Relics Of Celebrities

Quang Nam Province is a famous land which has produced a number of famous people over the years. Many of these people have passed doctoral examinations under the old system. Many were famous patriot revolutionaries such as Tran Quy Cap, Hoang Dieu, Phan Thanh Tai, Nguyen Duy Hieu, Tran Cao Van, Huynh Thuc Khang, Nguyen Thanh, Phan Chu Trinh, Tran Van Du, Le Tan Trung, Do Dang Tuyen, Phan Thanh, Nguyen Van Troi and Tran Thi Ly.
Princess Doan Qui Phi’s tomb
Doan Qui Phi (1601-1661) was the mother of Lord Hien (another name of Thai Tong Nguyen Phuc Tan). Princess Doan Qui Phi was known to be diligent, hard working, intelligent. In memory of her kindness and diligence, Nguyen Lords conferred her various respectful titles. Especially, she was honourably offered the title “Trinh Thuc Tu Tinh Due Hue Kinh Hieu Chieu Hoang Hau” by the 6th year of King Gia Long in 1806.
Doan Quy Phi’s tomb is located in Chiem Son village, Duy Trinh commune, Duy Xuyen district. This tomb was built in the 16-17th century and it is believed to be the oldest in the south under the Lord Nguyen. Every lunar year on 24th, March the local people and family carry a thurible to commemotare her.
Provincial Chief Hoang Dieu (1828-1882)
Hoang Dieu was born in a Confucian family in Xuan Dai village, Dien Quang commune, Dien Ban district, Quang Nam province. He was very famous for his great leaning ability. He completed a bachelors degree at the age of 19 and became junior doctor when he was only 24. On 25th April 1882, French attacked Hanoi citadel. In such an unequal battle, Hoang Dieu would rather killed himself than died in the hand of the enemy. At that time he was the chief of Ha-Ninh province. His heroic death had major repercussions encouraging many strong-willed scholars and people nationwide to fight against the enemy for the liberation of the country.
He was reburied in his homeland at Dien Quang commune, Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province and his tomb was retored twice in 1982 and in 1998.
Scholar Tran Van Du (1839-1885)
Aslo being called Hoan Nhuoc, Tran Van Du was born in 1839, died in 1885. His name linked with Quang Nam Nghia Hoi movement. Doctor Tran Van Du was known as famous revolutionary. In 1875 he was designated one of the only three doctors in Viet Nam. In 1884 he became chief of the border post (Son phong Su) at Quang Nam. Following the Can Vuong proclamation, Mr Tran Van Du encouraged the resistance movement against French domination in Quang Nam along with Nguyen Duy Hieu, Phan Ba Phien and Tieu La Nguyen Thanh. he was arrested and was executed at La Qua on 13th, December 1885.
His tomb is located in Tam An commune, Phu Ninh district on National highway 1 and next to Chien Dan tower.
Scholar Pham Phu Thu ( 1823-1883)
Pham Phu Thu was born in Dien Trung commune, Dien Ban district. In 1843 he passed an examination similar to today’s doctoral examination and was then appointed to the position of head of Lang Giang district. He also once held a position similar to a royal archivist, in charge of recording king Tu Duc’s activities and speeches. In 1863, he went to France with Phan Thach Gian in a mission to get back the three eastern provinces in the south which the French colonialists occupied in 1862. When he returned home, he submitted many partitions to king Tu Duc to reform the nation, but his proposals were returned and not approved by the king.
He held many positions, he was head of Hai Duong and Quang Yen at the same time as being in charge of Thuong Chinh and Dai Dong (1874), and a great royal scholar (1878).
His tomb is located in his homeland in a cool precinct.
Phan Thanh Tai’s tomb
Phan Thanh Tai was born in 1870 in Bao An village, Dien Trung commune, Dien Ban district. He was one of the first western educated people in Quang Nam Province.
He was the most enthusiastic advocate of the Dong Du monument that was initiated by Phan Boi Chau. Together with Thai Phien and Tran Cao Van, he actively participated in the organization of Vietnam Quang Phuc Hoi. He was once the leader of uprising to seize Da Nang Estuary of this organization from Quang Nam to Quang Ngai. The uprising was not successful, he was arrested by the French colonialists on the 9th of June 1916 and was executed at the age of 36.
His tomb is now is in Vinh Dien town, Dien Ban District.
