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Spring writing ceremony at Chu Van An temple (Chi Linh) with many traditional rituals

THANH CHUNG - THANH HOA February 5, 2025 13:19

The first writing ceremony of spring at Chu Van An temple (Chi Linh city, Hai Duong) took place on the morning of January 8 with many traditional rituals.

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Comrade Tran Duc Thang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, performed the drum beating ceremony to start writing.

On the morning of February 5 (January 8, At Ty year), at Chu Van An temple in Van An ward, Chi Linh city, the first writing ceremony of spring was held.

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A large number of delegates, guests, students and tourists from all over attended the opening ceremony.

Comrade Tran Duc Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee attended and performed the drum beating ceremony to open the writing.

Attending the opening ceremony were comrade Le Ngoc Chau, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, leaders of a number of departments, branches and Chi Linh City.

Also attending were leaders of Thanh Tri district (Hanoi), the hometown of teacher Chu Van An; leaders of localities twinned with Chi Linh city.

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Funeral oration to commemorate the merits and gratitude of a great teacher

The opening ceremony began with the incense offering ceremony to pay tribute to the great teacher of the ten thousand generations, the famous Chu Van An. The funeral oration and the incense offering ceremony were performed by Mr. Tran Quang Son and the elders of the Van An ward's funeral team. The funeral oration commemorated the merits and paid tribute to the great teacher of Vietnamese Confucianism, the great teacher of the ten thousand generations, Chu Van An.

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Chairman of Chi Linh City People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Hung reads the opening speech

In his speech at the opening ceremony, Chairman of the People's Committee of Chi Linh City Nguyen Tuan Hung emphasized that the opening ceremony is "opening words, opening hearts, opening minds, opening careers, opening careers". Opening the first writing in the spring not only symbolizes the love of learning but also attracts fortune in studying and taking exams, demonstrating the tradition of respecting teachers. The implementation of the opening ceremony has an extremely great meaning, contributing to educating the revolutionary tradition, the spirit of national solidarity, the tradition of patriotism, the tradition of loving learning of today's and future generations...

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The opening act in Chinese script was performed by calligrapher Pham Hung.

Calligrapher Pham Hung, Provincial Calligraphy Club, performed the opening act in Chinese with 4 characters "Hung Vuong Phat Dat" (meaning: prosperity, development, achieving the set goals and tasks).

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Delegates write 10 Vietnamese characters

The leaders wrote the first 10 Vietnamese characters of 2025: "People follow one heart, enjoy happiness for a hundred years, every family is in harmony, everything is successful and prosperous". The characters written at the first writing were presented to Master Chu Van An in the temple.

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The words were presented by the procession to teacher Chu Van An.

Students attending the ceremony this year also simultaneously wrote at Chu Van An temple on the blank character "Learning" according to the saying "Learning is just an eye, action has legs, with eyes and legs we can progress" by teacher Chu Van An.

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Comrade Le Ngoc Chau, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hai Duong province encouraged students to participate in the opening ceremony.

On this occasion, Chi Linh City awarded 23 outstanding students with excellent achievements and high prizes in exams. At the opening ceremony, Chi Linh City's Scholarship Fund received over 600 million VND donated by businesses and business households.

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Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Chi Linh City Hoang Quoc Thuong presents letters to businesses that have contributed to the city's Education Promotion Fund.

The opening ceremony also included a calligraphy exchange with the participation of 5 calligraphy artists from the provincial Han Nom Club demonstrating calligraphy skills.

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Calligraphers present calligraphy to students attending the opening ceremony

The teacher of the world - teacher Chu Van An (1292-1370) was born in Quang Liet village, Thanh Dam district (now Van village, Thanh Liet commune, Thanh Tri district, Hanoi). Chu Van An passed the Thai Hoc Sinh exam but did not become an official but opened a school to teach. He had great contributions in promoting and forming Confucian ethics and ideology with Vietnamese identity. He was famous for his profound knowledge and pure heart, uprightness, and noble morality, and was admired and respected by everyone. Chu Van An was invited by King Tran Minh Tong to be the Vice-Rector of the Imperial Academy, teaching the crown prince and children of officials.

During the reign of King Du Tong, he saw that his powerful ministers were doing many immoral things. He submitted a petition to behead seven corrupt officials, but the king did not listen, so he returned his robes and hat, hung up his seal, and resigned from office.

Returning to Phoenix Mountain (Chi Linh), teacher Chu Van An still devoted himself day and night to religious studies. He devoted his whole life to teaching and was honored as a teacher of all time, an outstanding teacher of Vietnam...
The Chu Van An Temple is located in the middle of the lush green pine forest of Phuong Hoang Mountain. The temple was inaugurated in early 2008, including the main temple, two left and right houses, two stele houses and some other items. The Chu Van An tomb is located about 600 m from the temple...
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Spring writing ceremony at Chu Van An temple (Chi Linh) with many traditional rituals