According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy Lien, Head of the Management Board Con Son – Kiep Bac relicone of 4 special national monument In the early days of the Lunar New Year holiday, the relic welcomed about 5,000 visitors to worship and offer incense.
The management board of Con Son-Kiep Bac relic has planted 2,000 divine and red flags; hanging hundreds of lanterns, thousands of meters of string flags… at the monuments; building a system of visual propaganda posters and banners at the sites of relics, roads to Con Son, Kiep Bac relics, Nguyen Trai temple, Tran Nguyen Dan temple, Con Son lake…, embellishing the entire marine system visual propaganda at the two Con Son – Kiep Bac relic sites; repair and complete installation of lighting and decorative electrical systems at the relic site to ensure service for the festival.
The management board also propagated the program of the Spring Festival, the journey to build a World Heritage profile of the Yen Tu-Vinh Nghiem-Con Son, Kiep Bac relic complex to visitors.
Along with that, the Monument Management Board has coordinated with local authorities to ensure security and order, fire prevention and safety, and food safety and hygiene; strictly handle cases of practicing superstition and attracting tourists.
The police of Chi Linh city have arranged two working groups to be on duty at the two relics of Con Son and Kiep Bac to ensure security and order and to support tourists. In the area of the monuments, the Management Board has also strengthened propaganda and guided people to protect the environment; additional equipment and tools for waste treatment; upgrading and building new public toilet works; replanting trees and flowers to create landscape for the monument…
[Thời điểm diễn ra lễ hội mùa Xuân Côn Sơn-Kiếp Bạc năm 2023]
Con Son – Kiep Bac Spring Festival 2023 will take place from February 4-13. The highlight of the festival is the commemoration of the 689th anniversary of the death of the Third Patriarch Truc Lam Huyen Quang Ton (1334-2023) and the opening ceremony of the Con Son – Kiep Bac Spring Festival 2023.
Besides the traditional ceremonies, the festival also has many special programs such as the contest of wrapping banh chung and pounding banh day; Land Fireworks Festival; ethnic wrestling, chess…, promising to attract a large number of people and tourists from all over the world.
A new feature in this year’s program is the Culture and Tourism Week of Xuan Con Son – Kiep Bac Festival in 2023 with many attractive activities at the Con Son experience area such as booths introducing typical tourism products and tourism products. typical agricultural products of Hai Duong; performing arts programs for visitors to enjoy and directly participate in the experience such as cheo singing, van singing, ca tru…
Mr. Ha Quang Thanh, head of the Cam Giang district’s relic management board, said that during the two days of the Lunar New Year holiday (30 and the first day of Tet – January 21 and 22), two special national monuments in the district are: The Mao Dien Temple of Literature and the Temple of Beer, Giam Temple, and Xua Temple have welcomed more than 2,000 visitors to worship and offer incense.
To welcome local people and tourists, the Monument Management Board has carried out a general cleaning of the premises in the interior and the parking lot, the road to the monument; decorate the celebration, plant the red flag, the magic flag and arrange to hang the great flag at the monuments. At the Mao Dien Temple of Literature, the Management Board printed billboards introducing the rules of the Huong exam, the feudal society (Le, Nguyen dynasties) and the Huong exam school in Hai Duong town located in Mao Dien; displaying Mao Dien Temple of Literature past and present; introduced the career status of Confucius and the great dignitaries worshiped at the Mao Dien Temple of Literature.
At the monument of Bia Temple, Giam Temple, and Xua Temple, the Management Board printed a poster to introduce the medical ethics of Saint Tue Tinh; Thematic exhibition: “The value of the memorial cluster of Dai Danh y – Zen master Tue Tinh ancient temples, Giam pagodas, Bia temples”… The People’s Committee of Cam Giang district has also assigned the district police force and the local authorities. Cam Dien and Cam Van and Cam Vu localities strengthen and support the work of security and order, ensuring traffic safety at the monuments; determined not to let gambling happen.
On the night of January 21 and 22 (ie, the 30th of the Lunar New Year and the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, thousands of locals and tourists also came to worship and offer incense at historical sites, temples, Famous pagodas such as Hao Xa pagoda, Mo Trach communal house, Chu Van An temple, Quat temple, Cao temple, Tranh temple, Thanh Mai pagoda, Nham Duong pagoda, Cao An Phu temple…./.
Manh Tu (VNA/Vietnam+)