TIẾNG ANH LỄ HỘI: Lim festival

Lim festival 1. Lim festival Kinh Bac has long been known as a cradie of many typical and unique cultural heritages as well as home to a number of traditional festivals and cultural practices . The Lim festival remains the most well – known and attractive event as it is a Quan Ho folk festival typical for the communal culture , attracting visitors from both near and far. As a regular, annual occurrence, every lunar January when the breath of spring is still fresh on the trees and plants, people from around the Kinh Bac region go to the Lim Festival (held in Lim Town), or to Viem Xa Village (also called Diem Village) Festival in Hoa Long Commune, Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province to enjoy Quan Ho singing or learn from one another on how to compose verses or music for Quan Ho songs.

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỄ HỘI Lim festival Lim festival Kinh Bac has long been known as a cradie of many typical and unique cultural heritages as well as home to a number of traditional festivals and cultural practices The Lim festival remains the most well – known and attractive event as it is a Quan Ho folk festival typical for the communal culture , attracting visitors from both near and far As a regular, annual occurrence, every lunar January when the breath of spring is still fresh on the trees and plants, people from around the Kinh Bac region go to the Lim Festival (held in Lim Town), or to Viem Xa Village (also called Diem Village) Festival in Hoa Long Commune, Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province to enjoy Quan Ho singing or learn from one another on how to compose verses or music for Quan Ho songs Kinh bac has 49 Quan Ho singing villages , so naturally the region several Quan Ho singing festivals Not random people told Lim Festival (Tien Du) is the unique festival Quan Not known by the people in heaven or Quan loving that leave you then, visitors cross any lingering forever singing "The Do not in the" And so, on 12 and 13 January every year, but no date met, people who pull boats tingle on the pilgrimage Lim Lim festival constitutes one of the most original artistic celebrations of Quan Ho villages every spring , tourists from near and far head to the festival for singing and for finding their other halves this cultural event becomes a treasure in the wealth of popular culture of vietnam Both elderly and youth, male and female Dress up and put on shoes for the felt Lim festival is festival of ancient villages is located around the Lim mountain and side of Tieu Tuong river The Lim festival became region festival in the 18th century When the Mandarin of ancient Thanh Hoa country is Nguyen Dinh Dien was born Dinh Ca,Noi Due, Kinh Bac who was awarded for service rendered to one’s country that donate many field and gardens for Noi Due with purpose restore palace and pagoda, develop festivals, preserve fine habits and customs He built the his tomb of name Hong Van tomb on Lim mountain Because he had many service with this region then his place in the Hong Van temple when he died.People of the Noi Due to post-god worship Epitaph of Hong Van Tomb called “Hong Van Tu Bi Ky ” of Canh Hung period (1769) is kept to a home village Dinh Ca were quite clear that background, the Bad and the worship of Nguyen Dinh Forums climate in year two opportunity to “birthday” and “day’s death” in his tomb of Hong Van temple and Hong Van pagoda in Lim mountain The main day of the festival is 13th day of Lunar New Year At the beginning of the festival, the locals gather very early in a procession up to Lim Hill – the center of Lim Festival On Lim Hill, representatives of villages take part in a traditional liturgy of incense-offering at Lim Pagoda, which is place to worship Mr Nguyen Dinh Dien (so-called Hieu Trung Hau) Therefore, incense-offering liturgy expresses gratitude and respect of the locals to him, and is also an occasion to remember the origin of Lim Festival as well The festival consists of two parts 2.1The next present of groups will talk about ceremony of Lim festival: At 8a.m 13th day of the first lunar month , lim festival opened the start with the procession.The procession for peoples join with elegant dresses During the ceremony, there are many rituals and customs famous folk games, which continue to worship songs The entire members, village elders, males of the village of Noi Due to gather at Hong Van tomb full international ceremony god.While the international singing their ritual worship To sing church , Liên Anh and Lien Chi Quan ho male and female of Nội Due lined expected to sing in front of the mausoleum While singing, they sing the only way to praise the merits of god Lim Festival goes down in history and survival and development to the present day are prepared every episode total to chase very thoughtful from 9th and 10th, and is taking place from the 11th to the end 14th of 1st lunar month.Main is 13th of 1st lunar month with the ritual procession, the royal priest of the village, the name of the female spirit homeland list from Cổ Lũng temple, Hồng Vân shrine,Đỗ Nguyên Thụy shrine.In the Nguyen family church, surname Do of Dinh Ca village, offering incense to worship Buddhas, temple worship “mu A’’ from HongAn pagoda Do you want to know about the characters are church? + Hieu Trung