic Art Troupe of Hoa Binh Province organized performances to serve the people in remote, mountainous, and particularly disadvantaged areas within the province. These were not just ordinary artistic shows, but they were the meaningful journeys aimed at spreading cultural values, enhancing the spiritual life of the people and contributing to the preservation of ethnic minority cultural identities.
