(Baonghean.vn) - It is a famous sacred temple in Nghe An province "First Con, second Qua, third Bach Ma". In the first days of Spring, many tourists from inside and outside the province come to visit Con temple.
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| Con Temple is located in Phuong Can Village, Quynh Phuong Commune, Quynh Luu District, about 75km north of Vinh City and about 220km south of Hanoi. This is the most sacred temple of the four sacred temples in Nghe An Province: "First Con, second Qua, third Bach Ma, fourth Chieu Trung". The Con Temple relic consists of two temples: Con Inner Temple and Con Outer Temple. |
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| Con Trong Temple is located on Diec hill, facing the poetic Mai Giang river, worshiping the Four Holy Ladies of the South Sea, the Great Can nation. Con Trong Temple was built during the Tran Dynasty, developed on a large scale during the Le Dynasty, and renovated many times during the Nguyen Dynasty, so the relic bears the cultural style of the late Le and early Nguyen Dynasty. Over time, the Temple now only has the Nghi Mon building, the Main Hall, the Middle Hall, the Lower Hall, and the singing and dancing hall. |
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| Through the Temple gate into the yard, climb 10 stone steps to reach the Nghi Mon building. This is a majestic building in the shape of the letter "cong", consisting of two floors, 8 roofs, followed by the Main Hall, Middle Hall and Lower Hall.The music and dance hall with three main rooms and two side rooms is also large, majestic, and has diverse decorative themes. |
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| Although the scale of Con Trong Temple is not large, it converges many unique cultural features, from the materials used to build the Temple to the carvings and shapes... All of which show the skillful craftsmanship of the ancients. 142 valuable artifacts are still preserved here. In addition to the types of royal decrees, parallel sentences, large characters, sacrificial objects: palanquins, parasols, ivory and bronze objects..., there is also a 2-sided stone stele 1.6m high, 1.2m wide erected in 1665, a bronze bell cast in Canh Hung year (1752) weighing 300 kg, 28 stone statues and many wooden statues of the Le Dynasty. |
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| The 500-year-old banyan tree in front of the gate of Con Trong Temple is recognized as a heritage tree, contributing to beautifying the landscape of the sacred temple. |
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| Con Ngoai Temple is located about 1km from Con Trong Temple, on Hung Vuong mountain range, close to Lach Con estuary. |
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| With its famous sacredness, it not only attracts people and tourists in the province but also many tourists from the northern provinces come to Con Temple in early spring to perform the ceremony to ward off bad luck. |
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| Offering prayers for a year of family peace and happiness. |
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| Visiting Con Temple in early spring, besides the spiritual element, Quynh Phuong sea also has many fresh seafood for visitors to enjoy or buy as gifts such as mackerel, dried anchovies, fish sauce... |
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| Tourists can freely learn about the dried anchovy making profession of coastal people. |
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| Visit fishing villages to learn about the fishermen's net-repairing profession. Mr. Tran Van Hung (Phu Loi 2, Quynh Dy, Hoang Mai Town) said: if tourists want to visit Hon Me, our fishermen's boats are ready to serve. |
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| On January 29, 1993, the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) issued Decision No. 68/QD-BVHTT recognizing Con Temple as a national historical and cultural relic. To meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, Con Temple Festival is held from the 19th to the 21st of the first lunar month every year, an opportunity for local people as well as visitors from all over to come to the Temple to worship and commemorate the merits of the Four Holy Ladies. With activities such as: vomiting race, mock naval battle performance associated with the legend of the temple's construction, swinging, wrestling, human chess, dragon boat racing, singing tuong, cheo, chau van... will certainly bring many interesting things to visitors. |
Thanh Thuy - Thu Huong