Hau: surname Nguyen, town Thanh Hoa, powerful rich, he retired at sixty melons than good to focus on form fields to save the temple and for those who enjoy the following artists and incense fire Buy one more mountain left Hong Van, in the village up the mountain, in the village have stone horse, stone When dead animals buried there, the communes of worship + Bo De Ni is called her a Lady King Surname Nguyen of Nam Noi Due commune people, not married, ordained ordained at Hong An Temple Loc Pagoda, assembly went fairly well buy a mountain Hong Van The following worship her with the words:”Hồng Vân liệt nữ “ Lim Festival is a great festival of Kinh Bac region, with operations rich ceremonies and festivals, almost meets the artistic and cultural activities and spiritual beliefs of the rural festival in Bac Ninh - plots many folk festivals 2.2 The Festivities Along with the Ceremony, the Festivities are an indispensable part in Vietnamese traditional festivals Festivities are a set of economic, cultural – social activities of a certain residential community; a game for many people to participate following traditional customs or at special events The activities reflect the conditions, capability and development of the locality and our nation at the time that the events are taking place Like other festivals, the festivities of Lim festival is when people conduct amusing activities, especially traditional games which are attended by a number of participants For example: wrestling, fairy swinging, cooking… Particularly, the festive singing in the most fundamental and typical part in Lim festival, from Moi trau, hat goi do, sang song, nhen giang mung… A new characteristic of Lim festival is recently the return of “To tom diem”, a dynamic game which has an intellectual ac well as humanistic meaning It has not only revived the elderly’s passion but also attracted the youth “To tom diem’’ form includes five diem, like a princess’s chamber in the past: catchy flags and posts, a rumbling roll of drums and elegant furniture During the competition, each diem appoint one headquarter supervising the cards and the jury controls the game impartially according to the rules, the requiring a certain qualification and ingenuity of the participants to win Because the rewarding is different from the chess, the players have to chip in money to distribute the reward after each match Rolls of drums and pennants in to tom competition are essential, the “diem ban” and participants only need to hear the drumbeats to know the process of the game of cards Besides being an entertaining game, to tom also implies the art because of the practice of words into poetry, folk-songs, chanting…with abundant contents To tom diem makes the festival more eventful for the jury’s drumbeat and the card dealer’s resounding voice The player’s costumes, the organization of the game as well as the game announcer highlight the traditional colours of the festival The pilgrims ti Lim festival also enjoy the pleasure of fairy swinging which local people all “du tien” Just like the old days, at Lim festival, at least two swinging tree are staked From Tet holidays, many people begin building swinging posts in a dry and spacious area They choose big and long bamboos to build One swinging tree can include 4-6 bamboos Swinging rods are long but slender bamboos, usually male bamboos so that the swingers can hold firmly, avoiding slipping or losing grips when swinging quickly People have options between single swinging and couple swinging according to their interests When one gets on the swing, another person will push him couple swinging is the most beautiful, boys and girls choose their partner to get on the swing, one crouching one hopping Not only are the talents and courage of young men and women expressed in the game but also their delight when flying, their souls floating with the clouds and sky On another aspect of Lim festival wrestling competition also attract many audiences Wrestlers from all over the country come here to compete, showing the wisdom, flexibility and courage of the martial spirit During the wrestling, wrestlers are half-naked and only wear a loin-cloth Being half-naked is just for the opponents not to hold clothes The loin-clothes of the wrestlers are mainly made from colorful silk Before wrestling tow wrestler have a procession into communal house When the match begins, wrestlers go on the platform After a while spying on the opponents, they rush to embrace each other They cheat one another, using tricks to wrestle their opponents backwards With the trick “stretch-crawl”, there are wrestlers lying without getting up despite being pushed by the rivals, then suddenly standing up to attack What is exciting about wrestling is fighting tricks by tricks and breaking tricks Wrestling competition in Lim Festival has traditionally attracted a large number of spectators from the very moment when wrestlers get on the platforms till the match begins when they fight each other The most interesting part is festive singing – the most basic and characteristic of Lim festival The singing contest takes place at nearly noon, being organized in the form of Quan ho singing on boat On a small lake next to Lim village’s fields, a dragon-like boat which is red lacquer trimmed with gold leaves port in charming songs of sentimental attachment On