Festival of oldest pagoda in Vietnam's central region kicked off
PSNews - Hoang Phuc Pagoda - a national historic Site is one of the oldest pagodas in the Central region of Vietnam. This -year festival was kicked off on February 5 with many cultural and spiritual activities Buddhist rituals.
Located in Thuan Trach, My Thuy, Le Thuy, Quang Binh, the Hoang Phuc Pagoda's festival is expected to welcome thousands of visitors.
As reported, the water procession program is the most important ritual with the purpose of taking sacred water to worship in the Buddha temple, doing the ritual of carpentry (bathing statues), demonstrating the strength of the village community, praying for crops, praying for water…
Festival with many cultural and spiritual activities Buddhist rituals such as: Water procession from An Sinh area to the temple; release ceremony; teaching and taking refuge in the Three Jewels; worshiping Buddha to pray for national peace and prosperity; fortune-telling ceremony, flower lantern release and many attractive cultural and sports activities such as: Ho Khoa Le Thuy folk song, Bai Choi festival, chess competition, stick push, tug of war…
In particular, this year’s Buddha bathing water procession attracted a large number of people to attend. In order to receive the sacred water, the organizers selected strong, healthy boys to race boats upstream to the upper Kien Giang River to bring back water.
Mr. Dang Dai Tinh, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Le Thuy district (Quang Binh province) said, to ensure that people come to participate in the festival in the safest and most thoughtful way, the district People’s Committee has implemented propagandize to all agencies, departments and communes and townships on ensuring security, order and traffic safety. Thereby, this year’s festival was initially organized very completely and safely.
Within the framework of the program, the Standing Committee of Le Thuy District Youth Union organized the “Folk Game Festival” attracting hundreds of visitors and people to have fun and experience; organize the program “Journey to the source”, visit and introduce students of universities across the country to tourist attractions of the home district.
