The swimming festival takes place on the 25th and 26th days of the 5th lunar month, and is a form of opening up and celebrating the water of wet rice farmers along the Lo River... It also has a martial meaning in the tradition of uniting to fight the enemy to protect the country. from the time of Hung King... is a form of ritualistic and artistic representation of the naval training and battle spirit on the rivers of our ancestors 1500 years ago. That is the heroic spirit of the insurgent army commanded by the first Emperor of the Ly Bi Nation who chose Dien Triet lagoon as a naval camp, leaving behind a heroic history that the people of Tu Yen are forever proud of. Ancient residents of Tu Yen created a unique form to commemorate the majesty of the Immortal Emperor. Therefore, the Tu Yen swimming festival has a spiritual meaning rather than a sporting or entertainment purpose.
The swimming festival is held to recreate the fierce battles on the river of our ancestors in the past. The mat used in the swimming pool is made of hand-hewn wood and painted red. The head is shaped like a phoenix's head, and the body is gradually curved into the shape of an upside-down shrimp tail. Stretching 20.5m, the bed is divided into many compartments, the widest part is 1.5m. Each spread has 36 beams, divided into 18 pairs sitting horizontally. The swimmers are selected healthy men who sit on one knee on the side of the spread in a uniform position, holding the beam in the right direction. The servant stood naked and wore a loincloth, then plastered his body with Malabar leaves to make it smooth so that the opponent could not grasp it. This person is responsible for raising the flag, and when necessary, is responsible for turning the opponent's steering wheel to overtake. Finally, the driver, wearing silk clothes and a pineapple hat, stands at the end of the spread. This person has experience navigating the right channel and sometimes takes advantage of the advantage.
Attendees were drawn into the jubilant and bustling atmosphere of cheers on the shore before the spirit of determination to fight, determination to win, and full of ingenuity of the boys on boats like Phoenix birds, Dragon heads, and curved Shrimp tails. rushing like an arrow on the river, it was originally a dugout boat that King Ly used to fight the enemy. Since 2010, the swimming festival has been restored after a 60-year hiatus, meeting the wishes of the people of Tu Yen and Vinh Phuc as well as tourists near and far. Together with Dien Triet, Son Dong tourist area, Trieu De, Duc Bac military drum singing, it will become a comprehensive tourist area (spiritual, ecological, craft villages...) south of Lap Thach, Song Lo, attracting many tourists. guests from all over…
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