The Bac Giang Culture - Tourism Week and the Tay Yen Tu Spring Festival 2025, themed "Sacred Tay Yen Tu", will be held in Son Dong, Luc Ngan, Luc Nam, and Lang Giang districts, and Bac Giang city, alongside numerous activities by localities.

Renovating the Tay Yen Tu Spiritual-Ecological Tourism Area in preparation for the Bac Giang Culture - Tourism Week 2025.

An important highlight of the Tay Yen Tu Festival and the Bac Giang Culture – Tourism Week this year is the procession of the tablets of Tam To Truc Lam (the three founders of the Truc Lam Buddhist Zen sect) from Vinh Nghiem Pagoda (Bac Giang city) to Hạ Tay Yen Tu Pagoda (Son Dong district).

These day, the management board of Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, along with Buddhists, is refurbishing, repairing, cleaning, and decorating the heritage site.

According to Venerable Thich Thanh Vinh, deputy head of Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, the pagoda is preparing to display a set of 3,050 engraved woodblocks featuring texts of sutras.

These will be exhibited during the festival to introduce to Buddhists and visitors the UNESCO-recognised documentary heritage of the Asia-Pacific region.

At the same time, they are coordinating with relevant units to meticulously prepare for the procession of the Tam To Truc Lam tablets and the reenactment of King Tran Nhan Tong's visit to Vinh Nghiem Pagoda.

The Tay Yen Tu Festival and the Bac Giang Culture - Tourism Week will be held at the Tay Yen Tu Spiritual-Ecological Tourism Area.

According to Do Tuan Khoa, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, the Bac Giang Culture - Tourism Week is an important event organised at the provincial level to introduce and promote the province's unique and outstanding cultural values, as well as its tourism resources.

The goal is to develop key tourism products, especially the Truc Lam Buddhist cultural space in Tay Yen Tu, thus attracting both domestic and international visitors.

A major highlight of the event will be the opening ceremony of the Tay Yen Tu Spring Festival and the Bac Giang Culture - Tourism Week on February 9 (the 12th of the first lunar month).

Preparing for the Bac Giang Culture - Tourism Week, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda is being renovated and beautified.

It will include the procession of the Tam To Truc Lam tablets from Vinh Nghiem Pagoda to Hạ Tay Yen Tu Pagoda and an exhibition of Truc Lam Buddhism-related cultural and tourism products from Tay Yen Tu.

Tourists will also experience singing the Nung ethnic people’s Soong Hao songs and the Tan Son highland "love market" (Luc Ngan), as well as enjoy performances of cheo (traditional opera), quan ho (love duet), ca tru (ceremonial singing), and hat then (then singing).

Activities that are expected to attract significant interest from locals and tourists are the reenactment of King Tran Nhan Tong’s visit to Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at the start of the lunar year and the ritual offering to the Truc Lam Zen sect founders.

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