On the morning of February 15 (January 6), the opening ceremony of Bach Hao Pagoda in Thanh Xa commune took place. This is a big festival of Thanh Ha district with many unique folk games.
Leaders of Thanh Ha District Party Committee and People's Committee burn incense at the opening ceremony of Bach Hao PagodaChildren perform at the opening ceremony of Bach Hao Pagoda.The ceremony includes: the procession of the royal decree, the procession of the fruit trays, and the procession of the "long dinh" of the clans. In the photo: The leaders of Thanh Xa commune and the abbot carry the decree to the temple to worship the three village guardian spirits.The palanquins of the villages were carefully prepared and offered to King Tran Nhan Tong, the laymen and the village's tutelary deity.After the ceremony, the festival took place with exciting activities such as boat racing on the river, cooking rice and splashing water on the boat, and catching ducks on the river. There were 4 teams participating in the boat racing. Village 4 won first prize.The rice cooking competition on the river is for the first, second and third place teams in the rowing boat race. In the photo: The teams cover the pot to cook the rice quickly.While cooking, the boat will be splashed with water by the other team, causing difficulties, but everyone is happy and tries to keep the fire burning to cook rice.A team member carefully covers the fire so it doesn't go out while cooking rice.Because of enthusiastically splashing water to put out the fire of the other team, team 1 and 3 capsized their boat, team 4 won.Team 4's pot of rice was cooked within 12 minutes, while the other teams' rice was still whole grains.Local representatives prepare to release ducks for teams to compete in catching ducks on the river.Ducks are released on the riverVillage 4 continues to catch ducks.
Bach Hao Pagoda was built in 1011, under the reign of King Ly Thai To. At first, the pagoda was built simply with bamboo and wood. When King Tran Nhan Tong became a Buddhist monk, he visited and rebuilt the pagoda. Therefore, in addition to worshiping Buddha, Bach Hao Pagoda also worships King Tran Nhan Tong and three laymen in the village: Nguyen Danh Quang, Nguyen Danh Nguyen and Ly Dinh Khue. Next to the pagoda are three green stone thrones worshiping three tutelary gods. The pagoda currently has 5 front rooms, 2 upper rooms, and 3 ancestral houses. In 1991 and 2004, the bell tower and the temple were built spaciously. The pagoda also preserves many valuable historical, cultural and artistic artifacts such as 10 stone steles, dozens of woodblock prints of Buddhist scriptures with high value in terms of documentation and wood carving art, tower gardens, worship objects... In particular, the lotus stone pedestal with dragon and lotus petal patterns, 4 corners with the image of the divine bird Garuda wearing a lotus throne on top are exquisitely carved.
Bach Hao Pagoda was ranked as a national historical and cultural relic in 1993. Bach Hao Pagoda Festival was recognized as a national intangible heritage in 2015.
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