Go Market Spring Festival

The Go Market Spring Festival is a unique market imbued with the traditional culture of the martial arts land of Binh Dinh, with only one session per year on the 1st day of the Lunar New Year. This market custom has existed for hundreds of years from the Tay Son Dynasty to the present.

“Associated with local legends, this place was once an outpost of the Tay Son army stationed to protect Thi Nai port and the Emperor citadel. When the New Year came, Emperor Quang Trung decreed that he would allow the spring festival to be held at Go Truong Australia market, first to let people enjoy the spring after the war, loss and hardship, and then to let the three troops enjoy the spring to ease their nostalgia for their family. family. The edict also stipulates the time to enjoy spring from the first to the third day of Tet. Go Market is a place where there is no challenge, no quarrel as usual, and buying and selling is just a way to give each other a little fortune in the early spring, to wish everyone and everyone a happy and prosperous new year, not purely for economic reasons…”. (according to the book "Tuy Phuoc - history and culture" (National Political Publishing House - Truth, 2015)).

It's called a market, but it's actually just a large vacant lot located at the foot of Truong Uc mountain, next to the banks of the Ha Thanh River, which flows into Thi Nai Lagoon. There is a custom in the market that who comes first to sell goods first, who come after one after another to display the goods, so that the stalls are arranged in order, people go to the market to buy and sell for luck, no bargaining, no bargaining, one or two less. like the market we usually see.

Not only selling and buying stalls, the Go Market Spring Festival also organizes special folk games such as lion dance, human chess competition, chanting, stilt walking, Binh Dinh traditional martial arts performance...

Currently, the Cho Go Spring Festival still retains its inherent tradition and has grown richer, attracting thousands of people to have fun, spring travel, and ask for luck and fortune, as well as learn about one of the most famous festivals in the world. The most unique market in Vietnam.