Tieu La Scholar - Nguyen Thanh (1863-1911)
Nguyen Thanh (also known as Tieu La) was born in in 1863 in Thanh My village, Le Duong district which is now called Binh Quy in Thang Binh district. Descended from a civil service family, he became very famous for his intelligence, independence, smartness and great aspiration to release the fatherland from the early age. In 1885, he gave up his study, participating in Insergence movement and soon became a competent leader. He was assigned to to be the assistant of Quang Nam Insurgence. He was aslo among the people whose contribution to the foundation of Duy Tan Movement along with Phan Boi Chau was significantly great. He was arrested in 1908 and was sent into exile in Con Dao and died in 1911. His tomb was restored in 1997 in his hometown in a nice precinct surrounded by green line of trees and beautiful parterre.
Scholar Huynh Thuc Khang memorial house (1876-1947)
This is a national-list historical relics located in Tien Canh commune, about 35km southwest of Tam Ky city. The old house was built by Huynh Thuc Khang’s father in 1869 reflecting a very common architecture style under the Nguyen dysnasty. It is a 3 section-house with tiled roof and skilfully carved wooden frame.
Huynh Thuc Khang was born in 1876 in Binh Thanh, Tien Phuoc district. He was a smart and intelligent person and aslo a patriotic scholar. After the success of August 1945 Revolution, President Ho Chi Minh invited him to participating in the government system and Huynh Thuc Khang once worked as The Acting State President.
The house has been carefully restored many times. Relics and documents relating to his life and career are displayed here.
The foundation of the house of Scholar Phan Chu Trinh (1872-1926)
Phan Chau Trinh was born in 1872 in Tay Loc, Vinh Quy, Ha Dong district ( now known as Tam Loc commune, Phu Ninh district) and died in 1926 in Sai Gon after years of joining volutionary activities. Phan Chu Trinh was the person who took the initiative of Duy Tan Movement, and a brilliant example of patriotism and heroic spirit of struggling for nation’s interest. To memorize him, on the basement of the old house in Tay Loc where he spent his childhood, the local authority built a memorial house in an ancient architecture style on the area of 2000m2 surrounded with green bamboo.

Landscapes

Quang Nam province has 125 kilometers of coast line from Dien Ngoc (Non Nuoc beach) to Dung Quat Bay (Quang Ngai province) with beautiful and clean beaches: Ha My, Cua Dai, Binh Minh, Tam Thanh, Ky Ha, Bai Rang. Most of the beaches in Quang Nam have white sandbanks, blue shallow water and average salt content. On good weather nights, the water surface is twinkling by the plentiful neon lights from many fishing-boats like beautiful lantern cities in the sea.
Quang Nam attracts tourists by the variety of sea-foods such as fish, crab, shrimp, cuttle-fish, etc because their tastes seem to be more delicious than any other places.
Some famous beaches are as the followings:
Ha My beach: Dien Duong commune - Dien Ban district, 6 km South of Ngu Hanh Son (Marble mountain) in Da Nang city.
Cua Dai beach: Cua Dai ward - Hoi An city, 4 km East of the center of Hoi An.
Binh Minh beach : Binh Minh commune - Thang Binh district, about 15 km east of Ha Lam town
Tam Thanh beach : Tam Thanh commune - Tam Ky city, 7 km East of the center of Tam Ky city.
Bai Rang beach : Stand by Chu Lai Airport, far from the center of Nui Thanh district, 2 kilometers to the East.
Ban Than peak
Along the coast line of Quang Nam with blue water and white sand, there suddenly emergs a black rock cliff heaping up like coal, it is 2 kilometers in length and 40 metres high, combined with a stone edge to make a unique natural sculpture. From the top of Ban Than, tourists can look out over the vast area of sea, with Cham island and Ong Island in the long distance. Mingling between sea and sky, Binh Than is tottery and create dizzy feeling. Ban Than tow is a beautiful landscape for men who like risky adventure and discovering grandiose nature.
Ban Than Tow is located in Tam Hai commune, Nui Thanh distict, 3 kilometres northeast of Bai Rang beach as the crow flies.
