Precious photos of Mid-Autumn Festival in Hanoi a century ago

Children gathered around the lion dance team on the street of Hanoi. The sounds of drums along with the joyful cheers create a bustling vibe, Kien Thuc reported.

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The lanterns with different shapes such as butterflies, rabbits, fishes, etc were the favorite gifts of children in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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The toys displayed at stores in the Mid-Autumn Festival always made children crave for.

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There was a wide range of different-shaped toys that were so eye-catching.

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A store selling mooncakes. Mooncakes including “Banh Nuong” and “Banh Deo” were indispensable cakes during Mid-Autumn Festival.

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The five-fruit tray with mooncakes, sweets, fruits, etc. The “monumental” level of the tray would reveal the social status and well-off of the homeowner.

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Regardless of the rich or poor, children always looked forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Children held animal-shaped lanterns made by Western iron. Photo: Kien Thuc

A closer look at paper and tin toys in the 1920s. Photo: Kien Thuc