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Đống Đa Festival
Lễ hội Đống Đa
Street address:
 Chùa Đống Quang, Đặng Tiến Đông, Quận Đống Đa, Hà Nội, Việt NamTelephone: 84 (0) 4 857 2278
Mailing address: Sở Văn hóa Thông tin Thủ Đô Hà Nội, 47 Hàng Dầu, Quận Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Việt Nam
Telephone: 84 (0) 4 825 5078
Fax: 84 (0) 4 825 1510
Proprietor: Hà Nội Service of Culture and Information
Contact: Nguyễn Hải Director
Telephone: 84 (0) 4 923 1861
Dates and duration: Annual, 5th day of the lunar new year
The Đống Đa Festival is held every year immediately after Lunar New Year at Đống Quang Pagoda in Hà Nội's Đống Đa District to celebrate the victory here in 1789 of King Quang Trung (1788-1792) over a 200,000-strong invading Qing army and honour those who died in the battle. Launched with a religious ceremony to commemorate the victory, the festival involves a range of time-honoured games, including wrestling, cock fighting and a traditional swing. A special feature of the festival is the Fire Dragon Dance, performed by a team of young men wearing a 15 metre-long dragon made of paper within circles of fire and accompanied by displays of martial arts. In recent years the festival has involved full-scale dramatic reconstructions of the historic victory over the Chinese, involving a cast of local people directed by Dr Phạm Thị Thành.
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