Opening of Con Temple Festival and opening of Hoang Mai town tourism in 2025
On the evening of February 17 (January 20, At Ty year), at Con Temple relic, Hoang Mai town held the opening ceremony of Con Temple Festival and launched Hoang Mai town tourism in 2025.
Attending the ceremony were members of the Provincial Party Committee: Vo Van Dung - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department; Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; Le Truong Giang - Secretary of the Hoang Mai Town Party Committee. Also attending were representatives of leaders of departments, agencies, districts, cities, towns, along with a large number of people and tourists.
Con TempleLocated on the Mai Giang River in Quynh Phuong Ward, Hoang Mai Town, it is the place to worship the Four Holy Ladies and Ong Hoang Chin. This is considered one of the most sacred temples in Nghe An. Through time, natural disasters and historical changes, Con Temple still retains its ancient features in architecture and art, creating a solemn and sacred space.
Con Temple Festival is one of the largest, oldest and most culturally rich festivals in Nghe An. Since its restoration, the festival has been held many times with unique traditional rituals such as: Betel offering ceremony, Buffalo offering ceremony, Cake offering ceremony, Saint procession to the pagoda to give thanks, Great offering ceremony, especially the Origination ceremony associated with the legends of "Tran Anh Tong's dream" or "Legend of the sacred log".
Because of its profound historical and spiritual values, Con Temple Festival has been recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage. This is not only an important cultural and spiritual event but also contributes to promoting the image of Hoang Mai town, promoting tourism and developing the local economy.
Besides emphasizing the historical and cultural value of Con Temple and Con Temple Festival, in the opening speech of the festival and tourism launch, the leader of Hoang Mai town also said that the locality is gradually becoming a key economic zone, a growth pole of Nghe An province, aiming to become a city in the future.
With advantages in sea tourism, eco-tourism and spiritual culture, Hoang Mai town is gradually becoming an attractive destination in the journey of tourists. Currently, the town has been investing synchronously in infrastructure, especially tourism infrastructure, services, trade, restaurant systems, hotels, medical services, culture..., with the orientation of developing riverside and sea-oriented tourism, meeting the needs of domestic and international tourists.
At the opening ceremony, many special activities took place such as: Document exchange and receiving.Restoration of Han Nom of Con Temple; lion, dragon and unicorn dances; and special art programs.
The 2025 Con Temple Festival will take place from February 16 to 18 (January 19 to 21, At Ty year) at Con Temple, Quynh Phuong Ward, Hoang Mai Town. This is an annual activity to promote the beauty and cultural and tourism values of the locality to a large number of visitors from near and far.
Within the framework of the festival, many solemn rituals are held such as: Announcement, Procession - Vomit Run, Fishing Prayer, Offering Ceremony at Con Ngoai Temple, Great Offering Ceremony, Thanksgiving Ceremony.... Besides, the festival is also exciting with many traditional folk games such as: boat racing, card chess, tug of war, stick pushing, men's volleyball.
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