![]() A beautiful outdoor stage hosts fantastic shows worthy of the village’s 300-year-old tradition. Here you will find one of the last remaining water puppet workshops in Vietnam and learn about the making of the puppets. Nowadays, on the death anniversary of Dao Dang Khiem on the 24 th of the second lunar month every year, Dao Thuc villagers hold an incense-offering ceremony to show their gratitude and respect to the founder of the guild. For a deeper understanding of the Vietnam’s water puppets, visit o Thc Village on the outskirts of Hanoi. The guilds’ founder, Dao Dang Khiem, died in 1732 and while the other three guilds gradually declined, Dao Thuc water puppetry guild, still exists until today. In 1705 when King Le Hy Tong abdicated and King Le Du Tong took the throne, Khiem gave up his post and returned to his hometown in Tu Son district, Kinh Bac region (now Thuy Lam commune, Dong Anh district) where he set up four guilds which were specialized in literacy teaching, martial arts training, mortar making and water puppetry performance. ![]() In 1687, at the age of 33, he was appointed to the rank of third-level mandarin by King Le Hy Tong. The village’s historical documents revealed that the founder of the Dao Thuc water puppet village was Dao Dang Khiem, who was born in 1654 under the name of Nguyen Dang Vinh. Your cruise will move slowly on Saigon River to help you immerse in the Night life of HCMC, which is a very different point that you can not find with any land transportation.Located in Thuy Lam commune of Dong Anh district on the outskirt of Hanoi, Dao Thuc water puppet village, formerly known as Dao Xa water puppetry guild, is an interesting place for tourists in the capital city where they can enjoy water puppet shows of various themes, ranging from village life and folk tales to national heroes. During your dinner, you can also enjoy many wonderful performance of dancing, singing and traditional instrument playing. The cruise will depart at 7:45, serving you Set menu or Buffet with extremely cozy atmosphere. Then, we move to District 4 to get on Cruise and enjoy dinner. ![]() So it’s more of a sit back and enjoy the puppets coming to life, marveling at how the actions can seem so realistic while a team of people make it all happen from behind a curtain. ![]() The show is entirely in Vietnamese and although the show’s pamphlet has the name of each set in English, “Dragon Dance” for example, there is no explanation and foreigners most likely won’t understand the nuances of what is happening. The show depicts every day pastoral scenes-riding a water buffalo, catching frogs, fishing-as well as folktales and humorous anecdotes, all set to live instruments and singing. The puppets are manipulated by puppeteers standing waist deep in the water hidden behind a screen. Puppets dance on a “stage”, essentially a tank of water. It seems water puppetry has been continuously found in Vietnam, where it is called mua roi nuoc (mua, dance roi, puppet nuoc, water). Originating in northern Vietnam’s Red River Delta, Water Puppetry is now firmly a proud Vietnamese tradition. This is a typical itinerary for this product Stop At: Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater At 5:45, we will pick-up you right at you hotel and then we move to the Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater at District 1 to enjoy the show at 6:30 PM in an air-conditioned theatre, no intermission.
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