Thu Bon River
Originating from Ngoc Linh mountaintop of 2598 meters high, the Thu Bon, at its beginning, is just a small river flowing silently throughout the stone edges in the west of Quang Nam. Thanks to increasing water output from Tien, Tranh rivers in the area of Tra My and Tien Phuoc districts, Thu Bon river had raised alluvial soil for Que Son, Dai Loc and Duy Xuyen lands. From here, Thu Bon and Vu Gia rivers join together before splitting in two somewhere in Dien Ban: the northern is the main river called Thu Bon (another name Cho Cui river), the southern is the smaller branch called Ba Ren. Close to the sea, Thu Bon and Ba Ren rivers join up with the Truong Giang river which passes through Hoi An ancient town and ends up in the Cua Dai sea.
On a boat trip down Thu Bon river, tourists will pass through many reputed villages known for their breeding of silkworms and famous landscapes such as the Hon Kem Da Dung, Nong Son coal mine, and Dai Binh tree and fruit villages. Stopping in river wharf, tourists can participate in the countryside market place, enjoy the sweet ho-heave-ho melody, listen to story about Puong Chao, Bo Bo Madam and study the legend of Thu Bon River in the war of national defense.
Hon Kem - Da Dung Landscape
Beautiful and poetic, Hon Kem is located in the area of Que Lam and Que Phuoc commune, Que Son district. Thu Bon River widens here to creat a deep large lake. At sunrise and sunset, a mist spreads across the water creating a magical scenery.
“ Ngo len Hon Kem Da Dung
Thuong cha nho me qua chung, bau oi!”
“ As raising up Hon Kem Da Dung
Oh! How much I miss my mum and dad!”
Hon Kem Da Dung is has inspired many poems, music, and pictures of the Vietnamese people and is the pride of Quang Nam.
Hon Kem Da Dung is the location of the insurgent army base of the province chief Nguyen Duy Hieu (Nguyen’s dynasty) and the base of the national hero Hoang Van Thu in the struggle against French colonialists.
Hon Kem Da Dung not only attracts tourists by its beautiful and poetic landscape but also by many secret ancient words of the Cham people carved on the sheer rocks of tens of tons in weight reflected in Thu Bon river.
Phu Ninh Reservoir
7 kilometres West of Tam Ky, Phu Ninh Reservoir is an irrigation works with capacity for about half of billion cubic metres of water and a surface of 3.433 hectares. This work was started in 1977 and finished ten years later. Apart from the advantages for developing irrigation, aquiculture, power-electricity, forest, agriculture and providing water for recreation.... Phu Ninh is also an ideal ecotourism area with cool air and diversified fauna all year round. There are 14 species of animal recorded in the Red Book. From this high site, tourists can view the huge reservoir with many islands covered mountains, and green forest. Tourists can take a boat around the islands enjoy the poetic and impressive beauty among the vast green forest areas. The Chap Tra valley is a mineral resource found in the middle of the quiet lake. This mineral resource is used for medical treatment such as bile, liver, and stomach diseases...
Now, Phu Ninh Reservoir is developing tourism through a variety of attractive ecotourism ideas: excursion, picnic, fishing, hot water bathe and medical treatment with hot water.
Bo Bo Hill
Consisting of 4 main hills in succession with an area of 280 hectares bordering Dien Tien and Dien Tho commune - Dien Ban district, this area possesses poetic scenery, with green caribe-pine forest, quiet water and fresh cool air all year round. Further South from the hill top, the scenery of villages, countryside, rivers look like a vivid picture. In the war against French colonialists, Bo Bo was an important strategy location. In 1939, French colonialists chose this place as a military defense base for protecting Da Nang City. There was also an extended bitter fighting between the French army and Quang Nam troops. Bo Bo’s victory on the 19th of July 1954 was a final struggle of Viet Nam before signing the Geneva agreement one day later, to stop the French colonial war in Indochina. To commemorate this victory, a memorial was built on the hill.
Currently, Bo Bo is being planned to develop tourism by investing in pleasure-house, camping site, restaurants, entertainment services, and zoological park.
Bo Bo hill is 15 kilometres Southwest of Da Nang and 25 kilometres Northwest of Hoi An.
Ecotourism site of Duy Son II hydroelectricity
The hydroelectric dam project was started in 1975. This was the first major project of the Vietnamese people, showing the creative spirit and extraordinary energy of Labour Hero Luu Bang - The Head of Duy Son Co-operative II and that of the local people. The hydroelectric Dam lies on the sloping hilltops, and stands by the poetic green lakes, the stone springs and the casuarina forest. Coming here, tourists can go on a tour of the plant before climbing up to upper reaches or enjoying picnic in miraculous rock caves standing by springs flowing from the mountain. . And now, Duy Xuyen local authority is scheming for investment in exploitation tourism and services of entertainment in this area.
