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Hanoi's best live shows

Hanoi is deserved to be one of the best places to visit in Vietnam as the city is blessed with traditional culture, valuable historical sites and spectacular landscape. Especially, you can join many interesting activities that you will never forget and leave you life-time experience. In which, Hanoi’s best live shows should be considered as must-see activities in your traveling to Vietnam.

water puppet show

Hanoi is well-known for a perfect combination of modern and classic lifestyle. There are 3 best live shows that you can choose when you are in Hanoi.

Firstly, if you are interested in unique Vietnam traditional art or you are family with kids, Water Puppet Show will be a best option for you as the contents of water puppet performance are daily life of Vietnamese farmers (catching fishes, tending buffalo, cultivating, etc), communal entertainment (swimming contest, dragon dancing, etc) or historical legends. The best address for a water puppet show in Hanoi is at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre near Hoan Kiem Lake.

Or if you are interested in quiet atmosphere while enjoying Vietnam traditional music show, Ca Tru is a good idea. Ca Tru, alslo called A Dao singing, is an ancient genre of chamber music of Vietnam which was formed from late 15th and early 16th century and strongly developed in the 1930s. Ca Tru is a unique combination of music and poetry and was performed at the royal court. And Hang Bac temple should be kept in your mind if you want to experience Ca Tru Show. It is located at 42-44 Hang Bac Street where you may have chance to see performance of Bach Van - the most famous Ca Tru singer.

Another show that you can include in your Vietnam tour package when traveling to Hanoi is Tuong. It was formed in the 12th century, and in the 17th century it was very much in vogue. A Tuong play consists of dances, songs and music which are highly stylized, conventional and imbued with symbolism. In chronological order and by their contents, the Tuong plays are divided into traditional plays, royal plays, social plays and modern plays. Tuong has been preserved from generation to generation and has become a unique performance art of the Vietnamese nation.

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