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Domestic và international visitors flock to the “Unesco city of Lanterns” for a chance to be part of the full moon festivities.
Along the riverside, local vendors sell colourful paper lanterns containing tealight candles, which you can buy, light & then float on the Hoai River. Watching your lantern float on the water in the moonlight is a lovely thing to see.
During the lantern festival, lighting candles is an important ritual for local people as it signifies a time lớn honour their ancestors. Vietnamese families will burn incense và offer food, drink, flowers và fake money at family altars within their homes, believing they will be blessed with health, happiness, good fortune & love.
Full moon offerings take place all over Vietnam, but Hoi An is especially famous for its lantern festival.
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Our Favourite Hoi An Lantern Seller
How lớn See the Lantern Festival
Lantern festival activities centre around the Japanese Bridge and Cau An Hoi Bridge along the Hoai River. Festivities start at 8 pm, but most people arrive earlier lớn enjoy dinner in the ancient town before proceedings officially begin.From 8 pm, all the buildings located in Hoi An’s Old Quarter start to lớn turn off their electric lights. This allows only the soft glow from silk & paper lanterns lớn light the area, creating a magical atmosphere.
Hoi An’s ancient town becomes fully pedestrianised during the lantern festival, with cars & motorbikes prohibited at this time, allowing visitors khổng lồ wander along the cobbled streets and enjoytraditional musical performances by the local people.
Don’t worry if you can’t visit Hoi An during the Lantern Festival, as there are always lanterns in Hoi An. However, a particular vibe surrounds the actual festival so try to coincide the lunar calendar dates with your trip lớn Hoi An.
2022/2023/2024 Hoi An Lantern Festival dates
2022 – January 16th, February 14th, March 16th, April 14th, May 14th, June 14th, July 13th, August 12th, September 10th, October 9th, November 8th, December 8th
2023 – January 6th, February 5th, March 7th, April 6th, May 5th, June 4th, July 3rd, August 1st & 31st, September 29th, October 28th, November 27th, December 27th.
2024 – January 24th, February 23rd, March 23rd, April 22nd, May 21st, June 19th, July 19th, August 17th, September 16th, October 16th, November 14th, December 14th.
The Story of the Lantern Seller
We hadn’t realised our trip to lớn Hoi An was going to lớn coincide with the lunar Lantern Festival, & although other festivals in Asia are well-documented, we hadn’t read anything about the monthly full moon celebrations in Vietnam.
On our first night in Hoi An, we were pleased khổng lồ find a perfect spot to lớn view the evening’s activities. We watched from our restaurant table as Vietnamese families wandered past, và tourists stopped to lớn light lanterns và board riverboat cruises along the Hoai River.
And then I spotted her – a small girl of about five years old with a cheeky grin, pigtails tied with ribbons and wearing a traditional conical bamboo hat. With her was a woman who stood in the shadows & pointed out khổng lồ her which people khổng lồ approach. The girls’ job was to lớn sell the small paper lanterns khổng lồ tourists, & from what we saw, she was doing a roaring trade.
The dễ thương Little Girl
Comments about how đáng yêu she was could be heard all around, và tourists parted with their money without hesitation. At one point, the girl came into our restaurant with her wicker basket full khổng lồ the brim of red, blue & yellow paper lanterns. Once again, diners eagerly paid her a few Dong (Vietnamese currency) to ensure her cheeky grin didn’t turn to crocodile tears.
Then she came over lớn us, but we had already decided not khổng lồ buy from her as we felt she was being exploited and didn’t want khổng lồ be part of it.
Instead, our eyes spotted an elderly lady sitting a few feet away. She was selling identical lanterns but was not getting the same response as the girl. With a raise of a hand, people passing would indicate that they didn’t want to lớn buy a lantern và would then see the girl & suddenly change their mind.
Our Favourite Hoi An Lantern Seller
We left the restaurant và headed to the lantern sellers when we finished our dinner. The elderly lady caught my eye, và a smile crept onto her lips. She looked at me & then looked away as the girl ran up lớn me with her lanterns. I said a polite no thank you & went to the old lady.
She looked up from her seated position on the ground, & I pointed khổng lồ her lanterns. She was delighted when I bought two; one for me và one for my son, who was my travelling companion. I politely asked to have my photo taken with her as I love capturing local people in my travel shots, & she was more than happy to lớn oblige.
We remembered our own loved ones as we watched our illuminated lanterns floating down the Hoai River & bid farewell to lớn our favourite lantern seller. A great memory to take with us of our time at the Lantern Festival in Hoi An.
Travel TipsThe biggest Lantern Festival celebration is in February, thefirst full moon of the lunar new year.Ensure you have a good camera lớn capture some stunning night photos of the lantern festival.Don’t pay more than around 20,000VND (50p/$0.86) for a paper lantern.Check out local performances which take place near the Japanese Bridge.Escape the crowds và ride on a sampan (traditional boat) to see the lanterns from the water.
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