Ecotourism Site of Duy Son II hydroelectricity locates in Duy Son commune - Duy Xuyen district., and is 5 km South of Tra Kieu imperial city.
Thuan Tinh Ecological Tourism Zone
Located in the river islet with the area of 50 hectares, Thuan Tinh looks like a buoy floating at the lower section of Thu Bon river. Thuan Tinh is a typical ecological tourism zone in Hoi An town. Arriving here, tourists will enjoy the poetic natural landscapes. Under the green nipa and willow forests howling in the wind, tourist can row a boat on river or take part in the folk games, go fishing, watch water puppet performance or contemplating handicrafts and fine arts displayed in the ancient house with typical Vietnamese countryside style.. Tourists can also go camping, enjoy reading and picnic under the shadow of tree leaves or relax in the bungalows well-equiped with facilities.
With a distance of 3 kilometres from Hoi An ancient town, tourists will find it is very convenient to travel by land or river from Hoi An to here.
Suoi Tien (Fairy Spring)
Suoi Tien Spring is located in Que Phu commune - Que Son district, 15 kilometres from Huong An cross road along the provincial road No. 611 to the West. Suoi Tien is related to the legend of male deities and a woodsman that passionately playing chess.
Suoi Tien Spring is an ideal tourist attraction including 14 waterfall chains flowing slowly in the middle of the superb forest, like a fairyland scene. In the riverhead, from 400 meters high, the stream falls down to the large rocks making to the white spume and the vivid constant sound at whispers roaring in the large forest. Apart from seeing the beautiful landscape and being in the water of the cool pond, tourists can visit the vestige of the Vanguard Youth Women Ba Thao battalion standing by the waterfall in struggle against the Imperialists.
Mineral Water resource of Tay Vien
Many local people think that Tay Vien is a herbal remedy garden located in the West of Que Son district because there are many kinds of precious aloe wood and medicinal plants here. Another tale relates that Tay Vien is a place of poetic landscapes like a fairyland paradise in the west.
From Dong Phu town (Que Son Dist.,) to Trung Phuoc Hamlet passing spectacular Le pass on the small field of Que Loc district, tourists will see two mineral water pits always boiling. That is Tay Vien mineral water which the local people call the Ong (sir) and Ba (madam) pits, flowing from Hon Tau Mountain. It always has a big capacity, with the stable temperature of approximately 800C. Thanks to high mineral content, and poetic natural scenery, Tay Vien will become an ideal tourism spot in the small areas in the West of Quang Nam. From Tay Vien, tourists can walk or ride bicycles along the path throughout the mountain to My Son Sanctuary - the World Culture Heritage in 3 hours.
Khe Lim
From Ai Nghia, Dai Loc district, travelling along National highway 14B of 20 km to the West, tourists will reach Khe Lim landscape spot. In the long distance, the waterfall looks like a thin veil, sometimes appearing and disappearing, catching our eyes between the vast of forests and making us suddenly thinking about Cam Ly waterfall Da Lat dreamlike city. From Am Thong mountain-top, a large stream which is nearly 20 meters high, falls down, roaring to the spring all day with a lots of rocks heaped up creating the waterfalls which flow slowly to Vu Gia river and flowing to the immense sea. Along two sides of the spring are virgin forests and floristic composition growing green all year around. Together with the Hio-Hiu mountain range in the south and hill ranges going up and down in the northwest, there are harmonious scenery picture. On the top of the waterfall in Khe Lim there is a vestige of Chua Am (Am pagoda) with mysterious anecdotes.
Khe Lim is located in Dai Dong hamlet - Dai Loc district.
Giang Thom Pit
10 kilometers from National Road 1 to the west of Nui Thanh district., Giang Thom Pit is a beautiful landscape in Quang Nam province. Tourists feel free from any tiring by hearing vivid sounds of springs and waterfalls. From afar, the riverhead falls down the large rock making the beautiful attraction of the waterfalls. At the foot of the fall, the stream flows making many deep holes with blue water a small mirror reflecting the scenery. Giang Thom Pit is covered by clouds and dew creating a harmonious scenery picture showing a pure and primitive beauty distracting tourists’ minds.
