Festivals and places of popular spring travel in Vietnam should not be missed

Ancient people often have proverbs:

" January Lunar New Year at home,

February gambling, March festival . "

Spring is the season of proliferation, blooming and also a period of time throughout the country where fun festivals take place and January is the most festive time of the year, when people going to the festival early in the winter According to statistics, each year our country estimates that there are about 9,000 big and small festivals taking place all over Vietnam. Today TipsMake.com would like to introduce you to the famous spring festivals throughout Vietnam and you should visit these festivals in January.

1. Huong Pagoda Festival

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Referring to the festivals of the year, we cannot help mentioning the Huong Pagoda festival, this is a famous place in Huong Son commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi. As a festival that many people care about every Lunar New Year holiday, this festival takes place quite long from the 6th day of the Lunar New Year to the end of March of the lunar calendar. In 2017, the opening day of Huong pagoda is officially 2/2 Duong calendar, which is promised by the organizers to have a lot more convenient for visitors to pilgrimage and sightseeing. Huong Pagoda is a collection of many pagodas and pagodas in an overall structure combined with artificial nature including hills, mountains, caves, forest springs and pagodas, towers .

Visitors to the festival not only immerse themselves in the space of immense water of Yen stream, or admire the majestic scenery of Huong Tich cave but also to pray for good luck for a happy new year.

To enter the temple first, visitors must sit on a boat down the poetic Yen stream, mingle with the clear blue water. On the way to the temple, you will admire the beautiful scenery of the beautiful mountains and rivers.

Temple - Thien Tru Pagoda - Tien Son Cave - Giai Oan Temple - Tran Song Temple - Huong Tich Cave - Hinh Bong Pagoda is a place not to be missed when visiting Huong Pagoda.

2. Vieng - Nam Dinh market festival

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As usual, to reschedule, on the 7th and 8th of January every year, locals and tourists everywhere come and invite each other to play Vieng and Nam Dinh markets. This is a one-year fair, which only meets once a day and especially the fair takes place at midnight.

Going to this market, everyone was excited and excited, bringing a spiritual meaning that buying and selling luck risks for the new year of the family to be peaceful and lucky.

3. Opening Tran Temple

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The opening ceremony of Tran Temple was a custom from the 13th century, exactly in 1239 of the Tran dynasty. In Thien Truong, King Tran opened a banquet and ordained the army officers with merit. In the later years of the resistance war against Nguyen Mong, the opening ceremony was interrupted until 1262, then was reopened by Emperor Tran Thanh Tong.

It is one of the biggest spring festivals of the year, taking place from January 11-16. In addition to the opening ceremony at the middle of the night 14 and the beginning of January 15 at Tran temple complex in Loc Vuong ward, Nam Dinh city, the festival also organized alternating traditional festival activities including lion dance, dragon dance. , Cheo singing, flanking singing, human chess competition, wrestling, martial arts performances outside the Five Gate Temple of Tran Temple.

The opening ceremony with great humanity is to pray for the peaceful, prosperous, and common people who enjoy the Tran temple " Tich Phuc quinh ", praying that everyone will enter the new year of health and dignity. dynamic, enthusiastic production, study, good work.

4. Yen Tu Festival - Quang Ninh

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Ancient people once had a folk song that said:

" Hundred years of merit and spiritual practice
Not yet returned to Yen Tu, not yet a result of a religious life "

The peaceful festival is held in Yen Tu mountain area in Thuong Yen Cong commune, Uong Bi town. Time begins on January 10 and lasts through March (lunar calendar).

Yen Tu is a temple with a long history, the pagoda has a height of 1,068m above sea level, here is not only famous for its beautiful scenery, ancient tower but also the place where Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen meditation is formed. . Coming to this temple, you can not ignore some interesting places to visit such as: Dong Pagoda, Hoa Yen Pagoda, Mot Mai Pagoda, Giai Oan Stream, Giai Oan Pagoda . to be able to pray for good luck and happiness. for me and my family.

