The contest takes place from February 1 to 3 (January 11-13, the year of the Rabbit) at the relic From the Mac family roadCo Trai Street, Ngu Doan Commune, Kien Thuy District, Hai Phong City attracted 64 wrestlers from 13 teams across the country to participate, competing in 8 weight classes. Including 6 weight classes for men with $ 47 men and 2 weight classes for women with $ 17 women.
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The ceremony, the delegates and representatives of the athletes went to the wrestling ring. |
The opening ceremony of the contest was the ceremony of Reporting and Offering incense to Thai To Nhan Minh Cao Emperor Mac Dang Dung that took place in front of the incense altar of the National Historic Site of Tu Duong family of Mac Co Trai, the sacrifice group, and the delegates. Together with representatives of the athletes went to the wrestling ring set up at the Lower Stadium from the road.
This was followed by the performance of “Acacia in Heaven” performed by artists and actors of Hai Phong Cheo Doan, reminiscent of the historic moment when the drums of the imperial capital and the imperial loudspeakers chanted the name of athlete Mac Dang Dung who won. All wrestlers compete to win the title of the famous Vo Trang Nguyen.
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| Male wrestlers compete at the competition |
A special feature is the National prize will be opened with a unique object glue, which is a glue object of worship. Wrestlers participating in worship must be strong, technically and tactically skilled wrestlers or veterans who have participated in the competition for many years and have achieved great results.
Participating in the worship of this year’s contest are two old wrestlers Pham Van Loa and Nguyen Hong Dieu.
This is also a special activity of each national wrestling contest, worshiping objects is first of all an activity of spiritual significance to report to the gods regarding the festival and convey the wishes of the people for favorable rain. Peaceful wind, bountiful crops.
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| The contest is organized to promote the unique folklore values of the nation. |
Besides, worshiping takes place with slow, beautiful movements performed by two talented and virtuous wrestlers. This is really a spiritual dish that has been raised to the artistic level of our Vietnamese traditional wrestling. After the glue of the worshiping object, the glue of the object of worship officially took place.
The contest is held annually in the spring (following the traditional Tet of the nation) in order to gradually form a unique tourism product, build a Famous brands of objects in the Mac Dynasty in the land of ancient Duong Kinh and present-day Kien Thuy, contributing to the development of tourism, services, local socio-economic development and the city. The contest is organized for the purpose of constantly encouraging and promoting the movement of teaching and practicing national wrestling among a large number of people, in order to preserve and promote the cultural and sports traditions of the nation. the time to restore and promote the unique folklore values of people in the ancient land of Duong Kinh, to pay tribute to Thai To Nhan Minh Cao Emperor Mac Dang Dung, who was an athlete – Vo Trang Nguyen, enlightened Mac Dynasty.
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| Locals and tourists crowded around to watch the wrestling show |
History books also clearly state that the martial arts tradition of Vietnamese people and society in the Mac dynasty (16th century) was highly appreciated and developed, typically Thai To Nhan Minh Cao Emperor Mac Dang Dung.
Every year, on the occasion of the New Year to Spring, following a hard work and a bountiful harvest, people gather to watch the muscular boys compete with each other in the sound of drums urging and cheering, cheering the heavens and the earth. Right from the early days of national revival, once, on the occasion of the spring season, in the atmosphere of the Co Trai wrestling festival taking place jubilantly, far from the price to visit, the Emperor taught and wished for national wrestling in the countryside. The scent is forever passed on.
The wrestling competition aims to arouse the martial spirit, train the mind and body, bring benefits in labor production and protect the country, is a proud tradition of the homeland and the nation.
