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This year's Kiep Bac Temple's seal opening and granting ceremony will not be held late at night.

TIEN HUY August 26, 2024 17:44

On the afternoon of August 26, the Subcommittee on Content and Propaganda of the 2024 Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival approved the draft organization plan.

3D Stage of the 724th Anniversary of the Death of National Hero Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan (Source: Organizing Committee of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival)

According to the subcommittee, the festival will be organized on a scale similar to the 2023 autumn festival. Currently, the Vientiane (Laos) delegation has confirmed that they will attend. The highlight of the festival will be on September 18 (August 16 of the lunar calendar) with a series of ceremonies and activities: Opening of the Cultural Tourism and Trade Promotion Week; Awarding of the final round of the Hai Duong Province Tour Guide Competition; Commemoration of the 724th anniversary of the death of National Hero Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan, Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival. Immediately after the memorial ceremony, the Seal Opening Ceremony and the Seal Awarding Ceremony of Kiep Bac Temple will take place, instead of being held late at night as before. On the evening of September 18, an art program will take place using modern and new technology.

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The Subcommittee on Content, Information and Propaganda organizes this year's festival on the same scale as the 2023 Fall Festival.

The ceremony to commemorate the 724th death anniversary of National Hero Tran Hung Dao and the opening of the Con Son - Kiep Bac autumn festival will be broadcast live on Hai Duong Radio and Television on the evening of August 19.

Mr. Nguyen Truong Thang, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Head of the Content and Propaganda Subcommittee, requested relevant departments to absorb the opinions of the delegates attending the meeting to complete the plan. In order to properly implement the goals and requirements, complete the tasks, it is requested that the assigned agencies and units proactively direct the practice and prepare equipment for the ceremonies at the festival. Coordinate with reporters from the province, the Central Government and other provinces to promptly provide information and propaganda about the festival.

This year's festival takes place in the context of the nomination dossier for the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac Monuments and Landscape Complex implemented by the three provinces of Hai Duong, Quang Ninh and Bac Giang being assessed by UNESCO. Therefore, the work of propagating and promoting the values ​​of the heritage complex needs to be paid more attention. It is recommended that the leaders of the communes and wards: Hung Dao, Le Loi, Cong Hoa mobilize local forces to participate in performing well the rituals: Proclamation, opening of the seal, death anniversary of Saint Tran, incense offering ceremony at Con Son pagoda, procession ceremony, memorial ceremony of the 582nd death anniversary of National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai, peace praying ceremony and other activities at the festival.

August is the anniversary of the father's death, March is the anniversary of the mother's death. This year's Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival mainly takes place at the Kiep Bac relic site from September 12 to 22 (from August 10 to 20 of the lunar calendar).

At Con Son relic site, there will be a number of activities: Procession, Commemoration ceremony of the 582nd death anniversary of National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai; Ceremony at Nguyen Trai Temple, Tran Nguyen Dan Temple; cultural and sports activities.

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This year's Kiep Bac Temple's seal opening and granting ceremony will not be held late at night.