Just a short distance from downtown Hanoi lies Ba Duong Noi, a small village along the banks of the Red River in Hong Ha commune, Dan Phuong district. Local residents work hard preserving and continuing the traditional pastime of kite flute flying. After a long interruption, Ba Duong Noi’s thousand-year-old kite festival has been revived recently and is now flourishing, becoming the cradle of Vietnam’s kite flute culture.