Glass paper lanterns light up full moon festivalIn Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as Children's Festival, bringing families together for a fun nighteating mooncakes and exotic fruits like pomelo, followed by parades lit by lanterns. Today in Saigon's District 11, you can still find a neighbourhood that makes traditional lanterns. As the festival is around the corner, all the family are busy with their work, with hands full of glass paper, glues and bamboo sticks. In recent years, traditional lanterns have become more popular with youngsters, traders and people buying traditional toys for their kids. No matter how technologically advanced life becomes, the sparkling traditional lanterns still have value, value that needs to be preserved for generations.

Source: VietNamNet News October 01, 2017 08:37 UTC