Giang Thom Pit is really an ideal landscape for ecotourism and excursions. Herein, people who like thrills can climbing up to rough rocks to conquer high waterfalls. The riverhead with the green ponds and quiet scenery are suitable for tourists who enjoy quiet and poetic scenery of the wild nature.
National Park of Song Thanh
Located on the border of Nam Giang and Phuoc Son district, near the border of People Republic of Laos with the large area of approximately 93,429 hectares of sunken zone and 108,398 hectares of buffer zone. The sunken zone is divided into two areas: strictly preserving zone of 75,373 hectares and ecological rehabilitating zone of 17,512 hectares
This place has a lots of wonderful things, attracting tourists and scientists by plentiful natural resources. There are totally 831 species of plants recorded in the survey in 1997 and 1999 carried out by WWF- Indochina and Institute of Vietnam Investigation Projecting Forest. Among these species, there are 23 useful species, 38 species recorded in Red Book of Viet Nam. The forest fauna here is various with 53 species of animal, 183 species of bird, 44 species of reptile, 21 species of amphibian and 25 species of fish.... The result of the investigation showing that here there are many precious animals such as tiger, panther, elephant, etc. Tourists can contemplate the Grang waterfall, Thac Nuoc (waterfall) bridge and beautiful landscapes along Ho Chi Minh legend Trail or discover specific characteristics of ethnic minorities’s cultures.

Traditional Occupation Villages

In the early of 15th - 16th centuries, the handicrafts had been found by immigrants from the Northern setting up in the Southern and vigorous development in Quang Nam land. Passing the hundreds year of rising and falling, Quang Nam occupation village still remains the tradition from father to son. In the brilliant past, the products of occupation villages had not only served daily life but also presented in international area such as: Kim Bong Carpentry, Thanh Ha Pottery, Phuoc Kieu Bronze Casting, Ma Chau Silk Weaving etc. They altogether had made a part of Hoi An features where used to be the busiest port in the last century like Hue capital into the ancient and full fascinating town.
Thanh Ha Pottery Village
Location: Cam Ha Commune, Hoi An city
This pottery trade of this village is believed to originate from Thanh Hoa Province. From clay as main raw material, the clever hands of artisans create pottery products for domestic use, such as bowls, jars, vases, ornament tree pots, with a variety of shapes and colors, and with great durability. These pottery products are on display and on sale at souvenir shops and are very popular with visitors.
Visiting this trade village, you will not only indulge yourselves in shopping a variety of souvenir items, but also will be able to see with your own eyes the stages in the making of these products.
Kim Bong Carpenter Village
Location: Cam Kim Commune, Hoi An city
The carpentry of this village is believed to originate from North Vietnam, and has long been famous with its arts of wood carving and sculpture. Through contact and exchange with artisans of the same trade from Chiem Thanh, China, Japan and so on, combined with their own skills, these Kim Bong carpenters have created pieces of work which have normally great meaning in philosophy and fine arts. Products made here have been marketed in domestic as well as oversea markets.
Tra Que vegetable Village
It is far from Hoi An old town 2 kms to the Northeast. Its location is between De Vong river and Tra Que alga pond (Cam Ha commune - Hoi An city). This village is famous for many kinds of vegetables in a long time: lettuce, houttuynia, flagrant knoutwed, basil and coriander vegetables etc., and It is usually used in the Quang Nam special foods: Hoi An vermicelli, Quang soft noodle soup, dry pancake roll with pork…
With the area approximately tens of hectares of cultivated land but vegetable planting occupation had become the main occupation of native people from generation to generation. It developed the best prosperously since Hoi An tourism started to get gorgeous achievements.
Now, besides vegetable planting to supply for restaurants and wholesales markets in Quang Nam province as well as in Da Nang city with income up to billions of VND each year. Tra Que people also participate in tourism activities, tourists come here not only being guided to make soil, fertile, grow vegetable but also learn how to make the cuisine from vegetables in this place like the native people.
Phuoc Kieu Bronze Casting Village
Location: Dien Phuong Commune, Dien Ban District
Some of the products made by this village are bells, gongs, gong-like music instruments, incense burners, lamp holders, ancient vases, and other bronze musical instruments which are normally used in festivals, ceremonies and everyday life.
