On the 10th of January (according to lunar calendar), the communal house of Sinh village (known as Lai An village), Phu Mau commune, Hue city, Thua Thien Hue province is excited with the traditional wrestling festival.

From early in the morning, a large number of locals and tourists eagerly gather to watch young people enjoying the wrestling ring.

People flock to Sinh village to see the wrestling festival. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

With a one-time knockout competition, the junior wrestler who wins 2 wrestlers will go to the semi-finals and the youth wrestler who wins 3 wrestlers will go to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals and finals, depending on the registered wrestler, the referee organizes the wrestlers to continue to compete.

Wrestlers offer the audience beautiful performance. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

Wrestlers offer the audience beautiful performance. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

Sinh Village Wrestling Festival has existed for hundreds of years. The village was home to shipyards and naval infantry training schools to fight against the invaders and protect the country. As a home for warriors, Sinh Village selected country-wide kinds of martial arts. The wrestling festival aimed to maintain, promote traditional cultural values; honor martial art-loving youth; emphasize the chivalry of Vietnamese.

Wrestlers offer the audience beautiful performance. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

Wrestlers offer the audience beautiful performance. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

Two female wrestlers bring beautiful performance to the festival. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

Wrestlers offer the audience beautiful performance. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

This is a fun and healthy activity with full of martial spirit, stimulating the training of health, courage, confidence and ingenuity for the young generation.

After the seniors performed the solemn ceremony, the wrestlers began to compete on the ring. Everyone wants to win because they consider it the first fortune in spring to pray for luck and peace.

Wrestlers offer the audience beautiful performance. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

The festival attracts dozens of wrestlers to participate, with a youth prize from 13 to 15 years old and a youth tournament aged 16 and over, but all of them are under 40 years old.

Wrestlers competed enthusiastically, with a chivalrous, carefree spirit, dedicating to the audience with eye-catching objects. After each beautiful pose, the surrounding audience cheered and applauded for the athletes.

Wrestlers compete enthusiastically and dedicate themselves to the audience. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

Wrestlers compete enthusiastically and dedicate themselves to the audience. Photo: tcdulichtphcm.vn.

After the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sinh village's traditional wrestling festival this year is held to preserve and promote the traditional cultural values of the homeland and the nation, to arouse typical traditional culture of the province and of Sinh village.

Wrestling is one of the oldest and healthy traditional cultural event in early spring, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere to celebrate the Party and celebrate the spring. It encourages commune officials and people to be determined to successfully carry out the task of socio-economic development, strengthening national defense and security.

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