Cua Lo opens Van Loc Temple Festival 2023
(Baonghean.vn) - Van Loc Temple Festival has opened a series of cultural and tourism activities in 2023 of Cua Lo town.
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Comrade Doan Tien Dung - Chairman of Cua Lo Town People's Committee beats the drum to open the festival. Photo: Huu Luong |
Bright6/2 (January 16, Year of the Cat 2023), Van Loc Temple Festival was officially opened in Nghi Tan ward - Cua Lo town.
Attend the ceremonyhave representativeDepartment of Culture and Sports, Department of Tourism, leaders of the town, wards in Cua Lo town and some communes of Nghi Loc district, togetherMany local people and touristsdirection.
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Van Loc Temple National Historical Site. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
Van Loc Temple Festival is a traditional cultural activity held every 3 years, from the 15th to the 17th of the first lunar month; for people and clans in the area toCua Lo townexpressing the morality of "when drinking water, remember its source", in memory of Grand Tutor District Duke Nguyen Su Hoi - the eldest son of Grand Tutor Cuong Quoc Cong Nguyen Xi.
Grand Duke Nguyen Su Hoi was born in 1447 in Thuong Xa village, Chau Phuc district (now Khanh Hop commune, Nghi Loc district) and died in 1506. He was a great contributor in helping the Le dynasty to repel foreign invaders as well as recruiting people to establish villages, establishing the ancient Van Loc village, now Nghi Tan ward, Cua Lo town.
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Comrade Vo Van Hung - Vice Chairman of Cua Lo Town People's Committee delivered the opening speech of Van Loc Temple Festival 2023. Photo: Huu Luong |
Three years after the death of Grand Duke Nguyen Su Hoi, the people built a tomb, honored him as a god and established a temple in Nghi Tan ward today... Recognizing the merits and cultural and historical values of the temple, in 1991, Van Loc temple was ranked by the State as a National Historical Relic.
Opening the festival, comrade Vo Van Hung - Member of the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Cua Lo town read a speech clearly stating the history of the temple's formation and the great contributions of Thai Uy Quan Cong Nguyen Su Hoi. Comrade Doan Tien Dung - Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the People's CommitteeCua Lo townThe drum beat opened the Van Loc Temple Festival 2023.
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The procession was organized on a large scale, rich in identity with dozens of palanquins carrying gods from relics, clans and a large number of people in the area. Photo: Huu Luong |
The 2023 Van Loc Temple Festival includes a ceremony and a festival. The ceremony is organized according to traditional, solemn and thoughtful rituals. In particular, the procession is organized on a large scale, rich in identity with dozens of palanquins carrying gods from relics, clans and a large number of people in Nghi Tan ward as well as tourists participating.
The festival includes many cultural, artistic, and sports activities along with folk games such as boat racing, cockfighting, human chess, tug of war, camping, etc. The festival has also been carefully prepared by organizations and people of Nghi Tan ward; attracting a large number of people to participate.
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Human chess competition at Van Loc Temple Festival 2023. Photo: Huu Luong |
Organizing the Van Loc Temple Festival is one of the ways to preserve and promote traditional cultural and historical values. Thereby, contributing to attracting more and more tourists to the coastal tourist town of Cua Lo./.
