Two spring festivals become national heritagesThe Mountain God Worshipping Festival in Hanoi and the Tro Chieng Festival in northern Thanh Hoa province have been recently listed as national intangible cultural heritages by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Bamboo elephants attach each other by their horns at Tro Chieng Festival. According to legend, Tan Vien, also known as Son Tinh, was the God of the Mountain and managed the land and protected the people. He taught them to grow crops, hunt animals, catch fish, practice martial arts, and organize festivals. His enemy was Thuy Tinh, the God of the Sea, who brought storms and flooding that damaged crops and killed people and animals.

Source: VietNamNet News March 01, 2018 07:07 UTC