These musical instruments can give out unique sounds due to special techniques of combination of different types of metals in the process of casting which only the skilled artisans can do.
Ma Chau Weaving Village
It was founded in 15th century and located closely to Tra Kieu, Ma Chau village only wove silk and supplied for aristocrats, mandarin classes in the court. The stages of growing silkworms, breeding, unraveling silkworm cocoons and weaving were made by hundreds of householders in village following to craft methods.
When the government in the south of Viet Nam opened the gate to exchange trade to the world through Hoi An port so Ma Chau silk was the most exported goods. At the end of 19th century, when the French arrived in Viet Nam and herein, there was more floriculture and weaving occupations but silk was the main product to be used. In this period, means of production in village was remarkably improved from using wooden looms to half-machine, then reaching automation now.
Today, Ma Chau weaving village has specific characteristics in rural villages of Viet Nam with many green tree gardens, tea and areca palm hedges... Especially, the hospitality of native people will make tourists satisfied when arriving here.
Its location is in Chau Hiep hamlet - Nam Phuoc town, 3 kms far from center of Duy Xuyen district to the East, and on the way to My Son Sanctuary.
Dong Yen - Thi Lai Mulberry Silkworm Village
Like Ma Chau weaving village, in the last centuries, Dong Yen - Lai Chau villages had the reputation of growing silkworms, unraveling cocoons and weaving. Popular products include: Satin, tussore, chiffon and mattresses, which used to be exported to the far east by foreign trader ships. In its hey day, this village grew more than 160 hectares of mulberries and nearly 200 households participated in producing silk by handicraft methods, the craftsmen in Dong Yen - Thi Lai emigrated to settle down in Southern and found the weaving village with the large scale such as Bay Hien, Go Vap in Ho Chi Minh city nowadays.
Dong Yen - Thi Lai weaving village is located in Duy Trinh commune - Duy Xuyen district.
Ban Thach Mat Village
From Nam Phuoc town - Duy Xuyen district to the East of about 5 kms, tourists will see the green groves of jute along the bank of Thu Bon River.
This is a major raw material to make the mat product of Ban Thach village. The exquisite and clever hands of Ban Thach women make simple threads of segde bright,soft & solid mats with multicolor & kinds which are favoured by the domestic market.
Thanks to the location in the water area in Tra Nhieu and has poetic natural landscapes, Ban Thach is becoming an attractive destination for tourists who like discovering the traditional occupation villages in Quang Nam.
Ban Thach is located in Duy Vinh commune - Duy Xuyen district.
Brocade Weaving Occupation Of Cotu Ethnic
Although it has not developed as an occupation village yet but brocade weaving occupation had become the traditional village baring the deep cultural characteristics of Cotu ethnic. With the skillful hand of Cotu women, they had changed the homemade materials into the products such as blankets, loincloths, skirts, etc with multiform color and unique vignettes. The stage of weaving is made entirely by hand-made method, from growing material (cotton, jute, flax, etc) to finishing the products. As for brocade weaving, the Cotu women have to work hard during many days or a month to accomplish product entirely.
Brocade weaving occupation still retains the traditional characteristics of Cotu ethnic minority in village but gathers mainly in Tabhing (far 15 kms from Thanh My - Nam Giang district to the North-West). Herein, tourists will be exciting when being taught heartily by Cotu women to weave brocade products with simple looms that it was made from bamboo and wood.

Festivals

The value of cultural characteristics of Quang Nam land is accumulated in festivals, custom and spiritual life in daily activities of ethnic communities who live together in this land. Quang Nam festival is an entity that includes a variety of ethnic, history, religion and cultural elements. It is usually organized in a smaller sphere than the northern festivals but is very diversified, plentiful and unique at all.
Some typical traditional and cultural tourism festivals in Quang Nam:
Vehicle procession Duoc festival
Vehicle procession festival takes place in Duoc market, Binh Trieu ward, Thang Binh district, attaches to the legend of Ms Nguyen Thi Cua. She was very supernatural, gave medicine & treated as well as punished corrupt officials.
She herself turned deserted area into the crowed market called Duoc market. To memorize her, people formed the temple. On annual January 11, there is a festival including quiet-seeking, worshiping, lion dancing, classical drama, boat race and especially the palanquin mass around the village for people’ worshiping.