one side are female singers, on the other side are children in four-panel traditional dresses Male singers stand or sit near the bow and stem of the boat The evening on the 12 th will be the Quan Ho singing competition night among Quan Ho villages Each village can pitch a camp in a large yard of Lim hill The festive singing is most appealing to foreigners It demonstrates not only the singing talents of both male and female singers but also the cultural tradition in Kinh Bac region Quan ho singing : 3.1 The origin of Quan Ho: Quan Ho Bac Ninh folk songs are among the most well-known social customs appearing widely in the provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang of northern Vietnam Being used to reinforce the relationship between villages The folk -song Quan Ho has a long lasting history as a rich and beautiful musical storehouse of Vietnamese What the origin of Quan Ho? Quan Ho – the folk songs coming from old tales It is not an easy task to clarify thoroughly the origin of the word quan họ, as well as having several different explanations for the meaning of this special feature of Vietnam culture Quan Ho, also called Quan Ho Bac Ninh singing, originated around the 13th century and has traditionally been associated with the spring festivals that follow the celebration of the Vietnamese New Year Some scholars believe that Quan Ho had its root in Royal Court music, and related to the old tale of a mandarin one time while stopping off at Kinh Bac (the ancient name of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang Province), had fallen in love with the folk songs of the region Since “quan” means “mandarin” and “ho” is “stop”, the tale can explain “Quan Ho” in a literal way Other viewpoint states that “Quan Ho” did not come from Royal Court music but from religious rituals of Linga-Yoni culture By researching the verse, the meaning of the lyrics in those folk songs and the performance space, some experts believe that “quan ho” is an alternative spoonerism of “quan he”- or “relationship” of folk singing lovers in Kinh Bac area According to a story published in “Việt Báo” in 1940, the two villages in Bac Ninh province- Lung Giang village (Diem village) and Tam Son village (Tu Son) were regarded as the birth places of “Quan Ho” The two villages were in such a long-lasting friendship that every year, on the 13th day of the first lunar month, ten elderly men and women together with a great number of young singers of Lung Giang village would be invited to join a singing party in Tam Son village, which gradually came as the form of dialogue One young man and girl from each village would sing in turn, in reply to each other, and the singing competition typically lasted all night until the early morning of the following day Development records in history: It was not until the Ly dynasty (1009-1225) did “Quan Ho Bac Ninh” develop robustly and become the most popular festival which lasted up to half of a month In ancient time, although the capital of Vietnam was located in Thang Long (Ha Noi nowadays), every year when the spring came, Ly Kings always returned to their hometown - Kinh Bac, to hold these exciting festivals 3.2 Quan ho village : The recognized region includes 49 traditional Quan ho villages 44 of these villages now lie in Bac Ninh Province: Bai Uyen, Due Dong, Ha Giang, Hoai Thi, Hoai Trung, Lung Giang, Lung Son, Ngang Noi, Van Kham, Tam Son, Tieu, Dong Mai, Dong Yen, Bo Son, Cham Khe, Co Me, Duong O, Dau Han, Dieu Thon, Dong Xa, Do Xa, Hoa Dinh, Huu Chap, Kha Le, Khuc Toai, Nem Doai, Nem Son, Nem Tien, Niem Xa, Phuc Son, Thanh Son, Thi Chung, Thi Cau, Tho Ninh, Thuong Dong, Tra Xuyen, Ve An, Viem Xa, Xuan Ai, Xuan Dong, Xuân O, Xuan Vien, Y Na, Yen Man The remaining traditional villages are located in Bac Giang Province: Gia Son, Huu Nghi, Noi Ninh, Mai Vu, and Sen Ho Researchers have identified Noi Due is the original village of Lung Giang, Lung Son, Due Dong, Xuan O But only of their villages, but there Noi Due to duet men and women 13 Specifically, Lung Giang men (three to four years, three men and women) Lung Son we have (one to four years, femi-1) Due Dong men (one to four years, femi 1) Xuan O has men (one to four years, two men and women) Due Don gas dozens of old theatrical company (another name of Ca Tru), concentrated into an administrative unit of Noi Due, known as "Professor Du means" Noi Due In almost any village can also view them in cultural activities The Quan ho became a beauty , a spiritual food indispensable Xuan O hundreds of years The next generation in the village taught each other about their play The oral tradition by each sentence, each word , taught how to communicate the behavior of people view them Many people have had time 70-80 years , and they play The artists became their view , the living treasures to view their existence and development The village artisans Xuan O has a lifetime associated with Quan ho Xuan O regarded as life , joy , a deep understanding of the philosophy In the course of their hard work , creativity , teaching , artisan village of Xuan O Quan Ho also penned articles for The meet them and proficient in the exchanges with their four districts of other provinces According to the elder of the village artisans Xuan O is basically composed of the village is " Clean restaurant sales " The ancient village they