Gam Pagoda before the opening ceremony

(Baonghean.vn) - Gam Temple and Pagoda Festival (Xuan Thanh Commune - Yen Thanh District) is a traditional local festival held in early Spring, attracting a large number of tourists from all over the country to attend. This year, the festival will take place for 3 days from April 2-4 (February 14 to February 16 of the lunar calendar).

Flag raising ceremony at Gam Temple festival.

This year's Gam Temple and Pagoda Festival is one of the outstanding political events and a major cultural activity of Yen Thanh district. In addition to the ceremony, the festival takes place according to local traditional customs. Based on the decision to approve the planning of the Gam Temple and Pagoda spiritual eco-tourism area of ​​Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, on April 4, the Management Board of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen Sect in conjunction with Yen Thanh District People's Committee will organize a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the construction of Truc Lam Yen Thanh Zen Monastery, and start the construction of the An Quoc Great Buddha statue at Phuong Son Mountain (Gam Mountain) in Xuan Thanh Commune, which is a highlight of Buddhist culture in the North Central region, arousing the beauty of spiritual culture associated with eco-tourism.

Recognizing the importance of the festival and the important events that will take place, over the past month, the People's Committee of Yen Thanh district and local authorities have urgently completed the site clearance and preparation work. Relevant sectors and organizations have done a good job of organizing, information and propaganda work; ensuring security and order, traffic safety; food safety and hygiene and the environment in the festival area, ensuring that the festival takes place solemnly, healthily, safely and economically. Thereby creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere, a spirit of enthusiasm for emulation in labor and production among the masses.

Gam Pagoda meditation hall - where the ceremony will take place.

Yen Thanh Cultural and Sports Center's art troupe, final rehearsal of the art program to welcome the festival.

The Xuan Thanh Commune Elderly Association is practicing offering incense for the festival.

According to the report of the festival organizing committee, all preparations have been completed. At 5:00 p.m. on April 1, the leaders of Yen Thanh district, the Management Board of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen Sect and the abbot of Gam pagoda held a flag-raising ceremony, ready for the opening of the Gam pagoda festival at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, April 2, 2015.

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