February 6, 2026

Spring Leads the Way: An Artistic Journey Awakening the Pulse of Nature in Thung Nham

Spring is not only a season of nature, but also a state of the human spirit.

This Bính Ngọ Lunar New Year, we invite you to Cosmo Island in Thung Nham Ecotourism Zone to step into “Spring Leads the Way” – a distinctive art program where simple wishes for a year of peace and harmony are expressed through the language of movement, light, and emotion.

Time: 17:30 – 18:45
Performance dates: The 3rd and 4th days of Tết Bính Ngọ (19–20 February 2026)
Venue: Cosmo Island, Thung Nham Ecotourism Zone

A New Year’s Blessing Written in Art

Spring is not merely a season of nature. It is also a state of the human spirit. It is the moment when vitality is awakened, when life gently stirs beneath warm earth, when time slows down to listen to beginnings taking shape.
“Spring Leads the Way” is conceived as a circular artistic movement: from a call that awakens life energy, to a journey of experience in the new season, and finally to a convergence of blessings. Here, spring does not stand still to be observed. Spring moves forward, guiding people along, carrying cultural memory into the present, and leading simple wishes for a year of peace and harmony into lived experience.

Through the language of dance, music, and space, “Spring Leads the Way” tells the story of a shared departure of nature and the human heart: from awakening, to movement, to gathering. It is more than an art program. It is a New Year’s blessing written in movement, light, and emotion. A blessing so that spring does not merely arrive, but remains—within every step we take and every new beginning we embrace.

Chapter I: The Hoofbeats Calling Spring

Beneath the warm earth, there is a sound almost imperceptible, yet powerful enough to stir the entire space—the sound of spring approaching. It is the sound of hoofbeats. Not loud, not hurried, but resonating like a call: a call to awaken vitality, to summon faith, and to invite new beginnings.

In East Asian cultural memory, the horse is a symbol of movement, endurance, and an unceasing journey forward. Each hoof touching the ground marks a pulse of time, opening the path for spring to return and awakening rhythms that have lain dormant after a long winter. “The Hoofbeats Calling Spring” unfolds as the opening chapter of the artistic cycle known as Spring Leads the Way.

This is not merely a performance. It is the moment when nature stirs, the first knock upon the door of spring, a New Year’s greeting written through movement, music, and light. We invite you to listen, to feel, and to allow these hoofbeats to guide us together into a spring that is just beginning to reveal its path.

Chapter II: Along the Path of Spring

If The Hoofbeats Calling Spring awakened the vitality of nature, then Along the Path of Spring carries spring into everyday life. Spring begins to move—along familiar roads, village paths, riverbanks, and waterside wharves—into rhythms of life gradually returning after a cycle of closing and renewal.

Here are unhurried footsteps that pause to listen as nature shifts its tempo; gentle movements, like young shoots touching sunlight for the first time; and lively rhythms echoing the sounds of spring markets and early-year laughter. Along the Path of Spring is a chapter of journey and experience—where people meet one another again, meet themselves again, and rediscover the belief that beyond every rise and fall, life always holds a season for new beginnings.
Let us continue forward, guided by emotion and imagination, along the spring path unfolding before us.

Chapter III: Xuân Mã Đáo

As the last chill of winter gradually fades, as green shoots gently stir beneath the warm earth, a subtle sound begins to awaken the entire space—the sound of spring. It is the sound of hoofbeats.

In East Asian cultural memory, the horse is a symbol of movement, endurance, and departure. Each hoof striking the ground marks a pulse of time, opening the way for spring to return and awakening rhythms that have lain dormant after a long winter. The Hoofbeats Calling Spring becomes the ignition of both nature and the human spirit—the first moment when vitality begins to spread, when new wishes are spoken into being through music, light, and movement.

MINISHOW “THE SONG OF NATURE” – When the Land and Sky of Thung Nham Speak in Intimate Harmony

Amid the mountains, waterways, and ancient tree canopies of Thung Nham, the minishow “The Song of Nature” unfolds as a site-specific artistic experience, where nature is no longer a still backdrop to be observed, but emerges as a living, breathing presence in motion.

Within the harmony of light, sound, and the rhythm of the landscape, each step becomes a moment of pause—allowing visitors to slowly listen to nature, and in doing so, to listen to themselves.

Minishow “The Song of Nature” – Official Performances from the 3rd Day of Tết Bính Ngọ

1. Format: Audiences move through four site-specific outdoor performance stations, creating an immersive, walk-through experience.

2. Frequency:
2–4 shows per day (continuous operation).