On the morning of February 4 (January 14 in the year of the Rabbit), the 2023 Tan Vien Son Thanh Festival commemorates and pays tribute to the merits of Saint Tan Vien Son – the leading god of the Four Immortals in the Vietnamese temple, opened Festival at Ha temple (Minh Quang commune, Ba Vi district, Hanoi), at the foot of To Ba Vi mountain.
Tan Vien Son Thanh festival is widely held throughout the region of Doai Ba Vi, which focuses on the cluster of relics of Thuong temple – Trung temple – Ha temple in the division of two communes Minh Quang and Ba Vi.
This year’s Tan Vien Son Thanh Festival is held with many special contents. In particular, the water procession from the Da River to do the woodcutter ceremony at the Ha Temple, from 0:00 on January 13 to January 4 on January 4 (ie, February 3-4). The procession of the palanquin offering to Thanh Mau and Thanh Tan’s father (from the Lower Temple to the Lang Suong Temple) and the procession of the sacrifices and blessings from the Lang Suong Temple to the Lower Temple from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. on January 15 (ie the 5th day of January). /2).
After the ceremony at Lang Suong temple, the palanquin is carried back to Ha temple, Minh Quang commune and performed rituals to offer offerings to Ha temple.
The main part of the opening ceremony took place with the art program of performing the festival drums, Truong Ca Su Viet, and offering incense at the Ha temple.
The festival took place with a lot of games and sports and cultural activities taking place boldly with the national culture of the Muong and Dao ethnic groups such as crossbow shooting, chess, men’s volleyball, throwing…
According to legend, in the Ba Vi mountain area and in the folk consciousness of the ancient land of Doai, Saint Tan Vien Son lived during the reign of the 18th Hung Due King. He was the presence of the Three Mountain Gods including Tuan Cong, Sung Cong and Hien Cong. It has been handed down for thousands of generations along with the national cultural history.
Ba Vi Mountain, which has long been considered by the people as “The To Mountain of our country”, is a sacred mountain, where the cultural soul is the image of the Holy Trinity of Tan Vien Son and the cluster of relics of Thuong Temple. – Trung Temple – Ha Temple worship him.
[Lễ hội Xuân Lào Cai – bản hòa ca của những di sản miền biên viễn]
The worship and sacrifices in memory of Saint Tan Vien Son have been deeply rooted in people’s lives. Every year, people and local authorities organize Tan Vien Son Festival on the full moon of January, because according to folklore, Saint Tan was born on the full moon day of January.
From ancient times, on these days, people of ethnic groups in Ba Vi mountain area often held festivals, incense offerings, and offered agricultural products made by the people themselves to the Holy Spirit to pay tribute to his merits and blessings. pray for favorable rain, peaceful wind, human strength, prosperity, prosperity and happiness for the people.
At the opening ceremony, Chairman of Ba Vi District People’s Committee Do Manh Hung said that Tan Vien Son Thanh Festival was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a intangible cultural heritage National level.
In recent years, Ba Vi district has paid attention to restoring and preserving the traditional festival, especially for Tan Vien Son Thanh festival at the cluster of relics of Thuong temple-Middle temple-Ha temple. This year is the 14th year of Ba Vi district to restore and organize the Tan Vien Son festival at this relic cluster with the hope that the cultural values of Tan Vien Son Thanh festivalBa Vi’s customs and habits are preserved and spread widely, while educating patriotic traditions for today and future generations.
The Tan Vien Son Thanh festival held every year has become a cultural and spiritual activity for local people. Thereby, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural values left by the ancestors, gradually restoring the traditional festival rituals, meeting the cultural and religious needs of the local people and socio-economic development of Ba Vi district./.
Dinh Thuan (VNA/Vietnam+)