Professional Documents
Culture Documents
QUAN HO CULTURE
THE ORIGIN OF QUAN HO
• Singing at a host’s
house has three phases
including giọng Lề lối
(standard tune), giọng
Vặt (variety tune) and
giọng Giã bạn (farewell
tune) types.
Hát Thờ
• Happening in the
communal house of the
village before the
competition in order to
wish the community a
prosperous year.
Hát Hội
• - For fun : happening in spring
and fall with the aim to welcome
the seasons, festivals and making
and learning from friends
• - For competing: in the village,
necessary for a reprentative
Quan ho group to hold the
award (fluent in traditional
songs, being able to compose
songs, professional in music and
poem)
Some other different kinds:
• Áo mớ ba mớ bảy: 3 or 7
ao dai inserted
• Yếm (lotus pink), under vest
(white) ao dai( 5 parts-
brown)
• Small belt, soi dress, lua
dress
• Dép cong: buffaloskin made
• Mỏ quạ scaft and nón ba
tầm
QUAN HỌ’S CONSERVATION
• - Since 1954, local authorities are
interested in preserving and
promoting the heritage value of Bac
Ninh Folk Music.
• - From 1962 to 1966 : held 7
workshops about Folk Music.
• - In 1969 : established Bac Ninh Folk
Music Union
• - Ha Bac Province set up a cultural
center for collection of their research
to preserve them.
• - Bac Ninh province has planned the
Lim hills into the center of folk
festivals to performing folksong.
• - In 2003 : executed “The pilot project study to
build a list of typical folksong artists“
• - In 2004 : implemented the conservation projects
of Viem Xa folksong village.
• - In late 2006, organized a scientific seminar
"Conservation of Bac Ninh folksong”.
• - More than one hundred years, many works of
research and collection of Bac Ninh folksong have
been published.
• - In spring yearly, both Bac Ninh, Bac Giang
provinces held singing contests to discover new
voices.
• In 2009, Quan họ was recognized as the Intangible
Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO.