As a rule, the traditional Elephant Mountain festival in An Lao district, Hai Phong city, bearing the cultural colors of coastal people, takes place from February 12 to 14. This is an opportunity for visitors to learn about the ancient land with a rich history and participate in unique cultural activities. During the years of resistance against the French and the Americans, Elephant Mountain became legendary with the image of "Militia girls hanging on the cliffs, halfway up the sky, shooting for falling planes".
Elephant Mountain and the Elephant Mountain festival are associated with the development of the land and people of An Lao. Through many historical upheavals and ups and downs, the scale of the organization can be large or small, but the Elephant Mountain festival has always been maintained for hundreds of years. The festival is an opportunity for people to honor and remember national heroes, generations of An Lao people who fought and built this land. Therefore, it has become a custom that the Elephant Mountain festival always begins with a solemn sacrifice ceremony at the temple of female general Le Chan located on the south side of Elephant Mountain and a sacrifice ceremony at the Chi Lai pagoda and communal house located on the other side of the range. mountain. The scenic area and relics of Elephant Mountain, which contain many traces and unique historical legends, become even more sacred in the festival space.
Not only to honor and commemorate heroes and people who have contributed to the country and homeland, the Elephant Mountain Festival is an opportunity for each village to introduce to visitors from near and far the potential of their homeland. Right in the first days of the new year, throughout the upper and lower villages in the district, many traditional festivals, cultural and sports festivals take place, from which to select the most unique performances, the best performances. The most prominent actors and athletes attending the festival.
It has become a tradition that on January 4 every year, Thai Son commune, where the district's famous wrestling arena is located, organizes a spring wrestling festival, selecting typical objects to participate in the Elephant Mountain Free Wrestling Festival. On the 3rd day of Tet, Bat Trang commune organizes a volleyball tournament, Quang Trung commune holds an arts festival, An Tho commune has a chess tournament, etc. These are all contents in the program of activities of the Elephant Mountain festival. Coming to the Elephant Mountain festival, visitors can live in a traditional cultural space
In addition, at the Elephant Mountain festival, visitors will enjoy famous products and dishes with strong homeland flavors: Chi Lai sweet soup, Tien Hoi potatoes.../.
The combination of the beautiful space of the Elephant Mountain scenic spot with traditional folk activities of the An Lao people creates a unique attraction for visitors to this festival.
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