(BGO) -
"Tay Yen Tu" (Western Yen Tu) is a place featuring the cultural space
located on the western side of the bow-shaped Dong Trieu range, in Bac Giang
province. This name/term has just appeared since the officials of the Bac Giang
Museum announced the scientific research project "Investigating and
surveying ancient pagodas on Yen Tu Mountain in Bac Giang province" in
1998.
(BGO) - In preparation for the launching ceremony of Tay Yen Tu Spring Festival and Culture –Tourism Week 2019, on January 30, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the Executive Board of the Bac Giang provincial Buddhist Sangha to organize the procession ceremony of the statues of Tam To Truc Lam (three founders of Truc Lam Zen sect) from Nam Dinh province to Vinh Nghiem pagoda.
The Con Son-Kiep Bac spring festival 2019 is scheduled to take place at the Con Son-Kiep Bac special national relic site in the northern province of Hai Duong from February 14-27, or the 10th-23rd day of the first lunar month.
A ceremony to plant Neu (a tall bamboo pole with red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during the lunar New Year) was reenacted at the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City on January 28.
For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year) festival has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 28 this year.
