The northern midland province of Phu Tho is working with five other provinces and cities to prepare a range of activities to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and celebrate the Hung Kings Temple Festival.
According to Ha Ke San, Vice ...
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A ceremony to pray for peace and float flower garlands and coloured lanterns was held on September 14 at Luc Dau River in the northern province of Hai Duong.
This is among major activities to mark the Kiep Bac-Con Son Autumn Festival which closed this evening. The event marks the death anniversary of national hero General Tran Hung Dao who defeated three Mongol invasions in the ...
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Many pagodas in the capital city have been decorated with flags, flowers, and banners to celebrate Lord Buddha’s Birthday.
Thousands of monks, nuns and Buddhist followers attended a grand ceremony for the 2011 Vesak festival and the 2,555th Buddhist Year held in Hanoi on May 17.
The festival started at the Hanoi Cultural Palace, with the pomp of rituals and processions from Quan Su Pagoda....
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Time: The 25th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Ba Diem Commune, Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: Phan Cong Hon who led the people of 18 hamlets of Betel Garden in an attack on the residence of District Chief in 1885.
Characteristics: The death anniversary ...
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Time: The 2nd day of the second lunar month.
Place: 125 Le Loi Street, Ward 3, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: Genie of the earth Phuc Duc Chinh Than and many other popular genies.
Characteristics: Bong roi singing, tuong (classical drama) performance.
Ong ...
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Time: The 7th to the 9th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Le Chau Congregation, 586 Tran Hung Dao, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: The founder of jewelry.
Characteristics: Ancestor's death anniversary.
The festival includes two rites: the sacrifices - ...
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Time: From the 15th to the 17th day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Mausoleum of the Water General, Hung Thanh Hamlet, Can Thanh Commune, Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: Ong Fish (The Whale).
Characteristics: The cult of the whale of the ...
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Vietnam’s Saint Giong Festival was among 46 other candidates recognised as world intangible cultural heritages on November 16.
The Saint Giong Festival is a unique tradition in Vietnam, held annually from the 6th-12th of the fourth lunar month at Phu Dong Temple (in Gia Lam District) and Soc Temple (Soc Son District) in ...
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The seventh Hue Festival will be held next April in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue, local authorities said.
The festival, themed “Cultural heritage with integration and development- rendezvous of historical cities”, will be a spotlight of the National Tourism Year 2012, ...
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A solemn ceremony to offer incense was held at the Hung Kings’ Temple Relic Complex in Phu Tho Province this morning, April 12.
The ceremony was attended by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, leaders from ministries and agencies along with thousands of people.
So many visitors come for the ceremony at the Hung Kings’ Temple Relic, that ...
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