had two men , one a duet men and women they view them Quan ho Xuan O drive befriended us in Dao Xa, Thi Cau, Thi Hoai , relationships are built and exist on the basis of that , the situation , there's always work together in the village , two parties and family occasions During play Quan , Quan Xuan O has its own unique style of play, a vocal repartee “ Lung Giang ancient village of Noi Due, Tien Du district, Minister Tu Son town now belongs Lim, Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province The capital is a village located in their original position Quan ho regional centers, but in the instant you have the ingenuity and graceful job weaving in and this is the source of their inspiration to draw folk out the words smoother loving them Nowadays they just listen to your neck as Quan; ech, than luon, xuc mieng am dong” of village lung giang On the more ancient , Lung Quan Son also befriended the men and women in four districts their Xuan O, In the days of January 13th , the day the four districts each pair they make friends with each other in the singing hills Lim Evening , Quan ho, Lung Son Valley invites you to view their hangar invited rice soup and song held throughout the night These four districts the opportunity to go see them in outdoor fun singing around the house , on the hill Lim Because Lung Son ( January 13th ) are also in the population should have more opportunity they Lim Guan them famous all over to participate in singing Quan ho From the first decades of the twentieth century , the Valley has associated his Son , The instant you play them famous , like Nguyen Van khung , Nguyen Van The , Nguyen Dinh Lac and the instant her flanks , Hai Canh, Hai Dieu, Hai hoe Later, they became artisans handing them to play the younger generation the Son of Lung Son artists have contributed in preserving and promoting the value of their capital stock the folk tradition Lung Son particular and the general Quan ho 3.3 The Quan Ho tunes and 3.3.1 The Quan Ho tunes: customs make friends: Quan Ho is the richest category of folk song in term of melody in the Viet Nam treasure of folk song Each Quan Ho song has separate tunes So for, at least 300 songs of Quan Ho were signed Quan Ho songs which were introduced just were one part of the treasure of Quan Ho folk song All tapes of thousand of ancient Quan Ho folk songwhich were expressed by artisans in Quan Ho village were still kept at Department of culture of Bac Ninh province and Bac Giang province Some ancient Quan Ho tunes: “La rang”, “Đuong ban Kim Loan”, “Cay gao”, “Gia ban”, “Hu la”, “La hoi”, “Tinh tang”, “Cai a”, “Len nui”, “Xuong song”, “Cai hon”, “Cai a”,“Gio mat trang thanh”, “Tu quy”, A artisan of Quan Ho said that: “ there are 400 ancient tunes of Bac Ninh and in which 200 tunes are “ very special” The most difficult Quan Ho tunes is “Hu la” tunes and “La rang” tunes The Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk song is the repartee between male and female They sing Quan Ho in spring, autumn, and in some festivals Quan Ho is a kind of twin singing A couple will sing the same song, same tunes, but different in lyrics with an other couple in an other village There are featured technics of singing: “vang”, “ren”, “nen”, “nay” There are main kind of singing Quan Ho: “hat tho”, “hat canh”, “hat hoi” Quan Ho is associated with singing Quan Ho customs make friends bettwen “bon Quan Ho”, “tuc ngu bon” Although these customs are not played as much as before, the community of Quan Ho villages still preserve and teach them Quan Ho require not only be circular rim, clear text, smooth, graceful, many technics such as, vibrate, alternate but also sing“emerging seeds” Although Quan Ho has the common trait to “hat cheo” and “ca tru” but very separate Depending on inpriration and tastes of singer “emerging seeds” can be big or small intensity Quan Ho folk song has 231 different voices, with more than 400 songs The lyrics has parts: the main words (the core part, reflect the content of the song) and the word part (including all the major language, the sound buffer such as “I hi”, “u hu”, “a ha”…) Quan Ho folk song is mainly popular poetry, folk song and proverbs Quan Ho folk art is mainly popular poetry, folk songs and clear proverbs, express love.Tunes transfer is particular situation of Quan Ho folk song with forms: separate and connected Artisan transplant two or three pentatonic scales in one song, cleverly manipulate many different dance forms Maintained at a certain level entrance open architecture, they have incorporated some contrasting structural models and the woven counterpoint melody, moving in the same tone pentatonic system or transfer system to break the monotony in a song Modulation skill penmanship put Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk song becomes one of the highest ast in Vietnam folk song The difference between Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk song and other kinds of folk song in Vietnam: After a working day, young men and women from to 16, 17 often invite other one to Bosses’ house to learn sentence, voice training:to learn enough style, enough sentence, her voice so resonant, hums, background, popping, practice speech, behavior, communication and asking to know, his voice breaking, for timely response The requirement is to combine each pair with a real voice