3 pilgrimage leaf markets
The most anticipated activity during this year's National Day at Ba Den Mountain is the 3 Leaf Markets held consecutively from August 30th to September 1st. This is the only market in Vietnam where visitors do not need to use money to buy Tay Ninh culinary specialties and countless attractive folk dishes.
Accordingly, each tourist taking the cable car to Ba Den Mountain will be given a proud ticket to exchange for dishes at stalls such as banh it, banh cuon, banh trang, banh u, banh xu xe, banh bot loc, banh bo, banh da lon, coconut steamed cassava, sweet soup, sticky rice...
Black Lady's Leaf Market impresses visitors when recreating the space of ancient rural villages in the South with girls in bà ba shirts, rằn scarves, and a friendly and familiar atmosphere. This is where visitors will blend into a vibrant and simple space, participate in folk games, and enjoy fun art performances.
Check-in with flags and flowers and see the historical exhibition
Throughout the National Day holiday, Ba Den Mountain will be covered in the brilliant red color of the national flag. The highlight is the flag-raising ceremony on September 2nd at the square on the top of the mountain, where visitors can immerse themselves in the atmosphere of national pride with the arrangement of red flags with yellow stars next to the water pavilion. The color of red flags with yellow stars is also covered throughout the journey from roads to the mountains, train stations, communal house areas to many experiential spaces, creating a bustling atmosphere to welcome the country's big holiday.
From August 29, the exhibition "Proud Memories" with the theme "Full of Moments, Touching Proudness" is a place for visitors to learn about the heroic pages of history of generations of fathers and brothers at Ba Den Mountain through images and documents and wartime items.
Right in the exhibition area, the "Frontline Cuisine" counter will take visitors back to the memories of a difficult time. Here, simple dishes such as braised beef, sweet potatoes, boiled cassava, tàu phớ... will be served to visitors for free, thereby recreating part of wartime life through familiar flavors and memories associated with a bygone era.
See the "one-of-a-kind" spiritual ceramic exhibition
One of the most notable experiences during this year's holiday is the spiritual pottery exhibition taking place from August 8 to September 30 on Ba Den Mountain. On August 29, Sun World Ba Den Mountain Tourist Area was officially awarded the certificate by the Vietnam Records Organization as the "Largest-scale spiritual pottery installation art exhibition in Vietnam", creating a unique intersection between contemporary art, Vietnamese pottery heritage and the depth of Buddhist culture right on the highest mountain in the South.
The exhibition gathers more than 400 ceramic sculptural masterpieces by artist Nguyen Tuan and artisans of Phu Lang pottery village - a traditional craft village with more than 700 years of history in Bac Ninh. Prominent in the pottery collection are more than 200 uncle-like works created with countless shapes, when meditating, when dozing off, when smiling brightly, and sometimes leisurely with guitar fingers.... The uncle-like statues are a message about a peaceful, carefree, and mindless life when coming to the sacred mountain of the South.
In addition to visiting the exhibition, visitors can also participate in experiential activities associated with pottery art such as pottery practice workshops, enjoy exciting art shows...
Along with experiential activities, the space of Ba Den Mountain on National Day is also dotted with miniatures and real-scene stages, along with a series of art programs imbued with national pride throughout the holiday, contributing to creating a bustling, festive atmosphere for the "Southern roof".
