Ninh Binh Festival 2024 tells the story of "Heritage Flow"

The 3rd Ninh Binh Festival in 2024 with the theme "Heritage Flow" will be held from November 24 to 30 in Ninh Binh city.

Ninh Binh Festival 2024 tells the story of "Heritage Flow"
The 3rd Ninh Binh Festival in 2024 is considered a "historical costume drama" recreating glorious historical milestones, "decoding" the brilliant quintessence of the ancient capital Hoa Lu.

This is an important cultural and tourism event that contributes to building and positioning the brand of the millennium heritage city of Ninh Binh province, while promoting the image, culture and people of Ninh Binh province and regions across the country to domestic and international tourists.

Through the organization of Ninh Binh Festival 2024, it will help to arouse the love for the homeland, pride in the long history and rich heritage of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu Ninh Binh; stimulate tourism as well as connect the experience journey of people and tourists through new, attractive and unique art and entertainment performances on an international scale, imbued with the cultural identity of the nation, locality, region and area. 
 
Director of Ninh Binh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism - Nguyen Manh Cuong introduces the activities of the 3rd Ninh Binh Festival.  The key activities of the 3rd Ninh Binh Festival in 2024 include 5 activities: Opening of Ninh Binh Festival at 8:00 p.m. on November 24 at Dinh Tien Hoang De Square; Duc Thuy Son Assembly Hall from November 26-27 at Nui Thuy Park;

The Ninh Binh - Sao Mai art program will take place at 8:00 p.m. on November 28 at Pham Thi Tran Theater; the Street Festival will take place at Tam Quan Gate on November 29; and the Closing Ceremony of Ninh Binh Festival will take place at 8:00 p.m. on November 30 at Thung Nham Eco-tourism Area, Ninh Binh Province. According to Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong - Director of Ninh Binh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, "Heritage Flow" is inspired by the historical journey of the Vietnamese people - the journey of establishing, moving and settling the capital of the emperors.

Through thousands of years of history with 22 dynasties, there are 3 largest and oldest stable capitals, associated with the most feudal dynasties and also major milestones and turning points in history that influence the destiny of the nation and the position of Dai Viet nation. With this grand idea, the journey will connect the heritage with three highlights, the three ancient capitals: Hoa Lu Capital, Thang Long Capital and Hue Capital - all of which are UNESCO-recognized World Cultural Heritages, the flow of more than a millennium of Vietnamese history.
 
That historical flow has formed unique and valuable cultural, historical and architectural heritages of the nation, lasting over time.

This is the first time the program “Heritage Flow” has been built in a cinematic style as a vivid “historical costume drama” performed in a theatrical form combining music, dance and cinema with modern and unique performance technology on a 3D mapping moving stage, helping to decode legendary and historical stories and uncover the layers of sediment hidden deep underground about the brilliant quintessence values ​​of ancient capitals.

A new feature of this year’s Festival will be the space of Duc Thuy Son Assembly Hall at Nui Thuy Park. This place will be transformed into an outdoor contemporary poetry exhibition space combined with the experience of tea drinking, poetry recitation, moon watching and listening to traditional folk music.

It is a poetic cultural and artistic space with ancient tea tables, tea makers dressed in ancient costumes, decorated with poetic works carved on Duc Thuy Mountain by installation art, combined with lighting decoration... to introduce to visitors the priceless spiritual "heritage" at Duc Thuy Son - a special national monument in Ninh Binh.
 
Within the framework of the 3rd Ninh Binh Festival in 2024, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ninh Binh province also coordinated with agencies and units to organize other notable activities such as: National Music Festival in 2024; Hosting the 26th Red River Delta Art Photography Festival in 2024; Hosting the ITF U18 - J30 International Tennis Tournament; "Vietnam International Challenge 2024" Badminton Tournament; Trang An Marathon International Cross-Country Race in 2024; Trade promotion exhibition, introducing products, goods, trade, services, etc.

With a series of unique activities, the 3rd Ninh Binh Festival promises to leave unforgettable impressions on domestic and foreign tourists, contributing to promoting the image, culture and people of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu - Ninh Binh