to sing together In 1969, the Union of BacNinh Folk song was established to disseminate Quan Ho Howidely Artists of Union applied the qualities of lyrics and melody of Quan Ho Hobut the lyrics were simplified, faster rhythm and accompaniment to perform in the theater On the other hand, in the other villages, the community is still circulating, preserving ancient Quan Ho Folk song Speaking of Bac Ninh Quan Ho is said to Quan Ho cuisine Piece of betel of Quan Ho people has two types:phoenix wings beteland cinnamon wings betel 3.3.2 “Hat doi dap”(sing repartee) and “tuc ket cha”(customs make friends): Ancient North Parish villages density concentrated in the most promiscuous of the northern delta Rites to promiscuity among the village community develop to be viewed as a source of Quan Ho singing Singing Quan ho need: “bon nam”, “bon nu” In a Quan Ho village often has many “ bon nam”, “bon nu” They invite each other voluntarily They each have 4, 5, people and are named as order:chi Hai, Ba, Tu, Nam or anhHai, Ba, Tu They also have four districts to him Friday, six sisters If the number of people who crowded to then you can name three, Justice (baby), three sisters, April (baby) etc but not put him Seven, Eight, Seven sisters, eight Characteristics of the village is the promiscuous sides themselves as brother It's the calling of humility, respect each other From the name to their gestures arerespected, openness stained as in a house Quan Ho Bac Ninh folk songs exist in a cultural environment with particular social practices The first is the promiscuous habits among their villages In 44 villages of ancient Quan Ho Bac Ninh province has 33 pairs of the promiscuous, accounting for nearly 80% of the total number of their villages In their villages , the promiscuous is different to other localities in the northern delta It is the result of a promiscuous life forms of folk art From promiscuity to continue, in the four districts they appear a social practices especially Quan Ho continue making friends Each of the four districts they are friends with one village men in a village Quan Ho the principle male female friends with Quan Ho and vice versa With the village has to promiscuity, prostitution in the four districts they had not been married to you Not just singing, they were interested in helping each other, when the family every one of them has to weddings or funerals With them, Quan Ho is an indispensable element in their lives According to our research initially there were at least 18 pairs of promiscuity among the root of their villages with each other, in addition to the original promiscuity of their villages to other villages is not the root of their villages, even as the the village is not original, but the promiscuous Quan Ho together 10 own only ancient Bac Ninh province has tens of promiscuity The promiscuity is a manifestation of human relations between the village together Although expressed in any form, keep the promiscuity of the Authority Quan Ho also have focused mainly on two aspects ceremony and meaning, reflect the community and between communities The content, the continuous nature of promiscuity among villages was reflected in the lyrics as a form of birth In the past, military organizations at grassroots They are called “bon Quan Ho” not called “Quan Ho club” as today “We” is the term used to describe a collective contract not mean bad quality In their villages they are often more original Quan Ho There are four male and Quan Ho men and women The four districts they befriended each other on the principle of “Yin - Yang equivalent structure” This means that duet men in this village befriended us in a certain village Quan female and vice versa This family of four districts, in addition to directly serving the cultural activities of the village community as:singing for the island, oratorio singing, processions, health, holidays also actively visiting, singing, communication Quan Ho flow between the four districts together Thus, the significance of the celebration of the couples Quan Ho promiscuity goes beyond blood ties to bind the village together This is one of the unique gameplay Quan Ho Each of us old Quan Ho they also have five people ever Number theory expressed in this years “Am Duong” (Yin Yang” - Five Elements: Metal, wood, water, fire and earth” and also show brotherly love as limbs have five toes His years at the equivalent of four years of her years in men and women These are the people directly involved in the communication and sing Quan Ho, collectively referred to as “play Quan Ho” According to the researchers said they usually have two kinds of friends Quan Ho: The Sustainable your friends and unsustainable Type unsustainable friends, only exist for a short time about four, five years to be able to replace you or add your link, they can mean a lot of friends with other men in the village This kind of friendship is often not the promiscuity of the village together However, the very popular and appreciated in the Bac Ninh Quan Ho is your kind of sustainability This is the kind of life you pass on the principle of one-to- one symmetry For example, at the point where more than a dozen villages duet men, single women, but they only befriend Quan Ho sustainable traditional village life is scrotum Thus, we can hypothesize that: The Process Quan Ho are friends