Thousands of people line up to ask for calligraphy at Dai Tue Pagoda

(Baonghean.vn) – On the morning of February 5, the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province held a Spring Writing Ceremony; opened a photo exhibition and offered 500kg of Chung cake to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the establishment and development of Nghe An Buddhism at Dai Tue Pagoda in Nam Anh Commune, Nam Dan District.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Le Doan Hop - Former member of the Party Central Committee, Former Minister of Information and Communications; Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Head of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province; Most Venerable Thich Trung Hau - Member of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Head of the Buddhist Culture Committee; Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac - Head of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province.

Representatives of local agencies and thousands of monks, nuns and Buddhists from all over the country attended.

Many people from all over attended the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu beats the drum to open the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

As part of the series of activities of the Vietnam Buddhist Cultural Festival, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and the 5th anniversary of the founding of Nghe An Province Buddhism, the Spring Writing Ceremony is also an annual activity of Dai Tue Pagoda, expressing respect for traditional cultural values, expanding wisdom as well as educating children about the tradition of studiousness and respect for teachers.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai performs the Spring writing ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

Thousands of people patiently lined up in the hot sun to wait for calligraphy from the temple's senior monks. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

Present at the opening ceremony, comrade Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee affirmed: "Nghe An is a land rich in the tradition of studiousness, regardless of any circumstances, overcoming difficulties to study and become talented people. The opening ceremony of the Spring is an activity to continue to encourage Nghe people to strive to study, contributing to building their homeland and country to become more and more prosperous".

The words express each person's wishes in the Year of the Rooster. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

Monks and delegates opened banh chung and distributed fortune to visitors from all directions. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

Also on this occasion, Dai Tue Pagoda opened a photo exhibition of the 5 years of establishment and development of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province. At the same time, it performed a ritual of offering and distributing a 500kg banh chung cake donated by the Nghe An Tourism Association.

Thanh Cuong