Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam inaugurates the largest pagoda in Vietnam

On the morning of February 21 (the 6th day of Tet), tens of thousands of people and tourists from all over flocked to Bai Dinh Pagoda (Ninh Binh) to visit, worship Buddha and attend the opening ceremony of the Mau Tuat Spring Festival 2018.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended the opening ceremony of the largest pagoda in Vietnam. Also attending the ceremony were many leaders of Ninh Binh province; monks, nuns, and Buddhists from all over the country who came to pray for peace in the new year.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam beats the drum to open the Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival in the spring of Mau Tuat 2018. This is the fourth time Bai Dinh Pagoda has opened the spring festival after Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage, including Bai Dinh Pagoda.

Attending the opening ceremony of Bai Dinh Pagoda Spring Festival, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and leaders of Ninh Binh province offered prayers to heaven and Buddha for national peace and prosperity, favorable weather, good crops, prosperity and happiness for all people, and a new year full of peace and luck.

The opening ceremony of Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival is performed according to ancient traditional rituals. The ceremony consists of two parts: The ceremony part with the rituals of palanquin procession, incense offering, Buddha worship... The festival part with the rituals of entertainment, sightseeing, temple worship...

During this year's opening ceremony, in the ritual of offering to heaven and Buddha, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam offered incense to pray for national peace and prosperity.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh - Secretary of Ninh Binh Provincial Party Committee offered flowers, provincial leaders offered other offerings to pray for favorable weather and good crops in the new year.

Everyone together sincerely offered prayers to Buddha for a peaceful new year.

Tens of thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhists, and tourists from all over the world flocked to Bai Dinh Pagoda to offer incense and worship Buddha, and to visit the pagoda on the opening day. According to statistics from the Bai Dinh Pagoda Management Board, since the second day of the Lunar New Year, dozens of people have come to Bai Dinh Pagoda to celebrate the spring festival.

After the opening ceremony, many people and tourists from all over offered incense to Buddha at Tam The Temple.

Everyone who goes to the temple has their own prayers for themselves, their family, their business, health, happiness...

The procession from the new Bai Dinh pagoda to the old Bai Dinh pagoda was held after the opening ceremony of the largest pagoda in Vietnam.

People jostle to attend the opening ceremony of Bai Dinh Pagoda on the morning of the 6th day of the Lunar New Year 2018

People and tourists flock to Bai Dinh Pagoda festival on the occasion of the New Year of Mau Tuat 2018.