derived from the father, from further away 11 The repartee Quan Ho can sing style is to sing the song on the principle voice In the song the singer has sung lead and ran Opening the soup must always sing anthems voice practices such as teeth, your street, The Funeral, rice Tree then sing to the post of breeds Finally, the voice of all prices This is the main criteria to evaluate than less, get lost among men Quan Ho This has stimulated, it is imperative to respond in song to be all alone It was the last song that opponent still unknown but must ensure it meets the particular tonal qualities of music Quan Ho Thus, in each of four districts they usually have a specialized person to compose songs, new voices They are the “folk musician” - the author of hundreds of tunes oral Quan Ho is from generation to generation to the present day At the Diem village ancestor Quan Ho: Speaking to the post as geez la, held by, yellow rice, come from the village transplanted knew it was all “the point” The way he sings of the mainland, she immediately point the village was slow, boring, low management have introduced all fast tempo - In the further you: Quan Ho point you to the scrotum (ambition, Tien Son) These two groups are not friends with third parties In particular, both the male, the female, each party to lead a team to baby them friends with each other, just like every generation to generation, transmission become lifetime friendships, traditions Hand again, The clock struck befriends Quan Ho village is not married (both general common areas Quan Ho is the only village not get into the new promiscuous wife, husband) - Hooded sing Quan Ho: the elderly artisans in the village after that, more than a hundred years ago, in the moonlit night, son gripped points Quan Ho village head scarf or jacket, then pulled together a couple of his from where “they sleep” to place his “sleeping men” of the instant her to sing Quan Ho The song he stood outside the fence The girl in a hooded also stood out for the summer song (no need to sing the verse style) The song that lasts just until the morning - Continuous focus babies “sleeping men”: the instant when he, she immediately forthcoming busy old Quan Ho was not going to play anymore, they invite baby to focus, they sleep “to teach singing, teaching communication Quan Ho” It is a form of buildup adjacent to the Lake District village voice has stayed 3.4 Who are “Lien Anh , Lien Chi” ? 12 The Quan Ho singing costume contain male and female costume 3.4.1 Male costume: Tunic: panels, standing lotus-petal-shape collar, hemmed tail, large fringe end up over the knees The tunic has layers: a short jacket inside covered by a long black jacket The long jacket’s material is usually chiffon Pants: long white pants, wide leg, lame leg style stretch to the ankle The pants are made of batiste or calico and have a waistband The men wear a kind of turban on his head and a pair of slipper on his feet Sometime they wear a conical hat with pineapple shape peak beside normal peak, and have a silk chin strap Other accessories are black umbrella, handkerchief, comb, silk handkerchief or white cloth handkerchief, creased and put in waistband or pocket 3.4.2 Female costume: Tunic: “mo ba mo bay”, which means they can either wear or tunics stack together Basically the female costume contains these parts: inside is a colorful brassiere (rip collar brassiere for middle age and hemmed collar brassiere for the young) The next layer is a short jacket (it’s color is usually white, yellow or ivory) The last layer is panels tunic The panels female tunic is buttoned It’s material is silk or chiffon The long jacket common color is dark brown, light brown or black The brassiere color is dyed red (blossom brassiere), yellow (day lily), sky-blue (sky), light pink (lotus petal), lake-blue (blue) The ribbon is free from the back, fasten around the waist and make a knot in the front side together with the waistband and waist bag The ancient waist bag is made of oak, black and has tassel knot at both ends, can hold small things Then knot at one side of a waist, pass through the back of the tunic and also tighten front panels of the tunic The waistband is rather small, about one third compare to the waist bag, use to tighten the upper hem of the dress and the waist The common material of the dress is oak and silk 13 The female wearing buffalo-skin-slippers Other accessories is pointed hood, wearing flat palm hat with fringes and key chain at the waistband 3.5 Insight into Quan ho - - • • • • Hat doi dap: Hat doi dap is sing ing with taking turn changing tune principal there is always a singer who sings the leading tune and another sings a secondary part the contest will be started with traditional songs: La rang, duong ban, tinh tang, cay gao…, then continued with diverse air (giọng vặt) songs and finished with "goodbye friend" air (giong gia ban) songs this principal is main standard to assess Hat hoi: Many village festivals continuously take place in singing Quan ho area from January 4th to february 28th lunar calendar Quan ho men and women gather to take part in these village festivals This is oppotunity for them to meet friends, to sing together, to wish the best things to each other villages hold festivals in August every year so Quan ho groups have chance to invite each other to take part in