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As spring comes, people in Phu Nghia commune in particular and Lac Thuy district in general flock to Tien Pagoda festival to enjoy festive activities during the annual event.
The ritual of palanquin processing from
Trung Temple to Tien Pagoda for the opening of the festival in 2024.
Tien Pagoda festival takes place in the Phu Nghia relic complex in Phu Nghia
commune. This year, the festival was organised at the provincial level,
attracting a large number of visitors.
Vu Huyen Chi, a visitor from Hanoi, said that she took her family to the pagoda
on the fourth day of the first lunar month to enjoy the beautiful landscape of
the site, adding she will visit the site again to further explore the massive
relic area.
Giang My, who was born in Lac Thuy and resides in Hai Phong, also chose Tien
Pagoda festival for her family’s spring trip to pray for a new year of good
health and smooth work, and enjoy the festive atmosphere with various folk
games at the festival. Her family also had a chance to enjoy "Chau van” (trance
ritual singing) and a trade fair.
This year, the opening ceremony of the Tien Pagoda festival took place in three
days from February 12-14, or the third to the fifth day of the first lunar
month, with diverse cultural and sports activities, along with a special art
programme featuring folk art, instrumental music, Muong gong art, Chau van, and
the demonstration of Tam Phu Mother Goddess ritual. The festival lasts for
three months until the end of the third lunar month.
The festival, the largest of its kind in Lac Thuy, carries strong identity of
the Muong traditional culture. The palanquin processing of the festival starts
from three venues of Trinh temple, Mau (Mother Goddess) temple and Trung
temple.
Visitors can also take a journey through the Dong Tien – Chua Tien – Mau Dam Da
relic complex where Au Co Mother Goddess, Tan Vien Mountain Gods, and Tu vi
Thanh nuong (four Holy Mothers) are worshipped.
The Chua Tien landscape and relic complex has 20 relics, including historical,
cultural, archeological ones and landscapes spanning Lao Noi and Lao Ngoai
communes. Particularly, Tien cave landscape site, a famous archaeological site
in the complex, was recognised as a national relic site in 1989.
Currently, the construction of a cable car system in the valley of the Huong
Pagoda-Tien Pagoda-Tam Chuc Pagoda spiritual triangle is underway.
Nguyen Van Hai, Chairman of the Lac Thuy People’s Committee, said that along
with spreading the traditional cultural values of the local community, the
festival is also a chance for the district to promote its tourism to domestic
and foreign visitors, contributing to promoting the local socio-economic
development.
The Government Office with Document No. 2082/VPCP-KGVX, dated March 29, 2024, sent out the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha regarding the submission of the "Mo Muong" and "Cheo art" dossiers to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.
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