(BGO) - I have recently visited Tien Luc commune, Lang Giang district, in the northern province of Bac Giang, to see a temple, the pagoda relic site and a thousand-year-old “da huong” or camphor tree, which is considered the largest camphor tree in the country and worldwide. King Le Canh Hung (1740 – 1786) granted the title “King of Camphor Trees” to the Tien Luc “da huong” tree.
(BGO) – The People’s Committee of Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) on February 12 launched the 4th Cau Vong Festival and the 8th Sport Games under the theme of “The land of literature and martial arts – Spring of hero gathering”.
(BGO) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recognised Bo Da pagoda festival in the northern province of Bac Giang as national intangible cultural heritage.
(BGO) - Stone worshipping is one of ancient folk rituals, which is still preserved in the northern province of Bac Giang and combines many elements of beliefs and religion.
BGO – The 590th anniversary of the Xuong Giang victory was marked with a ceremony held at the Xuong Giang historic site in Xuong Giang ward, Bac Giang city, on February 2, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. The ceremony was also to inaugurate the Xuong Giang temple.
The Lunar New Year (Tet) is a much-anticipated festival for all people, including ethnic minority groups. People in remote areas are very enthusiastic to invite guests to eat dinner and drink wine either on New Year’s Eve or in the first days of the Lunar New Year.
(BGO) - Xuong Giang Festival will be no longer a simulation from this spring, said member of the Bac Giang provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Secretary of the Bac Giang city Party Committee Nguyen Sy Nhan at a press meeting on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
(BGO) – Yen The district in the northern province of Bac Giang holds high potential for historical and spiritual tourism with the Hoang Hoa Tham historical relic site and several ecotourism destinations being a few to name.
