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The opening ceremony of Long Dong Temple Festival, offering incense to commemorate the two-nation champion Mac Dinh Chi was held by Nam Sach District (Hai Duong) with many attractive activities.
On the morning of March 8, Nam Sach district held the opening ceremony of Long Dong temple (Nam Tan commune), offering incense to commemorate the 679th anniversary of the death of the two-nation champion Mac Dinh Chi.
This is the third year the Long Dong temple festival has been held at the district level.
The opening speech by Chairman of Nam Sach District People's Committee Ho Ngoc Lam highlighted Nam Sach as a land of culture, mandarin examinations, and revolutionary traditions, the birthplace and nurturing of many famous people and talents for the homeland and the country. Through feudal dynasties, Nam Sach was the district with the highest number of people passing the doctoral exam in the country, with 125 Confucian doctors. Of the 12 top scholars of Hai Duong province, Nam Sach district had 5.
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Long Dong Temple worships three famous Vietnamese scholars, including the two-country top scholar Mac Dinh Chi (1272 - 1346).
Every year, the Long Dong Temple Festival is held in the spring, commemorating the death anniversary of the two-country champion Mac Dinh Chi. This is a cultural and religious activity to promote the value of national cultural heritage, educate the morality of "remembering the source when drinking water", and is an opportunity for people and tourists from all over to commemorate the merits of the outstandingly talented champion, and encourage the younger generation to study hard and continue to contribute to building the homeland and country to become more prosperous and happy.
This year's Long Dong Temple Traditional Festival takes place over 3 days from March 8 to 10 (February 9 to 11 of the lunar calendar). On the morning of March 8, the festival organizers and local people performed the announcement ceremony, the Saint procession, and the temple festival opening ceremony. In the afternoon of the same day, the Young Champion Contest and cultural and artistic programs took place.
On March 9, within the framework of the festival, there was an incense offering ceremony to commemorate the 679th death anniversary of the two-nation champion Mac Dinh Chi; a chess tournament in the 10th Nam Sach District Sports Festival and other sports competitions, folk games, and cultural exchanges.
On March 10, the festival is held and the Saint is brought to the mausoleum.
During the 3 days of the festival, there were also a number of booths displaying OCOP products of Nam Sach district.
Mac Dinh Chi's real name is Mac Cu, alias Ton Hanh, from Long Dong village, Nam Tan commune, Nam Sach. He passed the royal examination in the year of Giap Thin in 1304. Mac Dinh Chi is famous for being an honest, upright mandarin with good manners and was sent to the North twice. He was praised by King Tran Minh Tong as a noble mandarin, a golden lotus that always blooms in the jade well - the mountains and rivers of Dai Viet. With his talent, virtue and great contributions, King Tran granted him the title of Marquis and built a temple to worship him forever.
Two other famous scholars worshiped at Long Dong Temple include: Minh Kinh scholar Mac Hien Tich, who passed the examination in the second year of Quang Huu (Binh Dan 1086); Doctor Mac Kien Quan (younger brother of Trang Nguyen Mac Hien Tich), passed the examination in the year Ky Ngo (1089), and became an official with the position of Minister of Public Works.
In addition, Long Dong Temple also worships the female hero martyr Mac Thi Buoi, who died in the resistance war against the French in 1951.
With its remaining historical and cultural values, in 1995, Long Dong Temple was ranked and recognized as a National Historical Relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information. In 2019, Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee recognized Long Dong Temple as a provincial tourist destination.
