Thousands of people and tourists attend the Hoang Muoi Temple Festival

Panoramic view of Hoang Muoi Temple. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Hoang Muoi Temple is located in Xuan Am hamlet, Hung Thinh commune. According to legend, the temple is located on a land shaped like a giant crane's beak formed by the winding Moc and Vinh rivers, so it is also called "Mo Hac Linh Tu".

Over time, the ancient temple was damaged a lot and was restored in the late 20th century. Currently, the temple has 3 main buildings, including the upper hall, the middle hall and the lower hall, along with other architectural works such as the main gate, the main gate, the central platform, the lady's tower, the boy's tower, the left and right houses, the incense burner, the mausoleum... In addition to worshiping Quan Hoang Muoi, the temple also worships the Song Dong Ngoc Nu, the National Duke Thai Bao Phuc Quan Cong, the General of the National Assembly Nguyen Duy Lac...

Attending the festival were representatives of departments, branches and sectors; leaders of Hung Nguyen district along with a large number of people and tourists from all over the country. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In 2002, Hoang Muoi Temple was ranked as a historical and cultural relic by the People's Committee of Nghe An province. Since then, the relic has been regularly restored and embellished, worthy of its stature and historical and cultural value, meeting the beliefs of local people and visitors from near and far.

The Hoang Muoi Temple Festival is a traditional festival, but due to many changes, the festival was interrupted for a period of time, and was not restored until 1995. Up to now, the traditional rituals in the festival have been basically researched and restored relatively completely.

The ceremonies at the festival were conducted solemnly and respectfully. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In particular, at the 2018 festival, for the first time, the royal decree ceremony - an important ceremony, affirming the recognition of dynasties in the worship of Ong Hoang Muoi in Xuan Am village, Hung Thinh commune was restored.

The proclamation once again emphasizes the sacredness of a traditional festival; thereby reminding future generations to remember and show gratitude to the merits of their ancestors, and join hands to preserve and promote cultural and historical values.

The sacrificial committee performs the royal proclamation ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

This year's Hoang Muoi Temple Festival takes place from the 8th to the 10th of the 10th lunar month, including the ceremony and the festival. In addition to the solemn traditional rituals such as the opening ceremony, proclamation, procession, proclamation, great sacrifice and thanksgiving ceremony... there are also exciting sports competitions, folk games, festivals of Vi Giam folk song clubs, camping, releasing flower lanterns on the Moc River... Thousands of local people and tourists from all over the world attended the festival./.