"Clean up" to go to the spring festival

Find peace, put aside worries

During the first days of the New Year of the Dragon, after wishing her family a happy new year, Phuong Anh's next priority in Tu Cuong commune (Thanh Mien) was to visit the pagoda.

Vinh Quang Pagoda in Phu Noi residential area, Thanh Mien town is the destination chosen by Phuong Anh and her companion.

"For me, going to the temple at the beginning of spring does not require a lavish feast, but only requires sincerity to find peace, put aside worries to live with more positive energy in the new year," Phuong Anh said.

Going to the temple at the beginning of spring, the destination is not only the temple, but in Hai Duong there are many places associated with the tradition of learning of the land of Dong province that many families also visit. This year, Mr. Dao Ba Duc on Nguyen Van Linh street and his eldest son, a university student in Hanoi, went to Mao Dien Temple of Literature (Cam Giang) on ​​the first day of Tet.

Mr. Duc said that this is the address that his family has chosen to bring their children to for many years, when they were young. Lighting incense, praying sincerely on the yard of the old examination school, asking for a word from the old teacher to hang, the family does not expect the children to immediately understand the tradition of learning in their hometown, but hopes that their learning awareness will gradually absorb and multiply. "Another thing when the family brings their children to these examination tourism addresses is that they hope they will have the opportunity to learn about the seriousness of the examinations in the past, the hard work of the talented people in studying and taking exams", Mr. Duc said.

Going to the temple at the beginning of spring, for many people today, is not an occasion to pray for fame and fortune but an opportunity for people to immerse themselves in nature, to calm their minds, to find peace and lightness for their souls. And above all, everyone puts aside all worries, grumpiness, and sadness to "clean up a soul" that is beautiful, holy, and loving, before entering the door of Zen.

Spring of love

Master Hoang Trung Thanh (Hanoi University of Culture) commented that going to the temple at the beginning of the year is in the plans of many people, many families, many groups of friends every spring. Some people choose to travel, some visit friends, but some choose spiritual establishments as their destination. For these people, being immersed in the warm sound of bells and the lingering scent of incense in the spring is like getting rid of all the worries and hardships of making a living in the old year, and is a satisfaction for the beginning of a peaceful new year.

"That is a beautiful trait of the Vietnamese people that has been passed down for thousands of years. In the past, it was almost only old women who went to the pagoda and old men who went to the communal house at the beginning of the new year, but now many young men and women go to the pagoda at the beginning of the year. They dress up, they hold hands, they clasp their hands together to pray. That image is very beautiful. It harmonizes the newness of youth with the solemn and quiet place of Zen," added Master Hoang Trung Thanh.

According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hai Duong currently has over 1,000 relics, including 4 special national relics, 133 national relics, 271 provincial relics and hundreds of historical relics, revolutionary historical relics, cultural historical relics, historical and architectural and artistic relics, architectural and artistic relics. This is a valuable system of tangible cultural heritage, which has been enriching the spiritual and mental life of the people.

In the first days of the new year, the relics welcomed tens of thousands of people and tourists from all over the country to visit and worship. And famous addresses, not only in Hai Duong but also in the whole country such as Con Son - Kiep Bac, Mao Dien Temple of Literature, Cao An Phu Temple, Cao An Lac Temple, Tranh Temple... are indispensable destinations for many people every early spring.

A new spring has come with many aspirations for a bright future for the homeland and country. That is also what all the people and tourists pray for every time they go to the temple at the beginning of spring.