Spring Festival Boom

No more looting at the Giong Festival at Soc temple. Giong Festival is held from the early morning of the 6th of the Lunar New Year at the Special National Monument of Soc Temple (Soc Son District, Hanoi). To commemorate the merits of Saint Giong, at the foot of Soc mountain where he stopped his horse before ascending to heaven, people in the area established a temple and held an annual festival, from the 6th to the 8th day of the first lunar month. Every year, the Giong festival always attracts thousands of attendees. After the ceremony, in turn, eight offerings from the villages were moved into the ceremony at the Dragon courtyard of the Upper Temple. The eight offerings presented at the 2023 Giong Xuan Quy Mao festival are iron horses, racquets, betel nut, war elephants, ivory, elephant grass, palanquins and especially bamboo flowers.

Co Loa Temple Festival held at Thuong Temple (Co Loa Temple) – the place to worship King Thuc Phan and people with meritorious services to the people. The festival lasts from January 6 to January 16 with many cultural activities and festivals in Bat Co Loa commune, including villages: Co Loa, San Gia, Mach Trang, Dai Bi, Cau Ca, Ngoai Sat, and Thu Cuu. , Van Thuong. Previously, on the 5th day of the Lunar New Year, Dong Anh district solemnly held a ceremony to announce the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on adding Co Loa Temple Festival to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Nation.

A special procession of a young female general in the Giong festival in 2023. Photo: Arbitrator

Spiritual tourism attract customers

Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival 2023 attracts thousands of people on the opening day of the 6th Lunar New Year. The festival begins with a procession. The festival part includes folk games, pagoda sightseeing, enjoying the art of singing cheo, xam, ca tru or exploring caves. Many tourists complain regarding queuing for hours to buy tickets and get off the boat to visit Trang An. The situation of crowded spring travel also took place at Tam Chuc pagoda (Ha Nam). Every day regarding 10,000 people come to worship and visit the temple.

In the south, the top of Ba Den mountain is bustling from the 1st day of Tet. Ba Mountain Spring Festival lasts until the end of January. In the first 5 days of the new year, this resort welcomes up to 400,000 visitors. The complex of Nui Ba pagodas is open until 10pm to welcome pilgrims. The largest spiritual tourist area of ​​Tay Ninh province also attracts tourists to have fun and entertainment. Sam Mountain (Chau Doc, An Giang) also welcomes thousands of guests to visit Mrs. Chua Xu. People defied traffic jams and mingled with the crowd to ask for blessings at the beginning of the year at Ba Temple. The festival of the goddess Xu of Sam mountain takes place in the fourth lunar month every year, but from the beginning of spring, people from the provinces flock to the temple to visit the shrine in early spring.

The first market of the year “sell risk to buy luck” (Venge market festival), taking place on the night of the 7th and 8th of the New Year, attracts tens of thousands of people to come to Vieng Phu Day market (Kim Thai commune, Vu Ban district). Nam Dinh). After returning to Vieng market, many tourists also return to Phu Giay – a famous place for practicing Mother worship.

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