Culture
Bac Giang is characterized by a rich culture and diversity, is gathered and expressed through the life, customs and traditions of each ethnic community; expression through folk religious activities, religious beliefs in traditional festivals.
Village Festival existed for thousands of years with the rituals, the content and form, but the main purpose of its own festivals to help the unity and solidarity of the village community, traditional cultural education, tourism history, tradition against invasion, the tradition of academic, career development. Annually, Bac Giang has over 500 traditional festivals are held; some typical festivals in Bac Giang as: Yen The festival; Xuong Giang festival;
Bac Giang has thousands of unique ancient architectures with many different types of temples, pagodas, temples, covered halls, documents ... Despite the loss greatly, but the other works still be kept as: Lu Hanh (Dong Lu - Hiep Hoa), built in 1576; Tho Ha Temple (Van Ha - Viet Yen) built in 1686; Phu Lao Temple (Dao My - Lang Giang) built in the seventeenth century; Cao Thuong, Vuong, Ha temple (Tan Yen); Vinh Nghiem Pagoda (Tri Yen - Yen Dung); Bo Da Pagoda (Viet Yen); Ngo Tomb, Dinh Huong Tomb (Hiep Hoa) ... made the cachet of construction techniques and the art of painting, sculpture masterpieces of Bac Giang.
According to statistics, surveys, up to 11/2010, there were about 2,237 historical - cultural and scenics in Bac Giang province. Among them, 492 monuments of all kinds were documented and legal sciences ratings (109 relics ranking national, 383 provincial-level relics ratings). In total 2237 monuments of all kinds are distributed in the districts and cities as follows: Son Dong: 24 monuments; Luc Ngan: 173; Luc
Bac Giang is home to treasure rich folk arts such as mythology stories, fairy tales, legends, anecdotes, jokes, proverbs, folk, trong quan, quan ho, ca tru and ethnic minorities folk. Quan ho and Ca tru were recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Bac Giang has many beautiful natural landscapes such as Suoi Mo Scenic Area (Luc Nam); Cam Son Lake, Khuon Than Lake (Luc Ngan); Primary forest Khe Ro, Tay Yen Tu (Son Dong district) with the rich, diverse fauna and flora, including many rare creatures in the Vietnam Red Book is being preserved, ... it is favorable conditions for Bac Giang develope many types of tourism.../.
