Traditional Swimming Swimming Association of Yen Duyen village

Traditional Swimming Swimming Association of Yen Duyen village The full moon in August every year, the people of Yen Duyen village (Yen So ward, Hoang Mai district) organize a traditional swimming swimming association. This is the largest folk festival of the village, appearing from the 11th century, associated with the legend of unfinished love between King Ly Nhan Tong and the aquarium princess. Yen Duyen is a large ancient village, with thousands of years. Nom name of Yen Duyen village, Mui village, and Mui Chua village. The village is in the dangerous position of the Waterway Tang Dynasty in Thang Long. In the early 19th century, Yen Duyen belonged to Thanh Tri, Thanh Tri district, Thuong Tin district, Son Nam Thuong town. In 2003, Yen Duyen became Yen So ward, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi. Yen Duyen also has another name is An Duyen. This name stems from the story of King Ly Nhan Tong (1066-1128) on a trip to this land to see a beautiful girl hidden on the boat in the middle of the Red River. The king thought that this was probably the talented woman who was sent to heaven with us to help the country as the father, we met her mother Ỷ Lan? Despite being invited, the girl did not get to the shore but swimming 3 rounds and then sang a sentence: Hundred times the king The aquarium became yin and yang She and the boat slowly sinked into the water, leaving only on the waves a red sediment like a blood streak. The king then invited all the elders in the Mui village to this dyke, recounting the incident to them, saying that it was the son of King Thuy Te. The person who suggested for the people to worship the princess just transformed and ordained the princess as a fairy and beautiful fairy. That day was the full moon day of August. Perhaps because of the unsuccessful predestined relationship, in order to keep a beautiful memory, King Ly Nhan Tong changed the name of the village, An Duyen, implying that this is a beautiful, peaceful and peaceful love. The people of An Duyen village built the worship of the princess called Nghe Ba and the swimming festival of Yen Duyen village was created since then, around the 11th century, to commemorate this princess. Every year, on the full moon in August, Yen Duyen village, Yen So ward Hoang Mai district opened the swimming festival to repeat the legend of the Ly King and the princess of the Aquarium of the Palace of the Palace of the Palace of the Palace of the United States. Therefore, the swimming rules set quite strictly for all those who are recruited to the swimming team to abstain from "mundane" before 7 to 9 days before, concentrated ate, sleep concentrated at the side of the side, the armor, so that the day to step down to the brush is pure. The swimming festival is opened for 3 days from August 13 to 15 (lunar calendar): The first day of swimming (making Quang Chai ceremony and the elders swim around around), the second day of swimming (the qualifying tournament to select excellent teams to the final round), the third day of swimming. Preparing for the swimming festival to send a scepter in a red dress, a yellow turban, colored belt, stepping on the empty hut shaped like on the dragon boat, with flowers and silk strips around. The staff will be the drum. The beginning is a drum of 3 -hour command for 9 hours for all swimming boys of 8 armor to gather in the brush. Each person has a swimming swimming, waiting for the drum to start. Attending the swimming race with 8 teams (8 swimming brushes) of 8 borders with different color costumes. Each swimming team consists of 18 people, including 16 swimming hands. In the past, only male swimming teams, today there are women's swimming teams. The female swimming team consists of 16 people, including 14 swimming hands. As a rule, every 4 swimming teams (one), each swimming 3 rounds to determine the first, second, third and private teams. There are five localities sending each residential area with 4 teams, including: Youth Team, Trai Dinh team, Women's Team and the Elderly Team. Dinh and young men raced three rounds, the women's team and the elderly team were racing two rounds. One brush has sixteen main swimmers, in addition to three more people (one person in charge of rowing at the end of the boat, one at the beginning of the boat keeps the beat and one person in charge of slapping the water). Swimming brush causes suspense, appealing to viewers, being assisted in drums, sounds, laughter, cheers, the sound of the host makes the atmosphere extremely exciting. Swimming brushes like colorful dragons surfing. Swimming brush is designed in the style of dragon head, shrimp tail, painted gold lipstick, 10 meters long, 1.5 meters wide. The surface of Tich Thuy is suddenly noisy by the cheers, cheering, the sound of the paddle and colorful by the costumes of the swimmers. 4 brushes like 4 dragons, each with a color, the tail is painted with golden lacquer, hanging a multi -colored flag that looks very mighty and beautiful. What makes people most taboo in swimming race is a brush. That is the omen, is a sign of unlucky. At that time, the elderly in the village had to buy the ceremony to pray to Mrs. Chua to bless or watch the road, seeing the wrong direction between the communal house and the nghe her to be plugged in. The traditional Yen Duyen Swimming Association is a cultural beauty of the river countryside, it upholds the spirit of martial arts, trains the toughness and courage of people before nature and it also shows the spirit of teammates, community and cohesion of the people. After 1954, for a long time the Yen Duyen swimming festival was lost. In 1990, Yen Duyen swimming festival was restored and was chosen by Hoang Mai as one of the typical cultural and sports activities of the district.