On January 5, 2002 (December 14, year of Nhâm Dần – Lunar Calender), the People's Committee, the Fatherland Front Committee and the Elderly Association of Cổ Loa commune coordinated with the Management Department of Cổ Loa relic site to hold a ceremony to receive and hand over the Quan Đám.

Attending were Mr. Nguyễn Khả Nghị - Vice Chairman of the Cổ Loa Commune People's Committee, Mr. Hoàng Công Tuy - Chairman of the Elderly Association of Cổ Loa Commune, Ms. Nguyễn Thị Hương Anh - Vice Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Cổ Loa Commune, Mr. Hoàng Công Huy - Deputy Head of the Department in charge of Management Department of Cổ Loa relic site, Leaders of departments under the Management Board and Quan Đám term 2022 and Quan Đám term 2023.

Previously, the Party Committee - People's Committee - Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Cổ Loa commune held a conference to elect Quan Đám. After the recommendations of the villages (from 3 to 4 elderly people aged from 55 to 70), the conference considered on the basic criteria that the family must be happy, without mourning and without social evils. The two people with the highest number of votes: Mr. Trương Văn Chính from Gà village is the Quan Đám of the Thuong Temple; Mr. Nguyễn Văn Dong from Thượng village is the Quan Đám of the Mỵ Châu shrine.

Quan Đám's inauguration ceremony at Thượng temple

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyễn Khả Nghị - Vice Chairman of Cổ Loa Commune People's Committee thanked the Quan Đám term 2021 for completing their tasks and contributing efforts to preserving local customs and traditions and handing over Quan Đám term 2022 to the Management Department of Cổ Loa vestige site. On behalf of the Management Board of Cổ Loa relic, Mr. Hoàng Công Huy - Deputy Head of the Committee gives a gift to Quan Đám completed the task and received the new Quan Đám.

Receiving and handing over Quan đám

The ceremony of receiving and handing over Quan đám is the maintenance and preservation of those long-standing cultural beauties that have important meanings in the work of conservation, protection and promotion in the ancient capital.

MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF CỔ LOA VESTIGE SITE