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Spring festivals held across country
On February 11, the Tan Vien Son Thanh (Tan Vien Mountain Saint) Festival opened at Ha (Lower) Temple in Minh Quang Commune in Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi.
The annual festival commemorates Tan Vien Son Thanh, one of the four immortals in traditional Vietnamese mythology.
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A performance at the Tan Vien Mountain Saint Festival. |
It included a water procession, drum performances, incense offering ceremonies, folk games, and sporting events.
On February 10, the Tran Temple Festival kicked off at the national historical complex of the Tran King's shrines and tombs in Hung Ha District, Thai Binh Province.
The traditional event is held annually from the 13th to the 18th day of the first lunar month to honour the Tran Dynasty (1225-1440).
It began with an incense-offering rite at the kings' tombs and a ritual for the opening of the gates of Den Thanh (Thanh Temple), Den Mau (Mother Temple) and the Tran Kings' shrines.
It also featured a water procession, arts performances, and various folk games.
The Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival is taking place at Con Son-Kiep Bac special national relic site in Chi Linh City, in the northern province of Hai Duong, from February 11 to 20.
The festival featured a ceremony to commemorate the death anniversary of Huyen Quang - the third progenitor of the Truc Lam Zen Buddhism sect, an incense offering in Con Son Pagoda, a water procession ceremony, and a worship offering ceremony on Ngu Nhac Mountain.
Festival goers can also take part in assorted folk games and cultural and tourism activities.
BAC GIANG- On February 6, Mai Son, permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee of Bac Giang province and Head of the Organising Board of the Culture-Tourism Week and the opening of the Tay Yen Tu Spring Festival inspected the preparation for the opening ceremony at Tay Yen Tu spiritual- ecotourism complex.
For the first time, the opening ceremony of the Dong Da Festival, which commemorates the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da Victory, was held in the evening, featuring a spectacular programme that vividly recreated Emperor Quang Trung’s victory over the Chinese Qing forces.
My Duc district in Hanoi, home to the magnificent the Huong Son Landscape Complex, also known as Huong Pagoda, has pulled out all the stops in preparation for the festival.
BAC GIANG - On the evening of February 2 (the fifth day of Luna January), the Bac Giang City Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and Fatherland Front Committee solemnly held a festival to celebrate the 598th anniversary of the Xuong Giang Victory at Xuong Giang Temple in the Special National Relic Site of Xuong Giang Victory.
Thousands of visitors flocked to traditional festivals in the northern provinces on February 1 (the 4th day of the first lunar month).
Party General Secretary To Lam attended the launch of the 2025 spring tree planting festival in the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 31 morning, the third day of the Lunar New Year.
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