Thang Long Water Puppet Show Ticket
Thang Long Water Puppet Show Ticket
Duration: 50 minutes
50 minutes
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience
Access to multilingual audio guide
Access to multilingual audio guide
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Experience Vietnam's rich heritage at the Thang Long Water Puppet show, where stories come alive on water with puppetry, music, and tradition.
Immerse yourself in Vietnam's water puppet theater, an art form created by rice farmers who transformed flooded fields into stages.
Skilled puppeteers breathe life into wooden marionettes using pole and string techniques submerged underwater.
Carved from wood and adorned with lacquer, these puppets are marvels of intricate design and painting, representing characters, animals, and mythical creatures.
Choose your perfect vantage point with seating options from Standard to VIP, and delve deeper into the performance with a multilingual audio guide available in 9 languages.
Fun fact: This unique art form is over 1,000 years old, originating in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam
50-minute Thang Long Water Puppet show
Skip-the-line entry
Multilingual audio guide in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, French, German, and Spanish (as per option selected)
Standard/Deluxe/VIP seating (as per option selected)
All taxes, fees, and handling charges
Large female puppet and colorful dragon puppets in water puppet show, Hanoi.
Stories on water: A 1000-year-old Vietnamese tradition
Discover the charm of the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, a timeless Vietnamese tradition that has entertained audiences for over a thousand years. Originating in the rice paddies of the Red River Delta, this unique art form began as a creative way for villagers to share stories on water stages during floods.
The 50-minute show brings to life scenes of rural life, from farming and fishing to celebrations and myths. Intricately designed wooden puppets move effortlessly across the water, controlled by skilled puppeteers using hidden rods beneath the surface. Each act captures the essence of Vietnam’s culture, blending history with storytelling.
Adding to the experience is a live orchestra playing traditional Vietnamese instruments like bamboo flutes and drums, perfectly complementing the puppets’ movements and enhancing the narrative.
If it's your first time in Vietnam, this performance is a delightful way to connect with the country’s cultural roots and enjoy an evening of traditional entertainment.
Water puppets holding candles on a misty stage at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.
Five puppets in golden costumes performing at Thang Long Water Puppet Show, Hanoi.
Large female puppet and colorful dragon puppets in water puppet show, Hanoi.
Water puppets holding candles on a misty stage at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.
Five puppets in golden costumes performing at Thang Long Water Puppet Show, Hanoi.
Royal puppet on golden dragon boat at Thang Long Water Puppet Show, Hanoi.
What's not allowed
- Take photos silently and without using flash to avoid disrupting the performance.
Additional information
- Multi-lingual audio guide is available in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, French, German, and Spanish language.
Female puppets in traditional attire perform at Thang Long Water Puppet Show, Hanoi, under red lights.
Royal puppet on golden dragon boat at Thang Long Water Puppet Show, Hanoi.
Female puppets in traditional attire perform at Thang Long Water Puppet Show, Hanoi, under red lights.
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