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Announcement ceremony to open the autumn festival of Con Son - Kiep Bac

TIEN HUY - TUAN ANH September 12, 2024 10:06

On the morning of September 12 (August 10 of the lunar calendar), the Organizing Committee of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival held a ceremony to announce the opening of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival (Chi Linh, Hai Duong) in 2024.

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Delegates and people attend the announcement ceremony to open the Con Son - Kiep Bac autumn festival in 2024

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Minh Hung, Vice Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival; Secretary of Chi Linh City Party Committee Hoang Quoc Thuong; leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Chi Linh City, along with a large number of people and tourists from all over the country.

It has become a custom that "No matter who trades near or far/ Return on the 20th of August to commemorate the death of Father", every autumn in August, people from all over the country make a pilgrimage to Kiep Bac Temple to remember and show gratitude for the merits of Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan.

In the sacred land of Kiep Bac, which still echoes the heroic spirit of Dong A more than 700 years ago, the ceremony to request permission to open the autumn festival is solemnly held. The ceremony is short but solemn, with full traditional rituals. This is an indispensable ritual before each festival, to respectfully inform the Tran Dynasty and the gods to request permission to open the festival. This is also the opening ceremony for a series of unique rituals, performances, and folk games at the autumn festival.

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Comrade Nguyen Minh Hung, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival, offered incense at the announcement ceremony to open the autumn festival.

At the announcement ceremony, delegates, people and visitors from all over respectfully entered the courtyard of the Bac Temple of Kiep Bac to offer incense, flowers, offerings, vegetarian and non-vegetarian offerings to Saint Tran Hung Dao, praying for national peace and prosperity, favorable weather, bountiful harvests, the elimination of diseases, world peace, and a smooth autumn festival.

This year's Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival will mainly take place at Kiep Bac Temple. Within the framework of the festival, there will be a Cultural Tourism and Trade Promotion Week for the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2024; a ceremony to commemorate the 724th death anniversary of National Hero Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan, an opening ceremony, a seal opening ceremony, and a seal granting ceremony; an exhibition of antiques; a performance of the army gathering on Luc Dau River; and a water puppetry performance...

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Although it was a little rainy, many tourists came to Kiep Bac temple to offer incense early in the morning.

At Con Son relic site, there will be a procession, a ceremony to commemorate the 582nd death anniversary of National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai; a ceremony at Nguyen Trai Temple, Tran Nguyen Dan Temple...

According to the original plan, within the framework of the festival, there would be a Famtrip program and a talk show "Con Son - Kiep Bac - a journey of connecting heritages"; organizing a Famtrip group to introduce famous relics and tourist attractions of Hai Duong; about cultural tourism products in Hai Duong... However, due to heavy rain and floods, the above activities could not be organized as planned.

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