5. Hoi Lim - Bac Ninh

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If those who love the folk songs of their folk songs, meet him immediately, then Lim festival is a great choice for you, Lim is held from 12 to 14 January lunar month (( on 8 to 10 February, these days, a large number of tourists visit the town of Lim Tien Du, Bac Ninh to go out and listen to sweet folk songs such as: From singing inviting betel and singing to the boat to the flute to the river, the spider spreads the mosquito .

Besides folk songs, visitors can also watch and try folk games such as martial arts, wrestling, chess, fairy, rice cooking .

6. Ba Chua Kho Festival

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Besides the festival of Lim, Bac Ninh is also known for its famous festival which attracts a lot of special attention of the business and trading community, which is Ba Chua Kho festival. Ba Chua Kho Temple is located on the back of a slack of a storage mountain at Co Me area, Vu Ninh Ward, Bac Ninh. This is not only a valuable historical monument located in the relics complex of Co Me area (including: Dinh - Pagoda - Temple) but also a place where people throughout the country practice religious beliefs.

Ba Chua Kho Temple Festival is held annually on January 14. Coming to Ms. Kho Kho Khoi, not only prayers and prayers, but almost everyone came to "borrow money", Ms. Khoe Kho is faithful, to have a year of abundant capital and strong belief. With the only desire, it is to have the capital to do business abundantly, luckily .

7. Hung temple festival

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" No matter who goes backwards
Remember the death anniversary of the 10th month of March "

This folk verse expresses how important and meaningful the Hung Temple festival is to the nation and the nation. This is a day to commemorate and express deep gratitude to the meritorious deeds of Hung kings. The festival takes place with two rituals, the procession of King palanquin and incense offering ceremony.

On this occasion, there are also many unique and diverse folk games such as singing singing, wrestling, swimming, tug-of-war .

This is a national festival to commemorate the Hung kings who have built our country. Hung temple festival is held on the third day of the third lunar month every year.

The complex of Hung Temple relics is located from the foot of the mountain to the summit of Nghia Linh mountain, 175 meters high (mountains with names such as Nui Ca, Nghia Linh, Nghia Cuong, Hy Cuong, Hy Son, Bao Thieu Linh and Bao Thieu Son), is located in Hy Cuong commune, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province.

Hung temple temple historical area includes many major monuments such as Ha Temple, Beer House Thien Quang Pagoda, Trung Temple, Thuong Temple, Hung Vuong Tomb, Xu Temple .

8. Bai Dinh Pagoda

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Bai Dinh Pagoda is a complex of pagodas located in Bai Dinh Mountain in Gia Vien - Ninh Binh. The pagoda with many records is established by the Vietnam record center such as the largest pagoda area in Vietnam; The largest bronze Buddha statue in Southeast Asia; the two largest bells in Southeast Asia; the pagoda has many of the largest Arhat statues in Vietnam; The biggest pagoda in Vietnam .

Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival consists of 2 parts. The ceremony consisted of rituals of lighting incense to worship Buddha, remembering the merit of St. Nguyen Minh Khong, Cao Son sacrifices and adoration of the form of Thuong Ngan. Bai Dinh pagoda festival begins with a procession of palanquin procession with the worship of God Cao Son, Duc Nguyen and Ba Chua Thuong Ngan from the ancient temple area to the new pagoda to conduct the assembly.

Part of Bai Dinh Pagoda festival consists of folk games, visiting cave animals, sightseeing temples, enjoying Cheo singing art, Xam, Ca Tru Dat Co Do.

With monumental architecture, massive, bold traditional identity, this place has become an attractive destination of Ninh Binh. Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival is a spring festival, taking place from the afternoon of the 1st of New Year, opening on the 6th day of the Lunar New Year and lasting until the end of March.

Besides the above locations, you can also go some places such as: Keo Pagoda Festival (Thai Binh) - On 4/1 Lunar Calendar, Giong Temple Association (Soc Son, Hanoi) - From 6/1 Lunar Calendar, Xoan Festival (Phu Tho) - From January 7 to January 10, Co Loa Festival, Hanoi is held on the 6th Lunar New Year .

Hopefully, with the list of famous early spring festivals in Vietnam, you will choose for yourself and your family a destination to pray for good luck and peace for your family.