Long Chu Festival
Every year, the festival takes place on lunar July 15th. This is the festival of fishing villagers around Hoi An city to get rid of plague when coming to new season. It is organized in the common house in hamlets and communes. During the festival, there is a procession of Long Chu (King boat in the form of a dragon-a holy symbol to prevent bad evils from the common house to the riverbank, then Long Chu is floated into the sea.
Before the festival, shamans put up incense table and put amulets in the place believed as the shelter of ghosts and devils. Following the shamans, teenagers with cold steel (machete) in their hands clear the bushes along the village path and together sing in response to each other in an exciting atmosphere. During the day of main festival, the priest holds offering rituals; after that, the Long Chu procession takes place to get rid of ghosts and epidemic around the village. In the festival, traditional games and classical drama last from morning till night.
Cau Bong Festival
Yearly, this festival takes place on a nice day in spring on Hoi An river (near Cua Dai). It is the ceremony for beginning crops of the new year. The festival includes a boat race, with a wish for fruitful crops, prosperity and security for the local people.
Nguyen Tieu Festival
The festival is held in Trieu Chau and Quang Trieu clubhouses on lunar January 16th. This is the first worship in the year of people descended from Trieu Chau and Quang Dong provinces (in China). Apart from traditional rituals, there are lion dances and lottery games. The festival lures the large participation of Chinese people and visitors.
Lady Thien Hau’s birthday Festival
This festival is organized in Phuc Kien and Ngu Bang club house by Chinese people living in Hoi An on lunar March 23rd every year, to worship the goddess who save ships and boats in danger at sea. The festival is divided into two parts: the first part is traditional rituals of the Chinese style and the second part is traditional performances such as lion dance and consulting the oracles. The clubhouse grounds are colourfully decorated. A large number of local people and visitors take part in the exciting atmosphere during the festival.
Lady Thubon Festival
It is a traditional festival of ancient Champa people that is inherited & kept till nowadays. This festival falls on lunar February 12th in Lady Thu Bon’s Palace in Duy Tan commune, Duy Xuyen district.
Lady Thu Bon, also known as Lady Bo Bo, the woman who made great contributions to found agriculture and fishery in alluvial land. During the festival, the atmosphere is excited and animated. Apart from the offering, the festival includes traditional games and processions such as: regatta, vehicle and water processions, dances and festival songs. In these days, Thu Bon river is sometimes waved by the acclamation and encouragement along two riversides but sometimes is engraved and fond in the memory of the past.
Now, Lady Thu Bon festival is being revived with many ancient games of Central region by Duy Xuyen authorities.
Coming to the festival, tourists have a chance to visit My Son Temple and Tower Zone – a famous world’s cultural heritage.
Sin Fish Festival
On the death anniversary day of Ca Ong, this festival takes place in Ca Ong’s tomb or in the death place of Ca Ong. It is originated from the coastal people’s religion. After the offerings, people altogether sing folksongs, classical dramas.
Minh Hai Ancestor Worship
On November 7th every lunar year, this worship is usually carried out in the Chuc Thanh pagoda, consisting of Buddhist rituals. After the worship, there are entertainment activities, music, camps and traditional games.
Hoi An Full Moon Night
This falls on lunar 14 every month - the day of the full moon. At night, Hoi An looks like a great stage, fanciful and briliant with colorful lanterns. Hoi An people wearing ancient clothes become actors in reciting poems, playing mah-jong and chess together. These activities relive the beautiful atmosphere of an ancient port with rural pleasures in traditional festivals.
From 6.00 p.m till midnight, the whole ancient town are quite, and no vehicles. Both travellers and regional people, Vietnamese and foreigners go for a walk together in the cozy atmosphere, unforgettable memories.
"Quang Nam - The Heritage Itinerary" Festival
This is the stunning cultural and tourism event of the province with many diverse activities that aim to respect the cultural characteristics and propagate tourism products in Quang Nam.
The festival activities are mainly organized in the big tourism places such as Hoi An, My Son, Cham island, Phu Ninh reservoir and traditional craft villages. The first “Quang Nam - The Heritage Itinerary” festival was organized in the year 2003 and since then it had been continued to hold once two years. Coming to the festival, tourists will be excited by the lively atmosphere and enjoy the traditional arts which have the deep cultural characteristics of Quang Nam and some regions in the country, they can also participate in folk games and another sport activities. This festival is a place for meeting and interchanging with artists, actors and athletes especially with visitors from around the world.