Lim Festival - The most famous traditional festival in Bac Ninh

The history of the Lim Association is passed down orally in many different versions. There is a belief that: Lim Festival originated from pagoda festivals and singing festivals, related to the singing of Truong Chi, whose ancient mark left behind is the trace of the Tieu Tuong river, which is quite clear in the villages of Lim region. This hypothesis is based on the legend of Truong Chi - My Nuong.

The Lim Association has a very long history, and has grown to the size of a total association (General Noi Due). On the basis of the traditional festivals of the villages in Noi Due district (including 6 communes and wards: Noi Due (Dinh Ca and Lo Bao), Noi Due Khanh, Noi Due Nam, Lung Giang, Xuan O and Tien Du communal house singing ward (later Due Dong) with many procession rituals, sacrifices and extremely rich folk art activities. Such as: military drum singing, cheo singing, ca tru singing, tuong singing and quan ho singing..., Duke Do Nguyen Thuy - a native of Dinh Ca village, Noi Due, Kinh Bac region, donated a lot of fields and money to General Noi Due to restore communal houses and pagodas, expand festivals, and preserve good customs and traditions on the occasion of January every year, according to the tradition of "two seasons of spring and autumn". Eight, with general regulations, he was also the one who initially built the customs of the festival in spring, January.

40 years later, in the second half of the 18th century, the same Dinh Ca villager, general Nguyen Dinh Dien, continued to develop and innovate the Lim association. He provided fields and money for the generals to move the generals' association from the fall of August to the spring of January. He also spent money to buy half of Hong Van Mountain (ie Lim Mountain) to build his tomb on the top of the mountain.

The Lim Association was maintained throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. During the resistance war against the French colonialists and the Americans to save the country, the Lim Association was not opened for many decades until the years after the reform. Today, the festival is opened on the 13th day of the first lunar month every year.

Due to its expansion in both area and scale, it must be said that the Lim festival is a large festival and is organized elaborately and majestically.