Students seek luck before exam at Temple of Literature

15:14 24/06/2019

PSNews - Hundreds of students are flocking to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university, seeking luck before their high school graduation exams which are scheduled to take place from June 25 to 27.

Hundreds of students are flocking to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university, seeking luck before their high school graduation exams which are scheduled to take place from June 25 to 27.

The Temple of Literature in Hanoi was built in 1070 as a temple to Confucius. The Temple of Literature serves as the place to honor outstanding valedictorians of the Hanoi-based universities and colleges and to organize exhibitions of feudal examinations and seminars on stone steles with the names of doctors in old times.

Some students rubs stone turtles' heads. These turtle statues carry the names of doctorate students from 1442 to 1779 on them, and many believe this practice brings them good luck.

A student and his mother pray for good luck. He will join around 900,000 other students across the country who will be taking the exams from June 25 to 27.

Students and their parents pray at the altar of Confucius inside the temple. In Vietnamese society, getting into university is the cornerstone for a stable future.

By Thien Minh