200 drones light up Hanoi’s Thay Pagoda Festival

Hanoi’s Thay Pagoda Festival, organised alongside a ceremony to receive the National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Thay Pagoda, is taking place at the pagoda area from April 12-16.

A Drone Light performance with 200 drones entertains spectators for the first time in the Hanoi suburbs. The artistic light display features the Quoc Oai district map and characteristic images of the region's cultural legacies.

On this occasion, the district People's Committee also organised the Culture, Tourism and Trade Promotion Week of Quoc Oai district in 2024. In the Thay Pagoda area, the Organising Committee arranged 150 booths to introduce and promote cultural products, cuisine, craft products and OCOP (One Commune Once Product) products.

In addition, the committee also organises art performances, sports, experiential entertainment, folk games, wrestling, culinary events and viewing of real-life performances named "Northern quintessence".

Thay Pagoda was built more than 1,000 years ago. Having gone through historical changes and several restorations and embellishments, the pagoda still retains its unique artistic architecture with a typical system of statues.

The pagoda is also a landscape and a tourist attraction. It still preserves many precious antiques, such as the lotus stone pedestal of the Ly Dynasty, the back of the throne of the 16th century, the incense altar of the Le Dynasty, the bronze bell of the Tay Son period, Buddha statues and others.