village festivals Hat chuc, hat mung: is a form of Quan ho folk songs, sung when Quan ho groups want to make friends with each other In spring village festivals, the host Quan ho group will welcome quan ho friend groups at their village gate then two sides sing hat chuc, hat mung songs together When one quan ho group has good things happening like wedding, having new house, borning boy, overcoming bad ill then Quan ho friend groups will vistit them they sing quan ho to congraduate friend as soon as they arrive at their house gate In spring festival, after village festival, Quan ho groups will visit Quan ho host group home called " nhà chứa”，the host will stand at the middle of their yard and quan ho guest group stop at the house gate then two sides sing hat chuc, hat mung songs The Quan ho new, young male group will go to festivals of other villages so as to make friend with their Quan ho female groups at the first time meet each other they also sing hat chuc, hat mung songs There are some following pricipal in standard hat chuc, hat mung form: - Female group will sing in turn with female group not only one female singer sings with only one male singer 14 - - - The host group always sing first, although they are male or female in case Quan ho groups want to make friend with each other, the male group have to sing first Fhen singing hat chuc, hat mung, two sides have to sing with “La rằng” air, they don't sing other standard air like single air (giong le), diverse air (giong vat) and "good bye friend" air (giọng giã bạn) of course, two sides also sing with similar melodies, but different lyrics The main content of these songs is wishing each other would have good health and happy new year Song church( hat tho): When quan ho have the opportunity to invite each other to sing happy or sing the village, then each group is usually they shopping betel nut, bridge, incense, candles, and the đình is worshipping ceremony is also the population The group is usually brunch man, women the same in the ceremony, After putting the festival worship divine church in Norway serious snare drum, the group is usually a pair of cards in La rang to good divine, good people who feel safe, prosperous, happy, tiny reindeer, longevity, health, security So as quan ho call it singing church ceremony When you sing the church groups and even though quan ho having fun singing in the festival, (the singing at a host’s house , all the villagers cherish and patron Hat ket cha: The village friends together On the occasion of afestival, friends usually invite each other to the When to go to the opportunity, in addition to the the "top" of the society, which quan ho both village also invited each other to the singing fun at the theater or the guards nights in the house Hat canh (the singing at a host’s house) happening in spring or fall Last from 7-8 pm until 2-3 pm of next day( 2-3 days) Hat canh consisting periods: The first- le loi: Slow, ren, nay, consisting additional word: tinh tang, oi a, ay a ay a… After processing ritual between quan ho hosts and quan ho guests performer use le loi to perform with each other 15 5-10 songs 36 songs: hu la, la rang, tinh tang, ru hoi, ngam tho… La rang: important role in le loi, standards of songs and compatibility between quan ho host and guest Second – vat Main part , Focal points of art standards High compatibility between poem and music ( quan ho cang ve khuya cang bong, cang tram, cang man nong tinh nghia) Various songs: ngoi tua man thuyen, se chi luon kim, hoa thom buom luon, ba sau thu chim… Hat cau dao : Sing to the hat cau dao is often only quan ho women The villagers call all the quan ho women in their village, preserve halal meat, to eat and sleep at the temple theater at 2, days and nights Don't sing the song gave the ‘’ tinh tu”, they usually sing songs that just content to pray rain the weather gauge mixer and just sing a La rang voice Hat “ giai han” : people used to believe in fate When things don't see it or believe in the old, the year, month, you're going to be the limit of large as lose money, disease , people have been looking for ways to limit, in the area of quan ho, many people in the past, after doing the rituals, often invited group four, five, six groups man, just women to go to the home that night - - The song is not can only shift to respond to a voice la rang Quan ho conservation, development and recommendation For poins different betwen quan ho traditional and quan ho modern: With Quan ho traditional only have in 49 original villages at Kinh Bac Quan ho traditional is a form constitutive community with activities folk culture of people Kinh Bac When “lien anh” and “lien chi” singing Quan Ho traditional always have right rules, It’s very prudish and everybody have compliance.It’s reason explain why everybody in Kinh Bac like “ Play Quan ho” so don’t like “Quan Ho singing” Quan Ho singing mainly hasn’t accompaniment and singing 16 double betwen “lien anh” anh “lien chi” in occasion spring festival at village Quan ho _ conservation, development and recommendation: Classify, systematize, inventory, complete the documentation and outcome of studise of Bac Ninh Folk music Build a sufficient database of talented artists exploit and pay a well worthy compensation along with the cetificate of acknowledgment of their contribution Implement the adequate care & training for Folk artist, exploit, study &access the elder talents awarded the “Living human treasures” Singnificantly encourage the spirit of emulation, collaration and dedication of the artist Support community to recover the practices, beliefs and festival related to the Folk Music, restore the singing contest to take prizes; establish the content of the Folk teaching program in Bac Ninh families in the local communities Estabish artist associasion of Bac Ninh Folk music, design the activity program to teach the younge generation Open a category of Bac Ninh Folk music in newspaper, radio, station of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang periodically, to promote and introduce the value of the Folk music of Bac Ninh, Construct website for Bac Ninh Folk music Raise awareness about the value of heritage through the publication and provision of products with the Folk culture, Bac Ninh Folk music in all form : CD, VCD, DVD, books, leaflets , Create every favorable condition for the public presentation and interaction of the Folk songs with other communitise in the country and abroad Coordinate the tourism operators in explore and promote the value of the heritage in a sustainable way Research and support community on the self- management, implementation of teaching program, technical Folk singing retoration in traditional way and finding solutions to adapt Folk to the development of the mean of the sound of the contemporary life 17 Organize classe, the curriculum asssoated with the play of the Folk customs and people’s habits and the traditional Folk, and adequate funds to support artists andpratition, invest for gifted student owning the passion and desire to pursue Folk Add the special subject about Folk songs of Bac Ninh into the local literrary program to teach at the all grades nurture the future artist in the art troupes or the core art staff in the local villages Compile documents, organize training courses for more than 600 music teachers, union officials of the participating teams in the form of the extracurricular with sessions/year Offer student the knowledge of Folk costumes, making phoenix – wing betel quid ; Sat up Folk music clubs to join in the annual festival “ I Love folk songs” in the education system Besides this, visitors can come to the Lim Festival to enjoy the weaving competition of the Noi Due girls They weave and sing Quan Ho songs at the same time Like other religious festivals, the Lim Festival goes through all the ritual stages, from the procession to the worshipping ceremony, and includes other activities The Lim Festival is a special cultural activity in the North The festival celebrates the "Quan Ho" folk song which has become a part of the national culture and a typical folk song that is well loved in the Red River Delta region - The Lim festival is a special cultural activity in the North Vietnam The festival celebrates the quan ho folk song which has become a part of the national culture and a typical folk song, most favorite in the Red River Delta region Apart from the usual competitions and performances that accompany other Vietnamese Lim festivals singing is the most essential part of this festival - The sound of this music acts as a kind of remembrance for the Vietnamese people of their love for their country and its people, especially those who work in the fields - The songs are incredibly complex demanding the performers to have a good understanding of the style and posses a quick mind to compose and deliver the lines according to the strict rules of the style 18 - Wearing the traditional quan ho clothing, the participants make for a spectacular sight representing this fascinating custom - Millions of visitors come here to enjoy the dialogues performances between 'lien anh' or male singers and 'lien chi' or female singers, the country's most skilled quan ho singers - Besides this, visitors can come to the Lim festival to enjoy the weaving competition of the Noi Due girls - The Noi Due girls weave and sing quan ho songs - Like other religious festivals, the Lim festival goes through all the ritual stages, from the procession to the worshipping ceremony including other activities too - - The Lim Festival is also celebrated with traditional temple games In one game, teenage girls must mind a stranger's baby, chew pieces of sugar cane in order to make fuel to start a fire, cook rice and prevent a frog from jumping out of a circle marked on the ground If the baby cries, the fire goes out or the frog escapes, the girl is disqualified Consult Document : Tourism thgrough festivals in Viet Nam http://www unesco org/culture/ich/index php?RL=00183 http://bacninhtourism com/thong-tin/quan-ho-bac-ninh/379-mot-so-diemtrong-giao-tiep-quan-ho html 19 ... origin of Lim Festival as well The festival consists of two parts 2.1The next present of groups will talk about ceremony of Lim festival: At 8a.m 13th day of the first lunar month , lim festival. .. in Lim mountain The main day of the festival is 13th day of Lunar New Year At the beginning of the festival, the locals gather very early in a procession up to Lim Hill – the center of Lim Festival. .. nữ “ Lim Festival is a great festival of Kinh Bac region, with operations rich ceremonies and festivals, almost meets the artistic and cultural activities and spiritual beliefs of the rural festival