More than 500 children of Thanh Binh Kindergarten and their parents watched water puppetry right at school.

This is one of the few schools in the province that brings water puppetry into the classroom. The performance attracted more than 500 students and parents from all grades.

The water puppet show at Thanh Binh Kindergarten is part of a series of summer activities, creating a useful playground for children to be exposed to the traditional art of their ancestors.

In 2012, the water puppetry folk performing art of Hai Duong was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In Hai Duong, the program “Cultural Heritage Education in Schools” has been organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism since 2013 to bring the younger generation closer to heritage. Each year, the department selects a number of schools as pilot schools to implement the program.

Participating in the program “Cultural Heritage Education in Schools”, students can visit and experience local historical and cultural relics; participate in folk games… Up to now, thousands of students from localities in the province have experienced this program.

The program is performed by artisans from Hong Phong water puppetry troupe (Ninh Giang). The troupe performs 16 folk water puppetry plays, reflecting the daily life and production of the people...