Visitors nationwide flock to 2020 Co Loa festival

Co Loa Festival is held from the sixth to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, soon after Lunar New Year Festival (Photo: VNA)

Among the very old days of the country, under the government of King An Duong Vuong (Thuc Phan), Vietnam was called Au Lac. The King decided to build Co Loa (located at Dong Anh District, Hanoi at present time) as the country’s royal palace (Photo: VNA)

To commemorate the event when An Duong Vuong started moving into the citadel, residents of 12 hamlets belonging to Co Loa as well as 7 other communes around the region held Co Loa Citadel Festival within a 10 day period (Photo: VNA)

Elders present offerings to King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession ceremony to worship King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession ceremony to worship King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

Elders present offerings to King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession ceremony to worship King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession ceremony to worship King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession ceremony to worship King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

The festival draws a large number of visitors (Photo: VNA)

Offerings to King An Duong Vuong. (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession ceremony to worship King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)

Palanquin procession ceremony to worship King An Duong Vuong (Photo: VNA)